Offroad-Express

seems i bought my self a wee xmas pressy.. well, a couple actually lol.

i got a 60in hi-lift jack, and a '4wdbits' winching kit. now, whats the best way of mounting it in my surf so it dosnt try whacking me in the back of the head next time i bounce out of a rut?

ive seen a couple of 4wd's getting round nelson with them mounted externally, but they wernt much help, one was a nissan, that had it strapped across its spare, and the other was an old '40 cruiser that had it sitting on the passenger side running board, neither of which are any good for me.

i thought of using some ratchet tiedowns and strapping it above the wheel arches in the back of my surf? any good?

edit: oh, and the other pressie was a mint 20 year old VFR700

If your surf has a nudge bar like mine did (94 model) I drilled three holes through it and mounted it on there for over a year. Worked well. Never needed it though as it was easily accessible and Murphy states when you make something easy to get to you'll never need it

Mike

was gald i had one and was handy

Mine lives across the back on the floor so when you open the door it is right there.
Along with the spade & axe.
Although mine lives in my Bighorn I have tried it in our surf and it fits there too.
My plan is to put in a false floor setup and that will stop it moving around if I roll over again. It did not move much because of all the recovery gear and other junk that was in there.
The main reason for making the floor is to keep everything in place and easy to get at and it will let me have a flat floor for general use because I keep the jack, straps etc in my truck most of the time.

dazza85 wrote:Mine lives across the back on the floor so when you open the door it is right there.
Along with the spade & axe.
Although mine lives in my Bighorn I have tried it in our surf and it fits there too.
My plan is to put in a false floor setup and that will stop it moving around if I roll over again. It did not move much because of all the recovery gear and other junk that was in there.
The main reason for making the floor is to keep everything in place and easy to get at and it will let me have a flat floor for general use because I keep the jack, straps etc in my truck most of the time.

yeah, thats not a bad idea, im thinking of taking the rear seats out to make a bit more room as well, subbox is kinda in the way at the mo

While cleaning up after ' Thompsons' as I was checking me recovery gear.
On the farm jack/Hi Lift the up/down latch lever had worked it's securing screw loose.
This caused the lever to back it self out from the mechanism.
It still worked but potentially a disaster waiting to happen.
I pays to check ya gear after any event big or small.

I had a 87 Surf which I built a false floor for the back. I stored all the heavy stuff like chains, Hi lift jack, axe, ect under the floor and all my other Sh...t on top. It was a great option because whenever you have a truck full of stuff you always get stuck and need what ever is right at the bottom. I built the floor out of 20mm custom wood which is easy to work with and very forgiving. Mine was just a simple set up but you can get carried away with and put in dividers ect.