Hood use for storage?

[libarata]

Amazing

 

[MikeBoyle]

It is popular for Jeep owners to use the hood to mount their Hi Lift. Popular enough that the parent company started selling mounts to do so. http://www.hi-lift.com/accessories/hood-mount.html

Personally I prefer to keep my line of sight across the front of the vehicle clear of any obstructions.

 

[newhue]

There is this option as well but one can do better. This bloke has a BBQ grill over the wheel. But turn the wheel upside down so the inner is facing upward, use it like bucket of sorts, and then place some padlocked cover or BBQ plate to keep it all in there.

 

[uglydukwling]

Some of the pictures of "stuff" on the hoods of WW II Jeeps are pretty scary. Like a casualty (or 2) in a stretcher laid crosswise on the hood. I don't suppose the jeep was driven very fast that way, but still it looks pretty precarious.

Another one shows a long range desert group (LRDG) jeep with several jerry cans lying on their sides on the hood. You'd have to have a lot of faith in the gaskets to put something like that over a hot engine, but priorities change in wartime and safety moves way down the list.