Cargo Barrier?

[billy bleed]

How would you connect one of these cargo barriers to the patrol roof??

http://www.kulkyne.com/au/Cargo-Barrier-Net.html#info

For a $179.00 they sure beat the price metal ones and I'm assuming easy to remove should you need more space..

[threedogs]

Yeah I would use one as had similar in my last 4x4.
mine was removable as well.
Does this sit verticle or horizontal over cargo area like a 6x4 trailer???

[billy bleed]

i have no idea - i'm assuming those 3 links bolt into the roof somehow so thinking it is vertical but i don't know how..

[my third 256]

turn it upside down and have the 3 straps at the bottom

[Cuppa]

"In the event of a collision the items stored in the luggage compartment are prevented from entering the passenger area and potentially causing serious injury or worse"

If used vertically like a metal cargo barrier I don't buy that claim at all. The size of the mesh & the relative flexibility of mesh isn't something I'd want just behind me to rely on to stop missile-like objects from embedding themselves in the back of my head. Different matter if used horizontally as a 'cargo net', but I don't think that's the intent.

I reckon 3D could weld one up for considerably less than the price being asked for metal mesh ones on ebay?? ;)

Cuppa

[trekster]

I like this bit on that site:

RRP $179.00
Our Price $179.00


lol.

[Clunk]

Billy, keep an eye out on gum tree mate......... seriously you can get a bargain from time to time. I paid $30 for mine, original Nissan jobby made by millweld and not even 3 years old.

Got it from Avis rentals, who were changing over their fleet of patrols.

I still haven'tfitted it yet thoughlol

[Winnie]

I wouldn't doubt it's ability to stop the bigger items flying into your head but would not have it myself, honestly I'd rather not have one.

[megatexture]

I welded one myself for under 100 bucks so I can't see why they charge 500$ for them

[billy bleed]

That one is for the landrover I found out

[commsman]

If this net was really any good it would meet Australian Design Rules and have a label on it certifying it and it would list it on the web site. The only thing I would use this for is throwing over the top of anything in tha back that was under the height of the rear seats to hold it down to the floor of the car incase I hit a bump. As was said previously because this is just mesh strap it has a heck of a lot of flex in it. If an object is large enough not to fit through the holes and keep going, then it is going to put so much weight on the mesh the whole net will come forward and everything will hit people in the head.

The Milfords, Blackwidows and all the other cages out there all meet certain standards and have to be rated to a minimum. Generally the full bars are rated to 60KG's and the half bars 30KG's. This weight is of a single 60 (or 30) KG object hitting the bar at full force at full speed (110 KM/h). In reality they withstand a hell of a lot more force. I have seen photos of roll overs where the cage speaks for itself in relation to passenger safety as it stopped the back of the car from crushing down as well as stopping gear from going everywhere.

If you're going to mae your own keep in mind a couple of things:
Unless you get it certified it will not actually be a certified cage (obviously)
Part of the price you pay for a bar is for the cost of the certification. Other parts are the cost of materials, labour, rent on the facility where it's made, profit of the manufacturer and the retailer and the transport and a whole heap of other factors.
You can easily make one at home just as good or better than the ones in the stores, but they rely on a few things like continuous bent metal with a single weld (the corners are continuous), good welds with no weak spots or breaks, decent meshing to stop the forward impact (meshing on the cargo side not the passenger side), good mounting points.
You can buy a Milford reinstall kit from 4WD stores. Don't tell them you've made your own cage or had an accident in the old car, just tell them you bought a new car (same model) and want to reinstall the cage in the new car.
The mounting points are a front and back style plate (one inside the frame and one outside) to spread the weight, top and bottom.
I actually bought a reinstall kit for my GQ and then made a wooden shelf and mounted it up on the roof with my radios and other electronics plus interior lighting as I got sick of sinking the car and getting the radios (remote head and mounted under the seats at the time) filled up with water.

Regards,

Brian.