Thread: Where do you store your recovery shovel, axe and/or pick?

I'd like to get the army style tool holders to put them on the bonnet, as long as they were padlockable. The special edition 'Tanami' Defender around 1994 had them ex-factory.
If you get tool holders, put them on the bonnet, not the wing tops, as leaning over them to work on anything is painful! Just ask the ex-mil 2a and 3 owners!
At the moment I store my hi-lift jack, shovel, axe, hatchet and bushsaw under the back seat. The hi-lift stops the sharps behind it from coming forward, itself retained by friction on the carpet, hasn't moved in over a year having it there. They are always accessible there and don't suffer from weathering or thieves.
I am considering putting a water tank under the seat instead so will be keen to see other's solutions.

I keep mine on the bonnet, Perentie style



Regarding their legality - I've had them on going over the pits in WA, and it "passed" with flying colours. That said, I would not want to hit anyone with them on, so I also have a spare bonnet mount chequer plate without the toolholders. I'm yet to put it on.

Unfortunately not lockable, but I have traveled all of coastal WA and SA without incidents. I've also had the tools bonnet mounted for weeks at a time in front of the house... both in WA (Coogee) and now in SA ("somewhere" in Adelaide). I've learned not to tempt faith however - since isuzurover's hi-lift got "relieved" off his 110.