Tow protection
Does anyone use a product called "Protect-a-tow"? The car we tow is starting to get some chips in the paint from towing it and I'm looking for something simple to use to protect the paint. I already h...
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Tom/Barb wrote:Dutch_12078 wrote:Tom/Barb wrote:Dutch_12078 wrote:Tom/Barb wrote:Dutch_12078 wrote:Tom/Barb wrote:
WoW over 200 bucks for a over sized window shade.
http://protectatow.tripod.com
Price out a few yards of heavy PVC coated polyester mesh, if you can find it, and then add on about 20 feet of bungee cord, six snap clips, six eye bolts with double nuts and fender washers, 7 feet of 1/2" PVC conduit with two molded end hooks and two couplings, a grommet and 2 feet of smaller bungee cord, plus the labor and equipment to cut and sew the fabric, cut and sew the nylon material for the carry case, cut the conduit to size and install the couplings, print the instructions, and package the finished product. Now tack on a percentage for fixed overhead and profit margin and that $220 starts to look pretty reasonable...
Removed the flap, $0.00 problem solved.
Don't drive many gravel rods, do you... The vacuum behind the motorhome can still pull up small stones, flap or not. The Protect-A-Tow even cuts down on the amount of dust getting on the back of the rig. Some toads are better at not getting dings than others due to their height or front end design, perhaps, but certainly not all of them.
as a matter of fact, we do, but we slow down. every time we got a chip, it was on the freeway. at speed.
The Vacuum you speak of is created by the flap causing the air from under the coach to be reverted around it.
The vacuum is created even with no flap. Ask any race car driver how drafting works. Rather than belabor the point though, you protect your toad your way, and I'll protect mine my way. It's great that we have choices...
when you reach speeds that your towed is drafting... I'll get out of the way.
the vacuum isn't the cause of stones jumping up. the disturbance from the flap is.
put a remote camera down there and see what happens when the flap fans the road.
