Firstly wanted to ask everyone if stone guards for the windscreen are legal these days ? thinking about getting one for my small campervan ... anyone out there that can help ? Don't see many vehicles fitted with them !
hako said
09:05 AM Mar 13, 2017
They had a discussion on stone guards on "the other forum" ....it was headed "wire mesh stone guard windshield protector".
Basically it said they may or may not be legal but no one had ever been booked and gave some addresses where they were still manufactured and the prices.
Good Luck.
goldenyears said
09:08 AM Mar 13, 2017
Thanks hako ... yes was unsure about the legality of having one ? would feel more secure if it was legal . will check out other post .
Cupie said
02:58 PM Mar 13, 2017
Don't know if they are legal. but you're right. don't see them too often these days.
Many years ago when I first started bush bashing they were almost mandatory.
I remember the terrible (usually badly scratched) plastic ones and the mesh style that lay flat on the bonnet & were pulled into position by a lever.
Perhaps a few trucks still use the small ones that cover the lower section of the screen.
You don't see too many of those old butterfly wing shaped wind deflectors either.
macka17 said
04:33 PM Mar 13, 2017
Yea Stone guards are usable.
but I nor any I know have used for yrs.
Windscreens are sooo much better quality nowadays.
It take a heck of a lot to actually "break" one. Normally just chipping occurs,
and you can change at next metro area of any size.
Maybe Weipa and old gibber roads but not Bitumin and normal dirt.
Fergit the screen. Just have good ins.
Mine covers one a yr free. then $100 each after that.
Used to be ALL free
But no more.
And God. They look ugly too.
I also carry a fold up plastic emergency screen too.
But never used it.
Psychcological mainly methink's.
Cupie said
04:49 PM Mar 13, 2017
macka17 wrote:
Yea Stone guards are usable.
but I nor any I know have used for yrs. Windscreens are sooo much better quality nowadays.
It take a heck of a lot to actually "break" one. Normally just chipping occurs, and you can change at next metro area of any size. Maybe Weipa and old gibber roads but not Bitumin and normal dirt.
Fergit the screen. Just have good ins. Mine covers one a yr free. then $100 each after that.
Used to be ALL free But no more.
And God. They look ugly too. I also carry a fold up plastic emergency screen too. But never used it.
Psychcological mainly methink's.
Agree.
The last screen that I damaged was in a bridge bypass thru a creek bed just west of Camooweal. I pulled to the side & stopped to let a road train past. He threw up a couple of massive river stones that landed on the bottom of the screen. Left a couple of great big chips. The didn't start to run into cracks until several months later.
Prior to that the only one I can remember was decades earlier when I copped a rock in the half screen of my old Vanguard near Bowenville. No probs. It was great to have an unobstructed shooting platform across the bonnet .. with no windscreen. A bit blowy though with lots of bugs.
goldenyears said
04:49 PM Mar 13, 2017
Thanks macka ... must get one of those tables ................
Firstly wanted to ask everyone if stone guards for the windscreen are legal these days ? thinking about getting one for my small campervan ... anyone out there that can help ? Don't see many vehicles fitted with them !
Basically it said they may or may not be legal but no one had ever been booked and gave some addresses where they were still manufactured and the prices.
Good Luck.
Thanks hako ... yes was unsure about the legality of having one ? would feel more secure if it was legal . will check out other post .
Don't know if they are legal. but you're right. don't see them too often these days.
Many years ago when I first started bush bashing they were almost mandatory.
I remember the terrible (usually badly scratched) plastic ones and the mesh style that lay flat on the bonnet & were pulled into position by a lever.
Perhaps a few trucks still use the small ones that cover the lower section of the screen.
You don't see too many of those old butterfly wing shaped wind deflectors either.
but I nor any I know have used for yrs.
Windscreens are sooo much better quality nowadays.
It take a heck of a lot to actually "break" one. Normally just chipping occurs,
and you can change at next metro area of any size.
Maybe Weipa and old gibber roads but not Bitumin and normal dirt.
Fergit the screen. Just have good ins.
Mine covers one a yr free. then $100 each after that.
Used to be ALL free
But no more.
And God. They look ugly too.
I also carry a fold up plastic emergency screen too.
But never used it.
Psychcological mainly methink's.
Agree.
The last screen that I damaged was in a bridge bypass thru a creek bed just west of Camooweal. I pulled to the side & stopped to let a road train past. He threw up a couple of massive river stones that landed on the bottom of the screen. Left a couple of great big chips. The didn't start to run into cracks until several months later.
Prior to that the only one I can remember was decades earlier when I copped a rock in the half screen of my old Vanguard near Bowenville. No probs. It was great to have an unobstructed shooting platform across the bonnet .. with no windscreen. A bit blowy though with lots of bugs.
Thanks macka ... must get one of those tables ................