Member Since: 19 Mar 2012
Location: Woking
Posts: 3213
Not if it's in a wolf box or eurobox or similarD3 07 SE - still going strong
D3 07 HSE - gone to car heaven
FL1 - gone to Romania
D3 05 HSE - gone to a divorce diet
D1 V8 manual - gone but not forgotten
RR Classic - gone to car heaven
Member Since: 14 Oct 2013
Location: 'Sunny' Zomerset
Posts: 9424
I have a welder and am extremely good at welding Iggy/Ieuan
Current LR =
2015 RR Sport Autobiography
&
1992 Land Rover Defender Camper
- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)
25th Jan 2018 12:53 pm
professorpool
Member Since: 19 Mar 2012
Location: Woking
Posts: 3213
I have access to a welder. We all have access to a welder.
What's the point if all you want/need is one basket that will cost a couple of hundred?
Notwithstanding all the extras also required (nets, cables, ties) - it comes with warranty and normal conusmer protections?D3 07 SE - still going strong
D3 07 HSE - gone to car heaven
FL1 - gone to Romania
D3 05 HSE - gone to a divorce diet
D1 V8 manual - gone but not forgotten
RR Classic - gone to car heaven
Jeeps, Lexus, X-trails... Too many to name..
25th Jan 2018 1:01 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14480
I have an XBB550 Fridge rack. Its brilliant and works really well. For the time and hassle of cobbling one together, I'd just buy one. D4 HSE EU6 (Known as Jeeves)
New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!) Sold
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
25th Jan 2018 1:15 pm
professorpool
Member Since: 19 Mar 2012
Location: Woking
Posts: 3213
That's the one I'm after D3 07 SE - still going strong
D3 07 HSE - gone to car heaven
FL1 - gone to Romania
D3 05 HSE - gone to a divorce diet
D1 V8 manual - gone but not forgotten
RR Classic - gone to car heaven
Jeeps, Lexus, X-trails... Too many to name..
25th Jan 2018 1:16 pm
Russell
Member Since: 23 Aug 2007
Location: Kent
Posts: 10564
At the end of the day he has made a product that is well made and suitable for the job, he will also back the product and if there are issues will resolve them.
The product costs a sum of money with which every person has the right to buy or walk away from, on top of that there is development costs, manufacturing costs, advertising costs etc
So yes you may be able to make one cheaper in your garage with a welder, but the time taken to get materials together, take measurements, build paint etc is it worth it for a one off? Many would think not and buy one
I don't have one because I have a D5 and he does not make one for the D5, but if he did and it fitted the purpose for me, then yes I would buy one MY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
MY15 D4 HSE Kaikoura Stone
MY12 D4 HSE Nara Bronze Sold and gone
MY11 D4 HSE Stornaway Grey Sold and gone
D3 S spec Silver Sold and gone
Tow bar, full length roof bars, side steps, tow bar storage unit, surround camers.
D4 camera club
25th Jan 2018 1:19 pm
DG Site Moderator
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50979
Hardware17 wrote:
Hot Tub wrote:
I need to get access to a welder make my own
I have a similar plan !
Maybe you could make lots and who knows, you could become a site sponsor Needs a D5 model mind
Russell wrote:
advertising costs etc
They are very,very low
25th Jan 2018 1:26 pm
professorpool
Member Since: 19 Mar 2012
Location: Woking
Posts: 3213
@DG D3 07 SE - still going strong
D3 07 HSE - gone to car heaven
FL1 - gone to Romania
D3 05 HSE - gone to a divorce diet
D1 V8 manual - gone but not forgotten
RR Classic - gone to car heaven
Jeeps, Lexus, X-trails... Too many to name..
25th Jan 2018 1:29 pm
stiff
Member Since: 17 Jul 2017
Location: Either cashpoint or garage...
Posts: 293
This thread now reminds me of a recent Facebook thread that was very short-lived...MY2008 D3 - It got me hooked...gone
MY2012 D4 - It kept me hooked...gone
MY2007 D3 - Mid-Life crisis toy continues driving me to bankruptcy...
MY2018 "D5" Si6 - But is it a "true" LR...discuss...but now gone
Back in a D4 with a lot of extras....
my problem is that the solution I've come up with is (aside from being brilliant ) is soooo simple I really can't think why no-one else would just do their own.
so as a potential source of income it's probably not going to get off the ground.
mind you ... D5 version - aimed at people with more money than sense - I'd only need to sell 3 a year to have a decent income.
25th Jan 2018 6:45 pm
stiff
Member Since: 17 Jul 2017
Location: Either cashpoint or garage...
Posts: 293
“mind you ... D5 version - aimed at people with more money than sense“
Seriously..? That’s what you think ? I suppose there is always someone that needs to have dreams... MY2008 D3 - It got me hooked...gone
MY2012 D4 - It kept me hooked...gone
MY2007 D3 - Mid-Life crisis toy continues driving me to bankruptcy...
MY2018 "D5" Si6 - But is it a "true" LR...discuss...but now gone
Back in a D4 with a lot of extras....
25th Jan 2018 7:12 pm
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23866
2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography (now semi-retired)
25th Jan 2018 7:17 pm
stiff
Member Since: 17 Jul 2017
Location: Either cashpoint or garage...
Posts: 293
Not sure I understand the post LT...?MY2008 D3 - It got me hooked...gone
MY2012 D4 - It kept me hooked...gone
MY2007 D3 - Mid-Life crisis toy continues driving me to bankruptcy...
MY2018 "D5" Si6 - But is it a "true" LR...discuss...but now gone
Back in a D4 with a lot of extras....
25th Jan 2018 7:27 pm
tayaste
Member Since: 15 May 2013
Location: Chester
Posts: 7633
And, is that cable ties being used for the hinge?
professorpool wrote:
I had a mantec one. The biggest problem with them was getting anything in to them over the lip as it were.
These ones, as I understand it, will "drop down" so they can be loaded.
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brilliant ) is soooo simple I really can't think why no-one else would just do their own.
