Rhino tubes Vs soil pipe?

[mutley racers]

Hey fellers, lately, i have been building up lots of pipes. I am just wondering what you guys go for.

I have read the thread on here about them. Which basically says, if the thieves want to get in, they will no matter what!

So, is it worth paying out for a proper pipe tube?

I am in need of some sought of contraption, and since i just ended up with enough scrap, to buy a proper tube, should i?

 

[mutley racers]

no way, those trakrax carriers look mean. Do they come with locks, or do you need to buy pad locks to put them on yourself?

 

[Phil]

I wind down both front windows and carry 3 metre lenghts sideways, its funny how I never have any straight pipe?

 

[PlumbBobBob]

I wind down both front windows and carry 3 metre lenghts sideways, its funny how I never have any straight pipe?

that reminds me of a clip on one of those police stop type shows with the bloke on a moped carrying planks of wood sideways lol

 

[Pipes Plumbing]

A friend recently learned a valuable (but embarrasing) lesson about soil pipe for a pipe tube....
Hit the barkes pretty hard, only to see the half the contents of the pipe tube shoot out through the cap on the front and scrape all down the bonnet of his 1 year old Caddy.... Made a lovely mess of the paint, and the ends of all the copper!

Lucky it missed the car in front, can imagine how much fun that would be to explain to the insurers

 

[CES]

It would be interesting to see where you would stand legally if you had a soil pipe full of copper which unloaded itself over the car in the front. Personally Ive had a Rhino tube for a while now and not had any problems with it (apart from 1 lock needed changed which they replaced foc.)

 

[Halesowen1]

The Trukrax ones dont come with locks but you just use your own padlock, I have the roofrack and tube, real good gear.

 

[fuzzy]

I wind down both front windows and carry 3 metre lenghts sideways, its funny how I never have any straight pipe?

reminds me of a matress i took the tip, it stated to take off stretching my bungees!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Guest123]

Once had to hang out the window to work the window wipers, oh the joys.

 

[Phil]

Once had to hang out the window to work the window wipers, oh the joys.

Yes!

That happen to me one Friday night, driving around and it was snowing and the wipers packed up, I had to pull one off and use it manually. Nightmare....

 

[samh]

I once had to hold a surfboard on the roof going down the M5 to the next services! Felt like my arm was going to tear off!

 

[WHPES]

Put a tube carrier on top of your van and you are effectively advertising it to every thief in the area. They are a really bad idea and even if they are empty they will draw attention to your van.

Keep your tubes inside the van.

 

[Guest123]

Keep your tubes inside the van.

My wee tube sits beside me in the van, thinks he's apprentice no 1 on the planet.

 

[Destroyer2813]

Once had to hang out the window to work the window wipers, oh the joys.

Just had to zip tie my drivers side windscreen wiper back on going around the m25 came clean off the bracket

 

[Guest123]

Was giving this some thought. The problem I have with any kind of rod tube/pipe carrier is that once you take a length of pipe out of one and cut a bit off, if you put it back you are often struggling to reach it again. Wish someone would manufacture one that not only has a door at each end but would open along its entire length on hinges like a toolbox lid allowing storage and access to different sizes of lengths of pipe. Storage and easy access to decent offcuts along with 2 metre and 3 metre lengths of pipe would stop them rolling around the shelves of my van. I'm considering slitting a section of 6 inch pipe in half along its length with a grinder and fitting hinges to one side and a hasp to the other to try it out.

 

[quality]

Why don't ya just make one register the design and sell it. You know what you want and what is needed I have done it twice first time very good second time not so good but there ya go

 

[Guest123]

Why don't ya just make one register the design and sell it. You know what you want and what is needed I have done it twice first time very good second time not so good but there ya go

Be a hell of a lot easier if someone made and sold them like that in the first place.

 

[Halesowen1]

Trukrax open either end, only problem with having shorter pipe lengths is they get damaged on both ends due to amount of banging.
So I can take out from either end, what I normally do though is slide my off cuts into the next size up, then when I look from the front if it inside another I know its a cut off.

 

[Guest123]

Mines open both ends too but that's not what I'm wanting. I need something that will open up like a lid so that I can reach inside it along its entire length.

 

[Halesowen1]

Aint seen one like that, I prefer to sling them in back of van.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

if you do contract work you do need rhino ,if work for your self half the pipes and shift them in the back of the van ,

i have rhino on my van and is empty , when I go to a install i fill it up and then stays empty

 

[sparky3366]

I used a soil pipe in top of a renault trafic to carry mini trunking & plastic conduit in, fatened to the roof bars with heavy duty soil stack brackets...bad mitake!Picture heavy braking due to a sheep on road, picture 3m long javelin detatching itself from van roof and hitting said sheep. Just a bit messy ...I replaced the soil pipe but bought some purpose made brackets off fleabay instead of the soil brackets. No problems since

 

[MattWeth]

Was giving this some thought. The problem I have with any kind of rod tube/pipe carrier is that once you take a length of pipe out of one and cut a bit off, if you put it back you are often struggling to reach it again. Wish someone would manufacture one that not only has a door at each end but would open along its entire length on hinges like a toolbox lid allowing storage and access to different sizes of lengths of pipe. Storage and easy access to decent offcuts along with 2 metre and 3 metre lengths of pipe would stop them rolling around the shelves of my van. I'm considering slitting a section of 6 inch pipe in half along its length with a grinder and fitting hinges to one side and a hasp to the other to try it out.

Pushfit fitting and a piece of string clipped to the inside of the rhino tube lid?...

 

[PlumbBobBob]

what about a 2m say, length of 40mm or 50mm waste pipe for off cuts of copper capped one end of course.

 

[samh]

I know a guy that has a length of waste pipe on the roof on the inside of his van for the offcuts, then the shortest just go in a box for when he only needs a small piece.

 

[sparra1100]

av got a vivaro and cut out a hole big enough for 22 bundles off 22mm and 2 15mm,the pipes inside then so doesnt get seen and is alongside by handbrake both sides works a treat plus can get overflow in and solvent pipe