Class A or 5th wheel best for Alaskan trip
Planning a trip of about 2 months this coming summer 2017. Leaving somewhere between late June to early July. We have a Fleetwood Revolution 40' and we also have a pickup with a 35' toy hauler. We wer...
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We also spent the summer driving to Alaska with our 40' motorhome towing the Jeep. Absolutely no damage to either.
I will say that when we pulled into Whitehorse Yukon there were two motorhome owners taking off their rear stiff flap saying it caused rocks to land on their towed vehicles. Sure enough - we looked and there was a layer of 1/2" rock laying at the base of their windshields.
We had just traveled the same construction area they had driven and we received no damage. We didn't have the stiff flap on ours. We only had the mud flaps behind each tire.
Since then, we've heard of others stating damage from the across-the-rear flap. So if you have the flap you might consider removing it before the trip.
I will say that when we pulled into Whitehorse Yukon there were two motorhome owners taking off their rear stiff flap saying it caused rocks to land on their towed vehicles. Sure enough - we looked and there was a layer of 1/2" rock laying at the base of their windshields.
We had just traveled the same construction area they had driven and we received no damage. We didn't have the stiff flap on ours. We only had the mud flaps behind each tire.
Since then, we've heard of others stating damage from the across-the-rear flap. So if you have the flap you might consider removing it before the trip.
