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muddyweb:
I also didn't say I thought they looked silly...  I said they were a daft idea :-)

The Camel trophy vehicles which spent much of their time in the jungle had them to help visibility and to help lift large branches out of the way.

They were attached to the roof rack (and hence the roll cage) and to the big bull bar on the front.   If they are attached to the wing tops, then if you hit anything big enough that it would damage your windscreen, you risk damaging the wing top and the forces all act to twist the eye bolt in the aluminium.   This *is* something I have seen, and isn't just an urban myth.

But, as I say.. my primary objection to them is use on the road.

yer auld aunt nelly:
:roll: And all the above is all ready under stood.Hence the reason they are made for easy removal.But i still ask the question has any one ever been pulled or stopped for pick-axes on the bonnet, shovels on wings etc etc......

muddyweb:
Well... this isn't an urban myth, because I know 100% for certain that it happened.

A friend was refused boarding on the channel tunnel until he removed all the tools from the outside of his 110 (axe handle, shovel, etc)

yer auld aunt nelly:
:roll: I think cheese wire may be over playing it a bit.Interesting about the other bit though.And yes i can see that some civilian forces may have a point of view on what they like or not.But as i asked first has any one ever been collered or indeed what is the legal point on such matters.

Wanderer:
Pulled maybe taken further maybe not. It's rare that construction and use is used against you unless the particular PC wants to do you.

What should be more of a concern is that if we're talking bush wires etc. Has your insurance been informed. If not are they happy that you've not informed them and still willing to stick to insuring you. If not then the particular PC might be looking at No Insurance which is worse than some construction and use charge.

Please note that my use of the word you is meant as a general term and not aimed at you individually.

I've been pulled under construction and use before (years ago when I was into customising vehicles I suppose I still am) but the PC was Ok once he'd found out that everything was in order (insurance etc) and I wasn't actually contravening any regs. Had anything been wrong then they might have taken that side of things further.

Ed

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