Jon, you are right. He is one of those chaps who is more busy working in his business than working on his business. His work is first class but he is like one or two other 'friends of the forum' who need to understand that they could be so much more successful if they answered their e mails a little more regularly or their phones when they rang.
Price for these is £285 delivered. Will has said that this is a forum price and not the usual retail. If anyone is interested I'll give you the secret forum pass code.
If you look at comparing this to something like an ASFIR plate for a Colorado, it's clearly a good price. It's just whether people want to pay that in the first place. I was there, it was there, I had the money, I said, wrap it, I'll be back later. Job done. I looked at the very fancy one that WC 4x4 had at the Overlander show. They couldn't even tell me how much they were. Makes it hard to buy something when there is no price. I buy stull if I like it and there is a price on it that I am happy with. That is sort of the point of retail, isn't it?
I could make one of these in steel by cutting plates and seam welding them, then I'd have it coated. Unlike some, I don't have a lovely big workshop with all the gear so it would be a truly homespun jobbie and it would be heavy
Show price didn't include P&P so it was slighlty less. I figured that it was less than the cost of a weekend, steel, gas and powder coating. Plus even at 8mm it weighs nowt. Do I need one? Errr, I don't know actually.
Also picked up a 10mm rope for £100. Wasn't going to put plasma on the new vehicle but again, looking at the weight saving, it made sense over steel. At this rate my truck is going to weigh lass fully kitted out than it did when I got it. Do you not think so?
I saw the Sense of Adventure stand but thought it was just another LR stand. It was busy so walked on by without spotting those bash plates. Couldn't hang about too long as I had other things to get done later on.
