Pipe carriers

[Riley]

Hi all

hopefully getting my new (second hand) van this week and want to experiment with pipe carriers.

Which ones are are the best? Don't mind spending a few quid for ones that make it hard for the scrotes to get at my copper.

Any help welcome.

Cheers

matt

 

[jonnyswamp]

Any that you can wire up to the mains, mine lives in the garage now as it was just advertising the fact that I may have had copper in there (got pipe nicked twice)
Also just bought a semi high transit so 3m pipe fit over the bulkhead

 

[Ch4 plumbing]

Mines a Rhino but the toads just lever the lock out with ease!!

 

[townfanjon]

Make your own and put it inside , ok you might have to buy shorter lengths, but thieving bleeders get drawn to pipe tubes

 

[plumben]

Cut some overflow,32mm40mm pipe up glue it together stacked on top of each other and stick it in the end of your pipe carrier over your copper and don't lock it is best bet

Saves damage to the carrier and if its dark enough hopefully they'll just thing its plastic and leave it be

 

[julesverne]

What van you get riley and where from?

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

PIPE CARRIER / TUBE CARRIER - National Autorax

 

[CXR100]

I lost the key to my rhino one once, and I was on site and needed to access it, I used a flat screwdriver and hammer and was in it within a minuet, ive got a van vault 100 on my own van , its ok but if you put plastic in it the copper and plastic pipes get black , so I stopped putting plastic pipes in, the problem now is the copper goes black in it after a week or so , I had a citroen dispatch before and cut a hole in the bulkhead, the pipes slid thru then , I kept a few offcuts of 15 and 22 for emergency's but otherwise I only took pipe when I nedded it! apparantley you can get lined ones, that electricians use to carry trunking etc, my advice would be to get 2, one for copper and one lined one for plastic to stop it marking

 

[tamz]

Locking a pipe carrier won't stop anyone. You can burst the lock off it 5 seconds or unbolt the lot in about 2 minutes with a 10mm ratchet.
I've never locked mine since i bought it ?? years ago. Before that i had a 3m length of plastic (2 actually) with a glued cap on the front and an access cap on the back. I lost the access caps within a couple of weeks so they were open at the back. Not a problem unless you do 50 in reverse and slap the brakes on. Had them for about 20 years or so before i got all posh and bought a rhino one.
Depends where you live. If they want to nick yer pipe they will nick it. Don't worry about it.

 

[Ch4 plumbing]

Haha I used to have a bit of 4" soil Tamz, that clunk noise as the cap rolls off of the roof and the hope it doesn't hit anything haha

 

[Riley]

What van you get riley and where from?

Hi roof transit. 2010 plate so nothing new but bigger than the current T5 I have

 

[Riley]

So seemingly the pikeys win sadly. Thanks all for your comments much appreciated

 

[Millsy 82]

PIPE CARRIER / TUBE CARRIER - National Autorax

I have the older one of these. No point locking it as dead simple to lever it off. I do only carry a length of each at most in it, I only really use it when I have an install to carry the pipe there then take it off straight away.

My way of looking at it if they want your pipe let them have it without breaking in and costing more.

 

[jonnyswamp]

If you're getting a semi high roof transit then your pipe will fit inside and slide over the bulkhead, if you're carrying a few bundles they will fit in no problem
I can just fit in my triple 11's (ladders) on an angle so got no need for a roof rack at all