Windshield Protector For Car Being Towed

[Elizabeth24]

What do folks use to protect the windshield of a car that is being towed on a flat bed trailer behind a B+? This will be our first time doing this and would not want the windshield cracked if one got hit by a rock etc.

Is there anyone who has made something homemade that would work and how do you secure it to the car?

[Gjac]

When I went to Alaska in 2006 I made a windshield protector from bubble wrap and bonded a fabric material with 1/8 in foam to the outside surface of the bubble wrap. The closed doors held it in place. The only time I used it was on the dirt roads of Alaska. I think the passing trucks on the dirt roads threw up more stones than the mud flaps on my MH.

[TripleE]

Camco makes this which you could buy or use as a pattern to make one yourself. The car dorrs hold it on.

[FunTwoDrv]

Consider mounting a wind deflector on the front of the trailer.

Gary

[j-d]

I was going to joke and say if you're worried about the windshield, just back it onto the trailer. Please DON'T do that! Windshield is Laminated Glass. If it gets hit, it cracks, but stays there. Rear Window is Tempered Glass! If that gets hit, it'll shatter into a zillion pieces that you'll never remove the last of, AND the whole back window area will be completely open to whatever you're driving through.

[georgelesley]

Mud flaps just behind the mh wheels. Get rid of the full width flap on the rear if you have it. I cut ours up into mud flaps and used the angle iron that mounted it to mount the mud flaps. Buy a protect-a-tow shield that fits easily under the tow bar as a last protection, costs a bit over $200. Forget windshield protection. You drive the vehicle without it obviously, so why worry about it if you keep rocks from flying up from the mh in the first place.

[2gypsies1]

Have mud flaps on your vehicle and you're good to go. A broken windshield rarely happens and if it does you have insurance, correct?

[BarneyS]

Moved to Dinghy Towing forum from Towing.

[nickthehunter]

One, I think you're inventing a problem where one doesn't exist.
Two, if you put something on your windshield (like a blanket for instance) and it flies off and covers the windshield of the guy behind you, or gets caught up under his car (and lets hope its not a motorcycle), or whatever, you could be responsible for some serious injuries.
Three, you should be asking this question on the "Dinghy Towing" forum.

[Grit_dog]

Good mud flaps on the tow rig.
Cover the windshield with a moving blanket or similar, pin the blanket inside the doors of the car.
If a one time deal, could cut a piece of Masonite to fit the windshield and tape it on around the edges.
Pretty sure good flaps or rock tamers on the tow vehicle will do it though.