Has your Bullbar Saved Your Life???

arky · 01-10-2005, 20:07

GDay guys,

As we all want to save our bullbars from being changed and costing us more money... Perth storm chucked the post idea in me mythbusters thread!!!

Has your bullbar saved your life????

If it has chuck it down on the thread and tell us about it!!!

BeautUtes

rocket · 01-10-2005, 21:23

my 5 poster has saved me 5 times from large kangaroos and a previous 4 poster stoped my car from killing me when my brakes failed and slamed front first in to a tree on a gravel road T junction. but they've (police) given me enough trouble today i cut down my 5poster and turned it in to a 3poster

arky · 02-10-2005, 01:19

thats it maybe if people can have some input on this thread on how a bullbar that they now prepose illegal has saved there lives in some way buy it being youre own bullbar or in a ute with someone else. maybe they could print out this thread or look at it and realise how important it is to us all over the country and not just in the west!!!

FeralPrick · 02-10-2005, 01:30

well on the way to corrigin the other day i hit a boomer at 90 and he almost rearranged my bar so jus thinkin what he woulda done if tha bar wasnt there.........well its kinda scary to think about

BeautUtes

QueenslandIsNotTheSmartState · 02-10-2005, 17:19

yep, definately, was following a sparky's van home on the pacific mwy southbound one day when his ladder came off the roof (ever hear of occy straps mate) and hit the road and bounced up and hit my bar, had it not been there, or been one of those backward sloping ones, the ladder would have come along the bonnet, through the windscreen and given me one hell of a headache!

STAYING TRUE · 02-10-2005, 20:33

g'day
yeah not long ago i hit a boomer at about 110 in the middle of the night. as my bull bar is quite big it saved my mate in the passenger seat as he was write in the middle of the firing line. but instead my bar just pushed the roo off to the side but it also ripped my bullbar mounts out through the side of the chassis. thats how hard it hit.
cheers.

ThunderInTheNight · 02-10-2005, 23:07

Mine's saved me more times than I care to remember. Most recently, it was a grey boomer on the way back to the farm, I was doin a bit under 105 when I hit him, cos the mongrel came outta nowhere. Still hit the bonnet and did a bitta damage, but if it hadn't been there, I sure as hell wouldn't have walked outta it. And last year, on me old ute, I hit a bull on me way down from the station, at night, lights on low due to oncomin traffic, didn't see him till it was way too late. hit doin, maybe 70. killed the bull, but didn't damage me or the vehicle. I couldn't believe it ey. Thats why I don't want to cut mine back.

Krols · 27-10-2005, 00:53

I haven't had on save my life so far, but I've talkted to so many people who's bullbars have saved their lives, it just aint funny. My worst experience so far was a glancing blow on the front left of the bonnet in my little gemini. It was at night, had my lights dimmed and hit it at 80k's. As I said, glancing blow, and it crumpled the front left quarter panel, destroyed the lights and grill, and bent the radiator housing back, buckling the bonnet. Nevermind if I had been going any faster, if I had hit it square on I would have been buggered, with the front end of the car destroyed, that is if the roo didn't come up and join me in the car via the front windscreen. I now have a little budgie bar on the front of the car, it won't do anything but it makes me feel a bit better, and I won't ever own a vehicle without a decent bullbar again.

BeautUtes

kaz · 27-10-2005, 06:32

my brother hit a cow that was nicely wandering across the road. bullbar ended up making the bonnet of the ute look a bit like a crushed can and the guy that owned the silly animal threatened little brother with legal action. he wouldn't be walking too well if at all if the bullbar hadn't been there.

01-10-2005, 20:07	#1 (permalink)
arky Status: Hardcore Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Thornlie, my ute, or a fire station!!! take ya pic! Posts: 1,409 Rep Power: 5	Has your Bullbar Saved Your Life??? GDay guys, As we all want to save our bullbars from being changed and costing us more money... Perth storm chucked the post idea in me mythbusters thread!!! Has your bullbar saved your life???? If it has chuck it down on the thread and tell us about it!!! __________________ *Where there is Arky! There's FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* *Show No Fear! Show No Pain! You ST me I'll Shoot Ya!!!* If You Ain't SCARED! Then You ain't goin' FAST ENOUGH!!!!!!!! If you value your LIFE! As much as i value my UTE! DON'T FK WITH IT!!!!

01-10-2005, 21:23	#2 (permalink)
rocket Status: Newbie Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: dongara Posts: 43 Rep Power: 0	Re: has your bullbar saved your life? my 5 poster has saved me 5 times from large kangaroos and a previous 4 poster stoped my car from killing me when my brakes failed and slamed front first in to a tree on a gravel road T junction. but they've (police) given me enough trouble today i cut down my 5poster and turned it in to a 3poster

02-10-2005, 01:19	#3 (permalink)
arky Status: Hardcore Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Thornlie, my ute, or a fire station!!! take ya pic! Posts: 1,409 Rep Power: 5	Re: has your bullbar saved your life? thats it maybe if people can have some input on this thread on how a bullbar that they now prepose illegal has saved there lives in some way buy it being youre own bullbar or in a ute with someone else. maybe they could print out this thread or look at it and realise how important it is to us all over the country and not just in the west!!! __________________ *Where there is Arky! There's FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* *Show No Fear! Show No Pain! You ST me I'll Shoot Ya!!!* If You Ain't SCARED! Then You ain't goin' FAST ENOUGH!!!!!!!! If you value your LIFE! As much as i value my UTE! DON'T FK WITH IT!!!!

02-10-2005, 01:30	#4 (permalink)
FeralPrick Status: Beaut Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Eastern Suburbs Posts: 551 Rep Power: 4	Re: has your bullbar saved your life? well on the way to corrigin the other day i hit a boomer at 90 and he almost rearranged my bar so jus thinkin what he woulda done if tha bar wasnt there.........well its kinda scary to think about __________________ *THE FERAL HAS RETURNED* *GOT THE UTE* *AND SHES A BEAUT*

02-10-2005, 17:19	#5 (permalink)
QueenslandIsNotTheSmartState Status: Feral Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Beenleigh Qld Posts: 84 Rep Power: 4	Re: has your bullbar saved your life? yep, definately, was following a sparky's van home on the pacific mwy southbound one day when his ladder came off the roof (ever hear of occy straps mate) and hit the road and bounced up and hit my bar, had it not been there, or been one of those backward sloping ones, the ladder would have come along the bonnet, through the windscreen and given me one hell of a headache!

02-10-2005, 20:33	#6 (permalink)
STAYING TRUE Status: Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: stirling rangers in w.a Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Re: has your bullbar saved your life? g'day yeah not long ago i hit a boomer at about 110 in the middle of the night. as my bull bar is quite big it saved my mate in the passenger seat as he was write in the middle of the firing line. but instead my bar just pushed the roo off to the side but it also ripped my bullbar mounts out through the side of the chassis. thats how hard it hit. cheers.

02-10-2005, 23:07	#7 (permalink)
ThunderInTheNight Status: April 2006 Peoples Choice! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Glenflorrie Station, West Pilbara, WA Posts: 366 Rep Power: 17	Re: has your bullbar saved your life? Mine's saved me more times than I care to remember. Most recently, it was a grey boomer on the way back to the farm, I was doin a bit under 105 when I hit him, cos the mongrel came outta nowhere. Still hit the bonnet and did a bitta damage, but if it hadn't been there, I sure as hell wouldn't have walked outta it. And last year, on me old ute, I hit a bull on me way down from the station, at night, lights on low due to oncomin traffic, didn't see him till it was way too late. hit doin, maybe 70. killed the bull, but didn't damage me or the vehicle. I couldn't believe it ey. Thats why I don't want to cut mine back. __________________ For Those About To Rock, We Salute You As decreed by ACDC

27-10-2005, 00:53	#8 (permalink)
Krols Status: Feral Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Northern Wheatbelt Posts: 122 Rep Power: 4	Re: has your bullbar saved your life? I haven't had on save my life so far, but I've talkted to so many people who's bullbars have saved their lives, it just aint funny. My worst experience so far was a glancing blow on the front left of the bonnet in my little gemini. It was at night, had my lights dimmed and hit it at 80k's. As I said, glancing blow, and it crumpled the front left quarter panel, destroyed the lights and grill, and bent the radiator housing back, buckling the bonnet. Nevermind if I had been going any faster, if I had hit it square on I would have been buggered, with the front end of the car destroyed, that is if the roo didn't come up and join me in the car via the front windscreen. I now have a little budgie bar on the front of the car, it won't do anything but it makes me feel a bit better, and I won't ever own a vehicle without a decent bullbar again.

27-10-2005, 06:32	#9 (permalink)
kaz Status: November 2006 Best Street Ute Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: hillbilly Posts: 3,974 Rep Power: 30	Re: has your bullbar saved your life? my brother hit a cow that was nicely wandering across the road. bullbar ended up making the bonnet of the ute look a bit like a crushed can and the guy that owned the silly animal threatened little brother with legal action. he wouldn't be walking too well if at all if the bullbar hadn't been there.