Will the toad get sandblasted?

ron.dittmer wrote:

Olddud wrote:
Wrangler, and no damage to it. HOWEVER, the back of the MH got rock damage in about 6 places, I am assuming by the tires of the Wrangler throwing back debris onto the MH. There is a lot of space between the bumper and fender of the Wrangler. I fixed it by covering that area while towing.

I recently met a couple who tow a Wrangler with their Phoenix Cruiser 2350 Sprinter. The Wrangler tires are exposed forward. Rocks are picked up from the Wrangler tires and ejected forward at the motor home. The people are replacing their rear window in the motor home for the second time.

I suppose, the more aggressive the Wrangler tires are, the bigger the rocks it can eject at the motor home.

I have aggressive tires on my Jeep, I need to add something to avoid this. We also travel to areas of the desert that have dirt roads but will unhook the toad and have dear wife

follow me in. Used to do that when the jeep was in the trailer, easier to travel that way.

I have an aftermarket bumper and see where i need to put something in there to prevent the rock throwing.

Olddud wrote:
Wrangler, and no damage to it. HOWEVER, the back of the MH got rock damage in about 6 places, I am assuming by the tires of the Wrangler throwing back debris onto the MH. There is a lot of space between the bumper and fender of the Wrangler. I fixed it by covering that area while towing.

I recently met a couple who tow a Wrangler with their Phoenix Cruiser 2350 Sprinter. The Wrangler tires are exposed forward. Rocks are picked up from the Wrangler tires and ejected forward at the motor home. The people are replacing their rear window in the motor home for the second time.

I suppose, the more aggressive the Wrangler tires are, the bigger the rocks it can eject at the motor home.

Just have good mud flaps on our C. No toad protection needed.
Those full width bumper guards tend to cause more problems. Kicking up stones.
Tried them on our class A's we had.

I use an inexpensive windshield protector for the toad and also have an Ultraguard flap on the RV. No issues.

klutchdust wrote:

Olddud wrote:
Wrangler, and no damage to it. HOWEVER, the back of the MH got rock damage in about 6 places, I am assuming by the tires of the Wrangler throwing back debris onto the MH. There is a lot of space between the bumper and fender of the Wrangler. I fixed it by covering that area while towing.

Interesting, hadn't thought of the MH. What did you do ?

I made a couple shields out of black acrylic, shaped them with a bandsaw to fit up against the back of the bumper, and wide and high enough to cover the tire, drilled three plastic pop rivet holes through the plastic and bumper, and stuck them on. I've had them on for about 2 years and have no further MH damage back there. The bumper has very thick plastic on the back side, so the rivets hold well. You can't really notice them all that much because they are the same color as the tires and all the other dark areas.

I made them tall enough to fit into a recess under the fenders, and this fit plus rivets makes them rock solid. They can be popped back off if you want, but I got tired of that and just leave them on all the time now.

Olddud wrote:
Wrangler, and no damage to it. HOWEVER, the back of the MH got rock damage in about 6 places, I am assuming by the tires of the Wrangler throwing back debris onto the MH. There is a lot of space between the bumper and fender of the Wrangler. I fixed it by covering that area while towing.

Interesting, hadn't thought of the MH. What did you do ?

I have been toying with the idea of using Line-X on the front of a toad (likely a Jeep Wrangler) just because it would be able to handle rock chips. The windshield is another story... so I'd just bite the bullet and buy a Protect-A-Tow kit as described above.

IMO it depends on the vehicles and where you drive. The first time we pulled the Fit with the Sprinter the bottom 12" of the poor Fit sprouted a few hundred rock chips. Contributing factors: Car very low to the ground, short rear overhang on motorhome, drove on gravel roads. The gravel road part was somewhat bad luck as they were rebuilding the main road in Badlands N.P., and there were even a few gravel stretches on the Interstate. Since then we use a Protect-a-tow which does the job except for an occasional "leaker" rock at the outer edge of the net.

Superduty123 wrote:

F1bNorm wrote:
We have a 24' B+ and tow a CRV. Except for one time, the toad has been free of road rash.---snip---
Watch out for green puddles!

Norm

BTW- motorhomes typically have a long overhang behind the rear wheels and I think this helps keep the debris down.

Hey, how does that B+ tow that CRV?, what engine etc?, very interested to hear

Superduty-

It's a Winnebago Aspect 23D, w/ Ford V10. Plenty of power and the CRV is an easy tow.

Norm

Wrangler, and no damage to it. HOWEVER, the back of the MH got rock damage in about 6 places, I am assuming by the tires of the Wrangler throwing back debris onto the MH. There is a lot of space between the bumper and fender of the Wrangler. I fixed it by covering that area while towing.