Bullbars - How effective?

[drenno]

It is refreshing to see the topic of bullbars discussed in exactly the context they should, an accessory that has applications that are relevant to the vast majority of Myswag members.  This speaks volumes for the caliber the myswag community! For the travelling and four wheel driving  that I do with my family they are a must and have proved there worth time and time again.

[briann532]

It is refreshing to see the topic of bullbars discussed in exactly the context they should, an accessory that has applications that are relevant to the vast majority of Myswag members.  This speaks volumes for the caliber the myswag community! For the travelling and four wheel driving  that I do with my family they are a must and have proved there worth time and time again.

Dare you to post it in the electrical section??? 

[Metters]

I had a close friend many years ago while living in a rural area who fitted a bull bar to his Holden after getting a new job that took him through roo infested areas at night.  He hit one a few weeks later but it cleared the bar then went through the windscreen and ended up in the back seat.  Had his wife been with him she may not have survived. 

I have never had one in fifty years of driving and never will.  I hit a roo on the Nullarbor in 1972 and vowed never to do it again.  So far a combination of reduced speeds, limiting night driving and avoiding certain roads has worked.  I am not saying you don't need them, just don't let them lull you into a false sense of security.  That roo through my mate's windscreen was not the only one I saw or heard about while living in the bush.

[Bird]

I had a close friend many years ago while living in a rural area who fitted a bull bar to his Holden after getting a new job that took him through roo infested areas at night.  He hit one a few weeks later but it cleared the bar then went through the windscreen and ended up in the back seat.  Had his wife been with him she may not have survived. 

I have never had one in fifty years of driving and never will.  I hit a roo on the Nullarbor in 1972 and vowed never to do it again.  So far a combination of reduced speeds, limiting night driving and avoiding certain roads has worked.  I am not saying you don't need them, just don't let them lull you into a false sense of security.  That roo through my mate's windscreen was not the only one I saw or heard about while living in the bush.

I agree, maybe he needed a bull windscreen instead.

[GanG]

I lived in the heart of roo country (Rushworth central Vic) and worked shifts for 10 years and I spent many nights on the road........I hit more roos when I slowed down than I ever did travelling at the speed limit, now since I have had what some may consider excessive lighting on my 4x4 I have noted that with the verge well lit up, most roo's tend to head bush rather than crossing the road.

I have also heard of roos coming through windscreens, I have also heard of folks losing control when bouncing over the top of one on a dirt road.......Shit just happens, a case series of one is not really robust evidence of a trend

A bull bar is also a mighty fine attachment point for a winch and other recovery apparatus

[Metters]

I agree, maybe he needed a bull windscreen instead.

Could you just imagine what one of those would look like?

[smartyingreen]

My 100 series came to me with the genuine Tojo Chrome bar on it, thankfully the missus went too quick round a corner on the dirt and ran off into a Mallee tree. What it did do was take the impact without any real under bonnet damage meaning we could carry on our merry way - thankfully now have an arb steel bar that this year knocked a couple of roos over on the Tilpa to Pooncarie section of the Darling Rd and no damage, not sure it would have been the same without either bar, and with both being many kms from home could have been an expensive exercise.

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[britts]

Both my D40 and 100 series are fitted with ARB winch bars, the 100 had it already fitted and I have hit 2 roos with it, 1 on the F3/M1 at 110kms, and the other in a 100 kms zone with no damage either time. When I purchased the D40 I ordered it with the ARB bar and have already hit a roo out Gilgandera way at about 80 kms again with no damage. I will continue to put ARB bars on my 4wd's when I update them not to mention they hold my lights, winch and antennas.

[Red Dog 4x4]

Both my D40 and 100 series are fitted with ARB winch bars, the 100 had it already fitted and I have hit 2 roos with it, 1 on the F3/M1 at 110kms, and the other in a 100 kms zone with no damage either time. When I purchased the D40 I ordered it with the ARB bar and have already hit a roo out Gilgandera way at about 80 kms again with no damage. I will continue to put ARB bars on my 4wd's when I update them not to mention they hold my lights, winch and antennas.

that's good to hear, I will only use ARB bars as well as I to have had a few close calls, this is a photo of what a six foot tall roo did to a bull bar well sort of, this happened at Burpengary, I live only a few hundred meters from were it was hit. 



You can see in this photo it has torn the tube the winch horn is welded to,


You can see were the roo hit