Windscreen branch protection!

Hi all,
I work in the woods and have had to replace my windscreen twice in two years now. Have any of you run wire from roof rack to wing? If so how have you done it?? Pictures on a postcard please! Lol!

Cheers

Do a search for "bush wires"

Daz

I haven't, but could you drill the wing and use those pins that they use to stop bonnets flying up on rally cars?

Wonder if moutning a bar (like buses have) on the windscreen pillar might look neater?

I've been racking my brains as to what they are called!! Bush wires makes sense!! Aussie invention maybe??! Bars are a good idea but I quite like the look of the wires. I could drill and attach them to my light gaurds maybe!

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Be aware the forces Bush wires put on the places they are fixed too if you contact a branch.
The need to go down to a bull bar or something & up to a rack.
Dont fix to the front of defender wings, you will just rip them off.
I do not imagine fixed to the front of a Disco wing they will fair any better.
if you mount them to something handy like the corner of the roof and the bonnet then they will likely be ripped or bent (or their mountings etc.) the moment the wire touches something big enough to want deflecting, which is pointless. They're no substitute for careful driving.

their dangerous and illegal for use on the highway (lanes come under highway regs)

Cause an injury to someone in a road accident & see how your insurance & the police will treat you tho.
Imagine how bad a biker going over your bonnet is,
then imagine their limb coming off on the cheese wire.

Shame bungees aren't strong enough as they could be removed in seconds.

This would just be for use within the woods. I'm quite considerate of motorcyclists. Father in law lost his leg in an accident due to a careless driver.

strap someone to the bonnet with a chainsaw

i was thinking to have 2 chainsaws.. 1 strapped on either side of the roof rack on electric starts... the mini blade ones.

Two massive circular saws running off the front axle would do the trick!!

ive got em on my disco.no probs yet,and moved aside some big branches.

hawky666 said:

i was thinking to have 2 chainsaws.. 1 strapped on either side of the roof rack on electric starts... the mini blade ones.

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tooo much of the james bond,me thinks:doh:

james bond would be lazer cutters lol

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james bond would be lazer cutters lol

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How much are these bushwire things anyway?

I went to the my local yacht riggers and gave them the length I needed. I got a length of wire wit a fork at one end and a bottle screw and fork at the other, I shacled one end to the light bar and the other to an eye bolt on the wing. It was never a problem with the MOT, but I have since removed them. Quick and easy to refit when I need to go back into the woods.

Google yacht riggers some one like The Rig Shop could make these up pretty quickly.

Ruari

b&q have all the gear.cost about 20 quid for all the bits.the adjusters are dearest bit.

chandlery shop is what you want. Or these:

Clicky


Im with daft though, there not worth the risk to be honest. In the 2 years or so ive been driving off road an don lanes i have never needed bush wires. There is indeed no substitute for just slowing down and or putting a hand out to guide it over the top.

I fitted this kit called forest wires , i purcased them at billing & when i am not using them i undo at wing end and zip tie to my roof rack

Do you know who the seller was Pat? I'm probably going to make mine but would be interesting to see the prices.