2gypsies wrote:

In 7 years of full-timing including driving on gravel roads to our favorite campsites and a trip to Alaska, we have had no damage using no protection. We have mud flaps behind the wheels but we don't have the full flap across the rear, the reason being, we heard it actually throws up rocks instead of protecting. We even witnessed RVers in Alaska taking the full flap off because their cars were getting damaged.

Mr.Mark wrote:

We didn't have anything for our toad at first. We got a broken windshield and a broken fog light. So, I bought a front car cover from Coastline Cover Company in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. For what it cost me to replace the windshield and fog light, I could have bought the cover from the start!

The picture of the Protect-a-Tow looks like to me it could be damaged going through a dip. Sometimes, I will drag our trailer hitch depending on how steep driveway or how deep a dip might be. I used to cross my tow chains but they got caught under the tow hitch and rubbed the rubber off to the metal underneath when going through an intersection that had a dip.

MM.

Healeyman wrote:

Hey Ron,

We recently traded for a new Miata PRHT.

This week I will start setting it up to tow. I find myself being much more protective of it than I was with the 90,000 mile 2000.

I have looked at the Protect-A-Tow web site and all I see are pictures of a straight ahead pull.

HOW & WHAT does the it do in a turn. What is the geometry and likage that allows the material on the outside of a turn to get much longer than the inside of the turn?

Tim