travisc
Pacific NW
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We just got back doing the Cassiar and Alaska highway- with a 24' winnebago class C towing a jeep cherokee- it cost me two head lights and fog lights.
I should have had a cover on them- along with lots of rock pits in the bumper and fender flairs. on the jeep- front and rear.
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mamestra
Campbell River, B.C. Canada
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We had the normal factory mud-flaps on our truck. After going over the road from Chicken to Dawson and some of the road from Whitehorse to Tok I certainly would recommend something other than the standard mud flaps. When we returned home we have lots of pits on our gelcoat from stones along the way. We did the same trip 4 years ago and had no problem, but we were over rougher roads this year.
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Raymon
Phoenixville, PA
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I installed mud guards/flaps directly behind the rear wheels of my 5th wheel and used a Towtector shield on the hitch receiver on the pick up. After towing over 13,000 miles to Alaska and back, I had absolutely no damage to the trailer and it remained relatively clean. I drove on many less than ideal roads in Canada and Alaska (lots of gravel roads). I am not a big fan of the "grass skirt" type of protectors, but due to the unique design of the Towtector, I found that it worked extremely well. Check out the video on their website. I think you will be impressed with the Towtector's unique design. Note: my PU came with factory installed rear wheel mudflaps. Hope this helps and enjoy your trip.
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Darryl&Rita
Grande Prairie, Alberta
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dennych1 wrote:Now thAT IM TOTALLY CONFUSSED il sit back have a beer and think about it bay 2 or 3 beers.
Consider that you're looking at around 4200 miles each way. If YOU feel your trailer needs protection, get some. We use a home-made flap, made from a piece of conveyor belting. It tucks up in front of the rear bumper, and hangs 3" off the ground when hooked up. I feel it helps keep the back of the truck cleaner, and definitely helps the trailer front. It doesn't help the sides much, however. We still get a film of "road-grime" down the sides, but don't get a buildup on the trailer front, or inside the bumper.
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Veebyes
Bermuda & Maryland
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I have regular HD mudflaps on the back of the dually. For the Alaskan trip a couple years ago I taped small bubble bubble wrap on the front of the trailer. No trailer damage. I also taped bubble wrap over the truck head lights. We never drove at night. No damage to the truck other than a really tiny windshield chip. To keep rocks & bugs out of the radiator I zip tied plastic window screen over the grill. Looks good. Still there. Keeps lower 48 bugs out of radiator fins too. Simplly brush screen with snow brush.
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2gypsies
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We don't have a mud flap on the rear of the motorhome and had no problems towing the Jeep behind - no damage the whole trip. When we got to Whitehorse several folks in the campground were actually removing them because of throwing too many rocks. Who knows?
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MrRetired821
Texas
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I had my welder neighbor build a bracket to fit into the receiver hitch and bolted on some big truck mud flaps and cut them to fit. Seem to keep the big off but rocks still pinged the trailer a little.
What Veebyes said about the screen on the front grill is a good idea. Did the same thing and kept most of the bugs out of the grill.
Can't wait to go back...
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