Shovel Holders

Why not get a roof rack attachment for it.

Kev

a piece of pipe with a grub screw. Find a piece of pipe that will slip over the handle and drill a hole in it to fit a bolt to use as a grub screw. Weld on a nut to accept that bolt and you can also weld a small handle on the bolt head so it can be undone easily. How it attaches to the vehicle is up to you.

Real cheap option is an occy strap.

On the spare tyre is good.
On the Prado, I used 8mm bungy cord - loop on one end, hook on other. Loop end goes into itself around a wheel spoke, and the hook end goes once around the shovel handle and hooks onto a spoke on the other side.
The bungy cord keeps it tight. If you use 2 bungy cords it will never come off.

I've been thinking of mounting a shovel within the external frame of the floor of my Kimberley Kamper......that way it wouldn't be in the road when assembling the camper, yet still have quick access. Maybe you could do the same? ;-)

Andrew

Something like this? You can see the quick release pin and bolt in the center of the wheel in this pic, so the shovel/axe all comes off in one piece if you need the spare tire.

You will have to paste these in, for some reason all images from my site wont come up here now.

http://www.gupatrol.com/pics/shovel/shovel1.jpg

http://www.gupatrol.com/pics/shovel/Shovel.jpg

I have mine on the side of the roof-rack in brackets that are readily available from roof-rack shops or the normal 4WD suppliers ... if you don't have a roof rack, you still need a shovel, of course.

The brackets I have hold both the shovel and the hi-lift jack.

One learning:

On the Telegraph Track down near Eyre Bird Observatory where things were pretty tight, I had a mulga branch hook onto the shovel, which had the blade at the back and literally tear it out of the brackets, bending the brackets on the way - if you find my shovel out there, please let me know and I'll pick it up ;-)

Now my shovel is mounted with the blade at the front for obvious reasons, and my bent brackets still work fine.

Shovel is readily accessible for digging out, toilet stops, campsite cleanup etcetera.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH two oci straps on the roof rack .

On the spare, as Phil says, is hard to beat - no climbing to get it, out of the way and safe, cushioned mounting .... a design classic ! My Jack uses mags - there are 3 threaded holes in the centre for holding the chromed hub caps on. I drilled a hole thru the metal sleeve - in with a long bolt and wind it into the mag centre - pinch it up till the shovel bites on the tyre.
Er.... but.....now that I have my wheel cover back on, I'm up for a new design classic !

If you have a roof rack..... TJM have some neat heavy rubber fittings that bolt on and hold all sorts of things with their own rubber closing strap that pulls down and clips over rubber teeth, About $6.00 each. Like a big rubber D with the vertical side of the D being the closure which tension grabs onto teeth at the bottom and can be adjusted for tension. I bolted a pair to the roofrack , but bolted them from the inside and left about an inch of bolt sticking out pointing away from the vehicle. Drilled a couple of holes in the shovel handle matching the length apart of the bolts, The shovel slides over the the bolts and is also held in place by the rubber ties. Very quick and easy to take shovel on and off and doubly secure becuase the shovel is held by the bolts to stop any backwards/forwards movement and the locking straps.

You can also fit onto the inside top of bullbar.
Mine is located underneath bullbar in pipe that is part of bullbar.
This is on a commercial bar by ARB for Troopy.
It wont fit on deluxe bars because of side wings on bar. (pipe is still there though)

Check out this site. http://www.gupatrol.com/pics/shovel/shovel1.jpg and check out the shovel holder and the combo shovel/spade.

I have the shovel holder and have had no probs. I checked out the Brown Davis but it doesn't compare and BIL has had his crack twice in different locations.

Leroy

I use axe & sovel holder
Link

Kaymar have a good one, combined with a highlift jack holder.http://www.kaymar.net/products/roofrack.htm#jack

Upgrade to a ute, and shove it in behind the 'mud guard'.
(May need to set a bolt at the lip position of the shovel.)
Cost , < $1
Access, 3secs.