Bull bar to roof rack cables??

[INSAYN]

I keep seeing these on various Land Rover's and can't find any info on them on the web. What are these for, keeping branches from hitting the windshield or something?

Examples:

 

[barnstormer]

Yep.
Brush wires. Lifts the branches up away from the windshield.

 

[INSAYN]

Simple, yet very novel idea! Wonder why this practice isn't used on more rigs? :smiley_drive:

 

[DividingCreek]

search "limb risers"

 

[fishEH]

Simple, yet very novel idea! Wonder why this practice isn't used on more rigs? :smiley_drive:

Probably because they aren't needed in all areas. A lot of off roading is done in areas with few trees but many rocks. They're nice in heavily wooded areas to keep larger branches that could possibly cause damage off your windshield. They're typically a DIY accessory since many rigs are set up differently in regards to where/how they would attach.

 

[rover4x4]

I thought those were for drying clothes...

 

[Sleeping Dog]

Make them easily removable so you can pull them off for highway use. Hitting a pedestrian or cyclist and they'll act like cheese cutters.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Simple, yet very novel idea! Wonder why this practice isn't used on more rigs? :smiley_drive:

Because if you have to ask, you probably don't need them

I've got a set of 'temporary' ones I use on my Tacoma, they can install between my ARB and my front-runner rack in a matter of minutes and are stout enough to deflect decent size limbs past the rack. After watching a tree limp rip a roof-top-tent right off of an 80 Series I stepped up the priority of them. Without a roof rack I've never felt I needed them, the w/s often has a decent angle and there isn't a lip up top to catch. If present, a snorkel can take some serious hits, in fact I've never really seen a snorkel get damaged, the air ram yes but not the snorkel body. The same trip as the 'RTT incident' two of the attendees lost their snorkel pre-cleaners to trees but I don't think limb risers would combat that in the slightest? We had Nissan Patrol in Aussie last year that really could have benefited from risers, we tweaked the raingutters from all the hits the rack was taking.

 

[Thor]

That's how I run my aux light wires!

 

[aka rover]

These work great in a jungle, i have used these in the Malaysia Rainforest and as long as your moving forward there great but when you need to reverse any distance they funnel all the branches to a pinch point. Its better to drive around heavy branchs.


Ed

 

[Rallyroo]

If present, a snorkel can take some serious hits, in fact I've never really seen a snorkel get damaged, the air ram yes but not the snorkel body.

Oh, Graham killed a snorkel in Belize this past August. I was the co-driver driver yelling "watch out for the snorkel" then a tree limb ripped the snorkel right out.

Tree = 1
Land Rover Defender = 0

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Oh, Graham killed a snorkel in Belize this past August. I was the co-driver driver yelling "watch out for the snorkel" then a tree limb ripped the snorkel right out.

Ouch! I have no doubt they can be damaged, I just haven't witnessed it. I've seen it break free of the a-pillar mount and tweak the lower mounts but nothing that couldn't be fixed

Safari Snorkel on the rocks...

Popped right back into shape