white90 Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 would they be copyrighted? or ok to replicate ay suggestions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 A bit like "a certain ground anchor" prob OK to replicate as long as not being sold commercially.... who makes the originals? or is that what you are trying to find out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted September 10, 2005 Author Share Posted September 10, 2005 Rockware in the USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JST Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Chap i got my cage from also makes these - or was doing a design when i collected mine anyway. not sure about the mounting with the southdown tank guard there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Scrapiron Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 I can get you some from a scrapyard. I'll spray them red and charge you a lot of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 It's funny - Nick & I were talking a couple of days ago about how I managed to almost tear off one of my rear arm chassis mounts - in a french supermarket (using the 'off-road' exit which involved a big concrete step) How about, as an alternative, just weld a bit of plate onto the underside of the chassis to act as a ramp? Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Scrapiron Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 I can get you a plate from a scrapyard. I'll spray it red and charge you a lot of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveG Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 You might want to add this to your profile... I have a wide vocabulary and like to make friends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall_CSK Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 or Mention customer service & I will send the boys round to give you some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Marshall Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 would they be copyrighted? or ok to replicate ay suggestions If you could make one, then you could be charged with 'passing off' only if you tried to sell one suggesting it was made by the original manufacturer. A charge of breach of intellectual copyright would similarly not stick if you made no attempt to sell, or to distribute [eg to friends] in significant numbers. Usual test would be whether you were doing it for personal gain, or to damage market prospects for the original manufacturer. So, making one for your own use would be basically OK, particularly if you introduced a novel element of shape or other feature - change an angle or two, if it really bothered you. Frankly, who would see it? And think of the plethora of steering guards on sale - how different are they in practice....remember that the basic design parameters were set by Land Rover, and they've shown no inclination to stop aftermarket suppliers. Go for it. Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted September 10, 2005 Author Share Posted September 10, 2005 just the one pair for my 90. Simon could you make somthing similar and market? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Brock Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Yep, I'd have a set of those as well.....you listening Si ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Excuse the stupidity but WTF is it ? mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Excuse the stupidity but WTF is it ?mo a slide plate to prevent the truck getting hung up on the rear radius arm chassis mounts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted September 10, 2005 Author Share Posted September 10, 2005 when traversing the log on the BDB event I removed copius amounts of paint and dug holes in the log with the rear radius arm mounts, a slider would asve me the repainting job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 You know my Ball jointed rear radius arms? Or click here I wondered about extending the plate which bolts on to the chassis in such a way as to form a ramp and protect the hanger. Main trouble is the lack of anywhere nearby to bolt it on to. I guess that's why the ones above are so enormous! It might be possible to fold something such that it clamps round the chassis I suppose? I'll have a think! Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will_warne Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 I've bent both of mine fairly well and I was thinking of doing something like this. I'd probably do something weld on and if anyone wants a pair it'd be fairly easy to have a few more sets cut and folded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocKeR Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Excuse the stupidity but WTF is it ?mo Thank you Mo!!! I was about to aske the same thing 'till I say you elloquently put question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Graham (and Mo) It's a plate bolted to the underside of your chassis which protects the sticky-outey bit that the rear radius arms attach to. It drops below the chassis and occasionally gets caught up on stuff. I think they are also designed to protect the chassis rails themselves. The chassis sometimes get a bit squashed & dented when you land on rocks - but this is far less of a problem on a 90. Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 I'm glad I wasn't the only one then Graham Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark90 Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Cut the mounts off and weld them on the other way round. http://www.ex-tec.de also do them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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