Mesh Like Material on Underbelly ---- Questions
On my Grand Junction 5th wheel the whole underbelly has a hard cover side to side, front to back.
But on my newer 2nd trailer, a Forest River Salem TT, on both "outside" edges of the underbelly, about the first 12 inches, for the whole length of the trailer on each side is a 12 inch strip of a black mesh like material. This would be the long area on each side of the rig that the tires would splash on (like long wheel wells) with water, mud, and throw rock up on during next summers 3 month trip to Alaska.
I assume this black mesh material covers up the (otherwise exposed) outside edge of the plywood flooring. When I push up with my finger on the mesh I can feel no hard plywood above, so there must be a large void between the mesh and plywood floor. This mesh must be just stretched across the open area.
Questions-----
1. I can't imagine this mesh holding up to tire and road junk being hurled against it for a long Alaska trip. Will it hold up or not?
2. Is there any reasonable thing that I should do to to avoid damage?
Am I missing something here? On the Alaska travel forum on this site, one of the biggest Alaska travel concerns is rocks coming off someones tires and breaking windshields, radiators, and paint. I would think my own trailer tires would surely throw stuff through this flimsy material ??????
But on my newer 2nd trailer, a Forest River Salem TT, on both "outside" edges of the underbelly, about the first 12 inches, for the whole length of the trailer on each side is a 12 inch strip of a black mesh like material. This would be the long area on each side of the rig that the tires would splash on (like long wheel wells) with water, mud, and throw rock up on during next summers 3 month trip to Alaska.
I assume this black mesh material covers up the (otherwise exposed) outside edge of the plywood flooring. When I push up with my finger on the mesh I can feel no hard plywood above, so there must be a large void between the mesh and plywood floor. This mesh must be just stretched across the open area.
Questions-----
1. I can't imagine this mesh holding up to tire and road junk being hurled against it for a long Alaska trip. Will it hold up or not?
2. Is there any reasonable thing that I should do to to avoid damage?
Am I missing something here? On the Alaska travel forum on this site, one of the biggest Alaska travel concerns is rocks coming off someones tires and breaking windshields, radiators, and paint. I would think my own trailer tires would surely throw stuff through this flimsy material ??????
