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Boot safety Thingy
Posted: 14 Feb 2006, 14:57
by tezandkate1
Hi out There
Has anybody ever seen a safety device that prevents the ridiculous pile of stuff in the "boot" from flying into the rear seats. Sort of lake jail bars. I would also like one that is easily removed / collaplsed as to make the "boot" useable as a secure cot / cage for the nipper. I should add its a devon conversion poptop, so the little darling will be quite snug.
Otherwise, I shall have to make one. any ideas?
terry
Posted: 14 Feb 2006, 16:12
by T2Andy
We have a Dog Guard that removes by just twisting the legs of it and it then collapses/adjusts.
Posted: 14 Feb 2006, 16:27
by tezandkate1
That would suit the little chap

, he does have certain dog like tendancies. Do you know the manufacturer?
Terry
Boot safety thingy
Posted: 14 Feb 2006, 19:58
by Popeye- Doyle
Try Halfords fella
Boot safety thingy
Posted: 14 Feb 2006, 20:11
by Popeye- Doyle
OOps...... trying (unsuccessfully) to put a Gif in my signature .

Posted: 14 Feb 2006, 20:14
by Bigtone
Try local motor factors, my local one had a paddy hopkirk dog guard thingy a year or two back, only cost about £20, halfords wanted £30 or thereabouts at the time for the exactly the same thing!
Posted: 15 Feb 2006, 13:53
by T2Andy
tezandkate1 wrote:That would suit the little chap

, he does have certain dog like tendancies. Do you know the manufacturer?
Terry
Got ours from Argos, think it was an RAC one.
Posted: 15 Feb 2006, 16:21
by Mash
We have an RAC one we use funnily for the dogs, I expect it would work well as you can adjust the sides to fit and it's cage framed rather than bar guard.
Mrs Mash
Posted: 16 Feb 2006, 10:26
by T2Andy
Mash wrote:We have an RAC one we use funnily for the dogs, I expect it would work well as you can adjust the sides to fit and it's cage framed rather than bar guard.
Mrs Mash
Yep thats the one we got, only way to keep the Staffy back there, if it had bars she would probably chew through them

Posted: 16 Feb 2006, 12:12
by tezandkate1
Cheers all, ill have a shop round. Are any of them adjustable / removeable from the van interior side, to get access from where the seat is? Or put his food bowl in?
Terry
Posted: 16 Feb 2006, 15:41
by Mash
tezandkate1 wrote:Are any of them adjustable / removeable from the van interior side, to get access from where the seat is? Or put his food bowl in?
The RAC has 2 panels either side that slides on clips so that would work. I have just cable tied mine as with "Bertha" the Accord as it's slopes quite a bit I wanted a snug fit so I lowered the sides so my cats couldn't get in to annoy the wuffs.
Ash

Boot safety Thingy
Posted: 16 Feb 2006, 23:48
by toolsntat
Hi there,we use sections from those adjustable "one size fits all" fire guards which can be clipped together to form a range of sizes. They can be picked up from "boot sales" for a couple of quid!!
Its easier if you use more than one guard.
I have one of those extendable tubular dog guards here that you can have for nowt if you can get to pick it up, but I don`t know as they are big enough for a camper (not fitted it in the camper before).
Posted: 17 Feb 2006, 12:53
by tezandkate1
Hi
Sounds interesting, though im in Hampshire. How did you fix the fire guard? The back of my seat is 38cm high and its 86 to the underside of thr cupboard where it would have to fit to. im thinking of the tubular guard now.
Terry
Boot safety Thingy
Posted: 17 Feb 2006, 20:21
by toolsntat
Hi Terry,the parts of the fireguards are not fixed to the van as such,but by clipping them together with the spring clips you are able to make up various sizes of cage with doors, floors and even tops if needed.
Please call me if you would like more info!!
Will send message with Tel No