dog cage/crate for van

vincentf

Hi lads i was looking at some advertised and their very expensive. Has any of you used cheaper steel mesh cage types in your vans,jeeps for putting the dogs into while driving?

djflawless

A mate built 1 with light ply board screwed to a 2x2 frame.devided in the middle.mesh on the gates with extra air holes drilled at the back.and bedded with a piece of cow mat.
Made for 45 euro and is perfect

hathcock

vincentf wrote: »

Hi lads i was looking at some advertised and their very expensive. Has any of you used cheaper steel mesh cage types in your vans,jeeps for putting the dogs into while driving?

come on vinnie spend the dough,you cant take it with you.

vincentf

Well thats austerity for you.We are all on tight budgets :c

Beretta man

Have one of the light plastic ones and it's the job

J.R.

Friend I shoot with made one for free after last election.

His dogs sit quietly in boot of his jeep but he wanted to contain them and avoid floor carpet and side trim being destroyed with mud.

He got large election posters and cable tied and cut them to fit the shape of the two sides and back of his jeep boot.

He also had two cut, shaped & cable tied to cover the floor.

When not in use he could fold them, concertina style, and they stored, neatly standing inside his shed door, taking up the minimum of room.

When they got very dirty or began to smell he just hosed them.


When heading out for a hunt it only took a few minutes for him to take out the boot blind cover and then put in the 'floor' and the three sides. He just threw some old rubber mats on the floor and in jumped the dogs, ready to go.

When hunt was over and dogs fed he removed the posters from the boot in a matter of minutes. Boot remained spotless and smell free. When he popped the boot cover blind back in you'd never think there were three wet, smelly, dirty, muddy dogs in it previously.

johnny3

Here that pic of box 50 quid

vincentf

How do you fix to the floor of the vehicle. Is it bolted through the floor ?

djflawless

Usually they just lift in/out.
And they can have enough weight that they won't be flying around the boot

johnny3

I used to hav it in a van and I just screwed a pice of wd to the floor in front of it as a stopper

Boogiewoogie

Have a look at Jebbs Tools website for portable dog cages. Very good value for money.

vincentf

Are you using one of those cages from jebbs tools ?

Boogiewoogie

I use them in the house but have a number of friends that use them in the house and car.

Stevegeraghty

vincentf wrote: »

Are you using one of those cages from jebbs tools ?

The large will sit perfectly between the wheel arches in a pajero!!

murphjohn121

Yes I have got one from them aswell. Great job. I only use it in the house as it is too big for the car. Paid around €60 for it delivered and it is perfect. Removable tray in it is very good for cleaning it out etc!