Net type tow protectors
My DP coach has an exhaust out the back bumper. I called Protect A Tow and they do not recommend their system since the exhaust will melt the fabric protection. I have a blue ox base plate and Rea...
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Dutch_12078 wrote:
I've seen a couple of DP Protect-A-Tow installations with a hole cut in them under the exhaust outlet. With only an inch or so clearance, I wouldn't expect there's much decrease in the debris protection.
I'm not sure that arrangement is totally safe. With only 1" clearance when the MH turns I would think the exhaust could come in contact with the fabric. I talked to protect a tow and they said they had a customer that installed it on his bumper mounted exhaust. It worked for a couple thousand miles then suddenly the fabric melted around the exhaust. Perhaps he had only 1" or clearance and eventually he turned in such a way as the exhaust made contact with the fabric.
Anyway I've decided to get the protect a tow, turn my exhaust sideways and have a fabric shop sew in a piece of carbon fiber welding fabric in the vicinity of the exhaust.
