Thread: Bull bars...

hey sam is your bar really that damaged???? can it not be salvaged

i saw that you wrote it was twisted is it a bad twist can it not be straightened out and maybe some plates put in for strength???

besides what happened to the if you haven't got pics it never happened policy

Originally Posted by George130

I have hit a 5 foot Roo with my bar. Was still doing 70km'h at time of impact. Small chip of paint on the bar and Roo was pushed under the wheels so it didn't survive.
Go for steel not Alloy.

Hit a water buffalo and it doesn't matter what the bar is like. Everything is wrecked - car and bar work - although the buffalo sometimes walks away

for pushing a button on a rover and making it go for a somewhat distressed bloke who was where he probaley shouldnt have been after some roadworks on base I have earnt myself a free bar from a rangie...

IT looks uncannily similar to my ex discos bull bar...

If anyone knows difinitavely if said bar will fit or has the ability to measure up the mount points on the 2 types of vehicle its yours for the asking.

I was going to cut it up and remake a milbar for kermit with it but that process will not happen for at least 8-12 weeks...

the offer is valid till then, if you want it you get to arrange transport.

Originally Posted by dullbird

hey sam is your bar really that damaged???? can it not be salvaged

i saw that you wrote it was twisted is it a bad twist can it not be straightened out and maybe some plates put in for strength???

besides what happened to the if you haven't got pics it never happened policy

See my new thread!

Originally Posted by JohnE

IMHO, depending on your speed your still going to bend a bar,and maybe your car , it only takes one 6ft roo on the hop ( btw there was one sitting in the middle of the road just outside tenterfield , when i went through, in daylight)

I have been doing runs to the west and back for over 30 yrs now and most of it in, sedans and station wagons and 4wds, the only bar i have had is the nudge bar on the disco.plus it has a couple of roo noise makers as well, don't know if they work or not, but the roos hop away from the side of the road.
I have always had a set of good driving lights on all my cars, angled so they light up the edges of the road, more so than the distance. Plus be aware of the green pick when times are bad.


john

I was also thinking about leaving the bar off totally. I know people to hit roos but what is the actual likelihood of that happening in reality in my situation? I don't drive the car every day; it is more for recreation so although I will be driving in rural areas to/from tracks etcs it'll only be every other weekend or so. How many people with bars have ever hit animals and did it really make that much of a difference etc?

Welll, I took Dobbo to task on your photo thread, Sam_d, but here I'm going to say - that old bar of yours is only good for attaching lights to. Get a real bar if you want one, or go without if you don't. Sorry - a nudge bar is only good for nudging, wink, wink, not for hitting things. For mine, I think most vehicles do fine without them, they've been superseded by crumple zones. A real bar protects your car at the expense of you - fine if you hit big things slowly. But at 100km/hr you really don't need one, or want one, that protects the car. You want to walk away from the ding whether the car does or not.

Originally Posted by scrambler

Welll, I took Dobbo to task on your photo thread, Sam_d, but here I'm going to say - that old bar of yours is only good for attaching lights to. Get a real bar if you want one, or go without if you don't. Sorry - a nudge bar is only good for nudging, wink, wink, not for hitting things. For mine, I think most vehicles do fine without them, they've been superseded by crumple zones. A real bar protects your car at the expense of you - fine if you hit big things slowly. But at 100km/hr you really don't need one, or want one, that protects the car. You want to walk away from the ding whether the car does or not.

Nudge nudge "wink wink"? I've no idea what that means - I'm too yound to know what that refers to... I'll say no more!

Yeah, I got used to calling it a bullbar too often cos when I mentioned 'nudge bar' to people with less knowledge than me it meant nothing to them

Considering the actual recovery point is undamages I am considering reusing that (with more suitable bolts natch) and leaving off the bullbar or at least getting a second hand one rather than splashing out on a new one.

Originally Posted by scrambler

A real bar protects your car at the expense of you - fine if you hit big things slowly. But at 100km/hr you really don't need one, or want one, that protects the car. You want to walk away from the ding whether the car does or not.

Yeah! Especially in the middle of no-bloody-where.... With limited communication... And supplies.... As long as you walk away <sic!>

I've never hit a roo @ 100+ always managed to drop speed to sub 80k's...

Bar works well.....

Believe me, you dont want to hit a roo/emu without one...

And a "real bar" that complies with AU standards will save you and your vehicle.... And not at the expense of you...

BTW... At 100km/h vs a 'hopping tree' crumple zones dont enter into the equation..... Inertia/Momentum do, but not crumple zones.....