Forest Wire Kits

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Paul S. Brown

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• Oct 29, 2004

• #1

Does anybody know of a source for Forest Wire Kits in the UK who aren't
Scorpion racing?

AFAICT they are just 1/4" Stainless Steel wire, some eyelets, a couple of
turnbuckles and some mounting hardware - I suspect I can get something from
a yacht chandler for a bit less than the "official" kits which will do the
job.

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mark hh

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• Oct 29, 2004

• #2

Through the corner of my eye - your post looks like the headline "Forest
Fire - Wilts" and after all this rain too!


"Paul S. Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Does anybody know of a source for Forest Wire Kits in the UK who aren't
> Scorpion racing?
>
> AFAICT they are just 1/4" Stainless Steel wire, some eyelets, a couple of
> turnbuckles and some mounting hardware - I suspect I can get something
from
> a yacht chandler for a bit less than the "official" kits which will do the
> job.
>
> P.
> --
> If Mind over Matter is a Matter of Course
> Does it Matter if Nobody Minds?

 

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Paul S. Brown

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• Oct 29, 2004

• #3

Mr.Nice. wrote:

> Twas Fri, 29 Oct 2004 14:09:49 +0100 when "Paul S. Brown"
> <[email protected]> put finger to keyboard producing:
>
>>Does anybody know of a source for Forest Wire Kits in the UK who aren't
>>Scorpion racing?
>>
>>AFAICT they are just 1/4" Stainless Steel wire, some eyelets, a couple of
>>turnbuckles and some mounting hardware - I suspect I can get something
>>from a yacht chandler for a bit less than the "official" kits which will
>>do the job.
>>
>>P.
>
> I made my own with parts from a farm-supplies place (I use it
> regularly, B&Q will probably have what you need.
>
> A couple of lengths of wire as thick as you like,
> a couple of fence tensioners,
> 4 eye bolts,
> 4 of those things you fold the wire back on itself to ease the strain,
> teardrop shaped things.
> 8 wire clamps (like tiny exhaust clamps).
>
> I fitted the eye bolts to the outer corners of my bullbars and to the
> upper front corners of my roof rack. common-sense to fit, work very
> well and cheap.
>
> This was on my old 110, I've not fitted any yet to my current 110 due
> to the lack of roofrack and bullbars, I intend fitting some very thick
> wing-top protectors and running them from the front of them to the
> gutters or maybe a small bar accross the roof.
>
> Worth remembering that there can be quite a pulling force on the
> mounting points when you drive through a very overgrown route.
>

I'm planning on using the roofrack itself as a mounting point at the top of
the run.

As for the bottom end, I'm thinking about fabricating some kind of brackets
to be attached to the wings with load spreaders on the inside of the wing
itself.

We shall see. Tonights project is drilling lots of holes across the roof to
mount spotlights (Dexion strip on the inside of the roof as a load
spreader. Tomorrows is trying to put together a mount for a couple of
Allmakes Jerrycan holders for the roofrack. That one looks like being
interesting to do.



P.

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Alex

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• Oct 29, 2004

• #4

>
>"Paul S. Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Does anybody know of a source for Forest Wire Kits in the UK who aren't
>> Scorpion racing?
>>
>> AFAICT they are just 1/4" Stainless Steel wire, some eyelets, a couple of
>> turnbuckles and some mounting hardware - I suspect I can get something
>from
>> a yacht chandler for a bit less than the "official" kits which will do the
>> job.
>>
>
>On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 14:56:15 +0000 (UTC), "mark hh" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>Through the corner of my eye - your post looks like the headline "Forest
>Fire - Wilts" and after all this rain too!
>

Have you been decked for chyslexia?

Alex

 

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SimonJ

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• Oct 30, 2004

• #5

>
> A couple of lengths of wire as thick as you like,
> a couple of fence tensioners,
> 4 eye bolts,
> 4 of those things you fold the wire back on itself to ease the strain,
> teardrop shaped things.
> 8 wire clamps (like tiny exhaust clamps).
>
Sticky backed plastic??????
Washing up bottle?????
And not forgetting the empty cereal box, with 'kellogs' blanked out!

 

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Steve Taylor

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• Oct 30, 2004

• #6

SimonJ wrote:
>>A couple of lengths of wire as thick as you like,
>>a couple of fence tensioners,
>>4 eye bolts,
>>4 of those things you fold the wire back on itself to ease the strain,
>>teardrop shaped things.
>>8 wire clamps (like tiny exhaust clamps).

Pardon my supreme ignorance, but what IS a "wire kit" - I haven't seen
one on a 101....

Steve

 

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Paul S. Brown

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• Oct 30, 2004

• #7

Steve Taylor wrote:

> SimonJ wrote:
>>>A couple of lengths of wire as thick as you like,
>>>a couple of fence tensioners,
>>>4 eye bolts,
>>>4 of those things you fold the wire back on itself to ease the strain,
>>>teardrop shaped things.
>>>8 wire clamps (like tiny exhaust clamps).
>
> Pardon my supreme ignorance, but what IS a "wire kit" - I haven't seen
> one on a 101....

Umm

Wouldn't work very well on a 101.

They're the heavy gauge steel wires you often see on tooled up Defenders
running from the tip of the wings to the front of the roofline whose
purpose is to deflect branches over the top of the car rather than through
the windscreen.

To use one on an FC101 you'd have to introduce a bonnet and thus rather lose
the FC element.

P.

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Steve Taylor

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• Oct 30, 2004

• #8

Paul S. Brown wrote:
..
>
> Who suspects he's being gently trolled

I genuinely didn't know. Thanks for the clarification !

Steve

 

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Mother

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• Oct 30, 2004

• #9

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:18:17 +0100, "Paul S. Brown"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>We shall see. Tonights project is drilling lots of holes across the roof to
>mount spotlights (Dexion strip on the inside of the roof as a load
>spreader. Tomorrows is trying to put together a mount for a couple of
>Allmakes Jerrycan holders for the roofrack. That one looks like being
>interesting to do.

Paul...

Did I miss the thread where you mentioned you were intending to set
off on a round the world expedition - or have things got really
serious in Buckinghamshire these days?

 

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Mother

Guest

• Oct 30, 2004

• #10

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 12:32:05 +0100, "Paul S. Brown"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>They're the heavy gauge steel wires you often see on tooled up Defenders
>running from the tip of the wings to the front of the roofline whose
>purpose is to deflect branches over the top of the car rather than through
>the windscreen.

Remember also that they'd be highly illegal to use on the public
highway.

 

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SimonJ

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• Oct 30, 2004

• #11

> >> A couple of lengths of wire as thick as you like,
> >> a couple of fence tensioners,
> >> 4 eye bolts,
> >> 4 of those things you fold the wire back on itself to ease the strain,
> >> teardrop shaped things.
> >> 8 wire clamps (like tiny exhaust clamps).
> >>
> >Sticky backed plastic??????
> >Washing up bottle?????
> >And not forgetting the empty cereal box, with 'kellogs' blanked out!
> >
>
> Used a corn-flakes box as a cylinder head gasket once,
> does that count?
>
I hope you got an adult to help you cut it out?

 

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Richard Brookman

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• Oct 30, 2004

• #12

So SimonJ was, like

>> Used a corn-flakes box as a cylinder head gasket once,
>> does that count?
>>
> I hope you got an adult to help you cut it out?

With a pair of blunt scissors, gloves and eye protection, I hope.

--

Rich

Nullum Gratuitum Prandium

 

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Paul S. Brown

Guest

• Oct 30, 2004

• #13

Mother wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:18:17 +0100, "Paul S. Brown"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>We shall see. Tonights project is drilling lots of holes across the roof
>>to mount spotlights (Dexion strip on the inside of the roof as a load
>>spreader. Tomorrows is trying to put together a mount for a couple of
>>Allmakes Jerrycan holders for the roofrack. That one looks like being
>>interesting to do.
>
> Paul...
>
> Did I miss the thread where you mentioned you were intending to set
> off on a round the world expedition - or have things got really
> serious in Buckinghamshire these days?

Actually, I'm planning taking some time out in the future and doing as much
travelling as I can.

Also, there are a few land owners I'm friendly with up in Scotland who are
willing (with a little liquid persuasion) to let me run through some
untended forestry areas.

This motor is my toy, so it's a case of do things to it when I don't have
the time or location to drive it.

P.
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If Mind over Matter is a Matter of Course
Does it Matter if Nobody Minds?

 

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SimonJ

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• Oct 30, 2004

• #14

> >They're the heavy gauge steel wires you often see on tooled up Defenders
> >running from the tip of the wings to the front of the roofline whose
> >purpose is to deflect branches over the top of the car rather than
through
> >the windscreen.
>
> Remember also that they'd be highly illegal to use on the public
> highway.
>
How so?

 

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Steve Taylor

Guest

• Oct 30, 2004

• #15

SimonJ wrote:

>>Remember also that they'd be highly illegal to use on the public
>>highway.
>>
>
> How so?

I would have thought they would cut pedestrians in half.

Steve

 

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Mother

Guest

• Oct 30, 2004

• #16

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:07:45 +0000 (UTC), "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>So SimonJ was, like
>
>>> Used a corn-flakes box as a cylinder head gasket once,
>>> does that count?
>>>
>> I hope you got an adult to help you cut it out?
>
>With a pair of blunt scissors, gloves and eye protection, I hope.

Damn you Brookman! I'm keeping a tally of the keyboards you've laid
waste...

 

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SimonJ

Guest

• Oct 30, 2004

• #17

> >>Remember also that they'd be highly illegal to use on the public
> >>highway.
> >>
> >
> > How so?
>
> I would have thought they would cut pedestrians in half.
>
>
To do that the pedestrian must have been leaning across the bonnet, with
their head in line with the windscreen!

The wires don't actually go outside the shape of the vehicle, if you could
get yourself into a position where you would be hit by the wire, you would
be hit by the vehicle anyway.

 

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SimonJ

Guest

• Oct 30, 2004

• #18

> Damn you Brookman! I'm keeping a tally of the keyboards you've laid
> waste...
>
http://tinyurl.com/8y1t

 

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Mother

Guest

• Oct 30, 2004

• #19

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 16:26:06 +0000 (UTC), "SimonJ" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>How so?

The law say so.

 

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Mother

Guest

• Oct 30, 2004

• #20

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 19:07:23 +0000 (UTC), "SimonJ" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>> Damn you Brookman! I'm keeping a tally of the keyboards you've laid
>> waste...
>>
>http://tinyurl.com/8y1t

Ah yes, ill fitting keyboard condoms...

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