Date:         Thu, 8 Mar 2007 20:36:39 +0000
Reply-To:     Dave Vickery <davevickery@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Vickery <davevickery@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Bull Bars
Comments: To: gary2a@TELUS.NET
In-Reply-To:  <008c01c76157$d9b7aa10$6501a8c0@A>
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My aircooled bumpers came freight from Florida.  Costs are kept somewhat low
by them having a deal with a freight company, and also by delivery to a
terminal for pickup.  They weighed 250 lbs and were in HUGE HUGE boxes.  I
had to take them out of the boxes to get them in the back of my SUV.  I
think 1500 miles of shipping was 170.  People who want this stuff will pay
that and smaller tubes or just brush guards even 2 piece tubes that slide
into or bolt onto each other would all be way cheaper than the aircooled or
van-cafe ones.

Someone really should make a better mousetrap here, especially for the
front, with mounts for accessories, like winch, receiver, extra jug, lights,
whatever.  Or contract with a manufacturer to alter a design to fit a
vanagon that they can drop ship to the customer.

Dave in Denver


>From: "Gary Lee, www.vwrack.com" <gary2a@TELUS.NET>
>Reply-To: "Gary Lee, www.vwrack.com" <gary2a@TELUS.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Bull Bars
>Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 01:00:34 -0700
>
>>I tried to get a few people interested in this..  gary lee...terry K... a
>>few
>>others with welding expertise..  none were really interested.in making
>>them
>>to sell..    if your interested, i already have a few scale drawings of
>>the
>>brushguard i can send you if you want..
>>Chris
>
>I have thought about building bull bars or brushguards for many years now.
>But I don't know how to ship something that large at a price most people
>would consider
>reasonable.  Maybe I can make it in three pieces, that would make it easier
>and cheaper to ship.
>
>Gary Lee
>www.vwrack.com

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