Thread: Bull bar

Originally Posted by scarry

I had to race SWMBO to hospital not long ago,as she cut her hand very badly.
Happened to be at dusk.
Hospital 40 km away,Dirranbandi.Probably saw over 100 Roos,and hit a big one very hard.
The ARB bar is what saved us.Without it,the hit would have been a showstopper.
I didn’t even see it,until it was too late,but she screamed and luckily I hit the anchors,which reduced the impact.

Amen to that. Was there any damage to the car?

Thanks to all, I think I will hang off for a while and wait for a decent bull bar.

Originally Posted by Samblers

Amen to that. Was there any damage to the car?

Surprisingly no.

Originally Posted by trout1105

That thing from rhino is pretty much useless, Waiting for the ARB version with hopefully more "meat" on the bar is probably a better option l

Why do you say the Rhino item is pretty much useless?

Metal thickness?
Fabrication?
Design? ie no gussetting or closed box sections
Design? the lack of protection above the bumper, ie no hoops. I have doodled a version of theirs with hoops, must send it to them for comment.

I did ask ARB a while ago but got no reply. Not sure what volume they need to justify the journey.

The majority of our native critters down here are a bit shorter than yours, tend to disappear underneath rather than over the bonnet, nonetheless less it petrifies me the amount of very sensitive kit below the bumper, just waiting for a wombats bum to total it.

cheers
S.

Originally Posted by simo2420

Why do you say the Rhino item is pretty much useless?

Metal thickness?
Fabrication?
Design? ie no gussetting or closed box sections
Design? the lack of protection above the bumper, ie no hoops. I have doodled a version of theirs with hoops, must send it to them for comment.

I did ask ARB a while ago but got no reply. Not sure what volume they need to justify the journey.

The majority of our native critters down here are a bit shorter than yours, tend to disappear underneath rather than over the bonnet, nonetheless less it petrifies me the amount of very sensitive kit below the bumper, just waiting for a wombats bum to total it.

cheers
S.

The Rhino bar is only a 'Nudge" bar and as such it offers very little frontal protection above the bar itself, Even a small wallaby is higher than that bar.

Originally Posted by simo2420

Why do you say the Rhino item is pretty much useless?

Metal thickness?
Fabrication?
Design? ie no gussetting or closed box sections
Design? the lack of protection above the bumper, ie no hoops. I have doodled a version of theirs with hoops, must send it to them for comment.

I did ask ARB a while ago but got no reply. Not sure what volume they need to justify the journey.

The majority of our native critters down here are a bit shorter than yours, tend to disappear underneath rather than over the bonnet, nonetheless less it petrifies me the amount of very sensitive kit below the bumper, just waiting for a wombats bum to total it.

cheers
S.

According to some, if it doesn't have hoops it's not a real bar, and has no protection values what so ever.
Now my raslarr bar doesn't have hoops, it's constructed of 6mm and 3mm thick steel plate, excellent approach angle, carries a winch, does what I want it to do.
I can't say that in over 30 years of driving I've actually needed a bullbar for anything other that having a winch and spot lights.

Get a bar that is fit for your purpose and you're happy to look at!

Originally Posted by Vern

According to some, if it doesn't have hoops it's not a real bar, and has no protection values what so ever.
Now my raslarr bar doesn't have hoops, it's constructed of 6mm and 3mm thick steel plate, excellent approach angle, carries a winch, does what I want it to do.
I can't say that in over 30 years of driving I've actually needed a bullbar for anything other that having a winch and spot lights.

Get a bar that is fit for your purpose and you're happy to look at!

In the last 30 years I have lost count of the number of animal strikes I have had Most of which without a decent bullbar on the 4WD would have definately left me stranded on the side of the road or worse badly injured.

I suppose that if you never intend to leave the city limits a bullbar is not needed But once you get out into the bush there are a multitude of differant animals that will seriously wreak your day if you hit them without decent frontal protection.

In NSW 1 in every 41 casualty crashes involve an animal strike.

Originally Posted by trout1105

In the last 30 years I have lost count of the number of animal strikes I have had Most of which without a decent bullbar on the 4WD would have definately left me stranded on the side of the road or worse badly injured.

I suppose that if you never intend to leave the city limits a bullbar is not needed But once you get out into the bush there are a multitude of differant animals that will seriously wreak your day if you hit them without decent frontal protection.

In NSW 1 in every 41 casualty crashes involve an animal strike.

You must be a bad driver

I've lived rural/semi rural most of my life, probably 1/10th of my cars have had bullbars, I've hit birds, cats, wallabies, an emu, wombat, echidna, monitors etc..no real damage. (With or without bullbars)
Have swerved for roo's, cows, pigs, dogs and camels, guessing they would do more damage.
In saying all that, if you hit something sizeable, then yes, that will fo damage, but so far, after 30+ years, I haven't. You could go your whole life and not hit something, or you could hit something every other week.

Buy what ever bar YOU want.