Roo Bar Fitting

OK. OK, So you call them bull bars. Around this district more kangaroos are hit than bulls, and come to think about it, more emus are hit than bulls.
Anyway, if there are a mob of roos on the road and you know you will hit one, which would you aim at?:confused:
Now my real problem is how do I (alone) raise a ROO BAR into position so I can fix it to my ute? They are the second most unbalanced thing I know of - I'm the first. I've tried bricks, and don't have jacks.

soth

Oh yeah, aim at the biggest one because it may know how to get out of your way - you know the 'older is wiser' bit of fiction.

A fork lift or a chain block is what I have used.

Just be aware that roo bars generally cause more damage than the roo on cars or utes. Trucks, now that is different.

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Originally Posted by masoth

...aim at the biggest one because it may know how to get out of your way - you know the 'older is wiser' bit of fiction.

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I wouldn't....:cool: the big buggers can jump high enough to go over the roo bar & straight throught the bloody windscreen...
Think about how long it is going to take you to stop from 100Km with 90Kgs of live & cranky roo on the front seat next to you. :eek:

It has happened... it happened to my Mum & Dad a couple of years ago.
Mum had to go to hospital to get stiched up. :(

When my son was eleven, an old friend was driving and said the best way of not being hit by panicing emus is tho open both back doors to let them run through.
The are more stupid than sheep.

soth

Have you tried one of those roo scarers (shoo roo or something) supposed to generate a high frequency sound that sends them scattering.
Never tried one but others may have.

Iain, they do work, but not as well as they probably could. Fitted, in association, with a bar is maybe the best anyone can do. The problem is, like emus, the roos always choose to go in the wrong direction - travelling unfamiliar roads can be scary. Roos and emus will sit/lie at the side oaf a warm road - drivers don't see them till they stand and it can be too late.

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Originally Posted by Iain

Have you tried one of those roo scarers (shoo roo or something) supposed to generate a high frequency sound that sends them scattering.
Never tried one but others may have.

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We have them on the truck. All I can say is that there are some deaf roos too.:D

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Just be aware that roo bars generally cause more damage than the roo on cars or utes. Trucks, now that is different.

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Maybe not quite true!!! In fact could be a load of crap! I have had roo bars fitted to a number of vehicles and unfortunately have had the need of their protection. Last year I "scored" a medium sized Roo with my Nissan, collected it with the corner of the bar, damaged guard and and drivers door, without the bar SERIOUS damage, as it was the door closed as well as ever, the damage being cosmetic. A few years ago, near St Arnaud "scored" a small roo with the wifes commodore wagon, no bar, new guard, new bonnet, new grille, new headlight assembly, new bits and pieces everybloody where and we were lucky to be mobile at all. 3 years ago, as I followed, the wife, driving the kids old Subaru wagon with cheap alloy bar "scored" a LARGE red deer, rolled it over and out of the road at 100kph, NO damage apart from a slightly bent bar....
Living inthe country and visiting the city relatively rarely, I believe roobars are a very valid form of protection for the vehicle and particularly for the occupants. HOWEVER, you hit something large and solid while going too bluddy fast no bar, Roo or Bull is going to help.... drive to the conditions!

Back to the question:

I've used a pair of ropes over the garage truss bottom chord. Set them up with a couple of truckies hitches (if you don't know how, learn or sell the ute :p ), and if you fiddle a bit, you'll get the height almost right, then you should be able to swing it onto the aft fixing bolts from below.

I have no idea if that makes sense, but I understand it.

Having despatched more than one animal when I was young and used to drive faster than my lights, the only one I actually hit with the front of a car was a pig, and it was a brand new hirecar I was delivering for Avis! oops!

Still the bullbar should ensure you don't hit anything front-on.

Cheers,

P:D

Agree totally with roo bars and driving to the conditions BUT what about the wombats they do hell of a lot of damage at 100K's so much for my muffler.

'midge said:
"I've used a pair of ropes over the garage truss bottom chord."
Geeze, why didn't I think of that - dopey, er, person that I am.:o

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.

soth

Dont worry about the Shoo'roo just install a large bank of doof doof subwoofers and crank up the Prodigy... they tend too flee the opposite way from thunder!

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Originally Posted by Christopha

"scored" a LARGE red deer,

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did u eat it ?

Shoo'roo's have a tendency of scaring the roos, right onto the road. It makes them panic and bolt, a lot of the time straight out in front of you. Roos will often just stay put when they're off the side of the road.

Dan

Hit a roo on two occasions in my Jeep. The Bull/Roo bar took full impact. I caught one roo on the down hop and after he hit the roo bar, the sump guard and the diff guard, he got up shook his head and bounded away.
I bet he had a headache in the morning.