I have been looking at rover pics and every now and agaig i see a pic of a rover with a small cable stretched from the front bumper to the top of yhe cab or front of a rack what is this cable for my only guess was to keep tree limbs from hitting the windshield anyone know?

 

www.discovery2.co.uk Bush Cables / Limb Risers

 

and for drying bikinis on the way back from that mountain lake....

 

Branch deflectors, not the proper name but close enough to get the point across.
They keep branches from hitting the windshield.

 

I understand the reasoning behind limb risers, but question their practicality in N America. I have run some VERY tight trails in northern Wisconsin and have never come across a situation where I had wished I had them. Maybe they would be useful if I was running the Camel Trophy in S America, but not in the states. Going slow is always better anyways, as is taking the 2 minutes to trim that branch.
They can add that "cool expedition" look if that's your thing.

 

You are correct, they are not 100% needed, but they do help and they are cool.

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$20 to make your own.

 

Spike and I made our own trails for awhile in northern lower Michigan..... It was a damn good thing he had them and I wished I did from that point on because I was moving limbs over my truck with my windshield.

 

Good times, good times.
Next year we conquer the hill near Lake Skegemog!

 

I'll raise a toast to that!!!! So much to buy and so little warm weather to install it in.......

 

Amen brother!!!
We need to plan a day to go to the Air Gunnery Range in *******, 100's of miles of trails over there.
Hell, we could even drive the entire way to the bridge and never use a public road!