Carrying trail tools on a soft top FJ40 (1 Viewer)

[4WD Swagman]

Willys jeeps had provision to carry tools on the side like this -

Land Rovers carried tools on the hood or fenders like this:

or on the tailgate like this:

How would you carry trail tools (full size axe, 4x4 shovel, pick) on a soft top FJ40?

I'm thinking on the chassis horns behind the bullbar using a few pairs of quickfist clamps.

 

[65swb45]

I used to have the center section of a brushguard, the bullbar , that had notches in it to carry a shovel, axe and a hilift jack. There are some very old (circa 2004) pics on the forum of my rig with this combo. It worked well, and I dont remember now why I got rid of it.

 

[71FFJ40]

Other than for looks and the cool factor I never understood carrying tools on the outside-exposed to the elements-especially a Jack .If you ever need it you want it to function.You don't want to spend time freeing up the mechanism or hoping it holds OK.
It's like driving around with a cordless impact gun or a ratchet strapped to the roof........if you need it will it function?
Quickfist clamps can be mounted in lots of convenient spots inside the truck.

 

[White Stripe]

I'm sure you could attach a axe and shovel to the spare tire somehow. I have a little fold up shovel I use for digging crap holes. I have a hatchet too. I store both in a tool box in the truck.

 

[4WD Swagman]

Thanks for the feedback guys.

I have a side mount for my high lift jack, so that's sorted.

Unfortunately the distance between the chassis horns behind the bullbar is a bit too wide to fit the tools, which are a full sized axe, a 4x4 shovel and a pick head and handle.

The plan is to have a steel plate/mount made up to which the quickfists are bolted. The plate is then in turn bolted to the chassis horns using the existing bolt holes.

At the moment I carry an old-style wooden-handled military E-tool for digging cat holes, a small garden shovel for campfire cookery, a hatchet, tree beater and a bow saw. The full size axe and shovel do a better job than the smaller ones. Why not carry the axe and shovel inside the vehicle? Not much room when the vehicle is packed. A bolt-on/bolt-off exterior tool carrier fits my requirements better.

 

[JohnnyC]

The common area I've seen for ax and shovel is using the conferr mount ... on a 40 the fender is the common spot I have seen

Here is @nuclearlemon truck ... and I forget who had the green one

Bandis had shovel side body mounted

 

[JohnnyC]

Military bandeirantes

 

[brian]

Often called pioneering tools.

 

[tls3601]

@brian exactly what the 40 is; the right tool for the job.

 

[65swb45]

I have one of those axe and shovel brackets for sale. Just don't want to deal with shipping out of country.