Bought a Stone Stomper for use when towing my camper trailer and have been thrilled with the results including a long return trip from Adelaide to the Kimberley and back, including the Gibb River and Cape Le Veque Roads, without any issues whatsoever. I had planned to remove it for river crossings, etc. but just didn't need to. HI all, this video covers a few attempts I had at building some stone protection guards (stone guards) . As you will see from the video, I tried several type.
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The Stone Stomper did stop stones striking the bulk of the van, and where stones do strike the van its in locations likely to result in the stones being bounced back towards the tug. It was therefore very effective in preventing stones bouncing back into the rear of the vehicles. If your interest is preventing damage to rear of your vehicle. Sorta solved the stones to a certain amount, but created a noticeably larger dust cloud between the van and the back of the tug. That increased dust cloud was entering the van. Watching a Stone Stomper Video they said the effect on dust, was to put most of it "under" the van along with any airborne stones. The Stone Stomper trampoline mat does a great job of protecting the front of the van and off course stops any bounce back of stones to the back window of the tow vehicle. Easy to put on and off but it is slightly more difficult to reach into back door of vehicle because of the attachment bar mounted on towing hitch. There are a couple of different types of stone guards, stone shields or stone deflectors on the market, all of which have their pros and cons. I figured, for my use, a front-facing shield-type deflector would do the best job at protecting my expensive home on wheels investment, so I went about searching for the best deal combined with my must.
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A third option is a Stone Stomper which is a reinforced mesh which connects to the caravan and vehicle and provides a complete barrier between the vehicle, caravan and the road. A Stone Stomper is a custom made and fit option for your particular caravan and vehicle and they offer excellent protection from stone damage. Stone Stompers are a good. The Stone Stomper® protects your tow vehicle as well as the complete drawbar, gas bottles, gas and brake cables, coupling and the front of the van. The mesh isn't made from crappy old shade cloth like a lot of el cheapo home made jobs, it's made from one piece truck mesah that is manufactured by professional canvas makers.. Stone guards range from horizontally mounted shade cloth blinds to shade cloth deflectors on the front of the camper itself. Other ideas include commercially available high impact polycarbonate glass protectors to a homemade piece of cardboard stuck to the rear glass with duck tape. There are also rubber flaps hung off the back bumper of the. The makers claim their own testing has exceeded over 200,000km and our two OTA test teams are very happy with their Stone Stomper fitments. Where Stone Stomper differs from other systems is that it runs horizontally between tow vehicle and trailer. The traditional method of restricting stone strikes is by using a wide, rear, vertical mudflap on.
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Full guide to what we believe to be the ultimate in the battle against stone damage when travelling the Outback. This is the second time we have fitted and u. This is an install video for a Stone Stomper. Each one is customer made so there may be some slight variations (such as allowing for a cross support) but the.
Bit of a quandary, agree 100% with the mud flaps and rock tamers. We had a stone stomper on our Expanda and it saved us heaps but we did a lot of dirt roads with it, neither will stop underneath damage except protecting everything separately, if you choose a stone guard make sure it wont propel anything forward onto your tow vehicle, I have seen cars sandblasted from incorrect installation but. Stone Stomper is the best available IMO. Stops stones from rebounding back on the tug, keeps stones and dust down low.. Both the ones I have are homemade. I have never had a problem with them dragging or touching the road when I am turning. Also days of wet dirt roads on numerous occasions have not caused any grief.
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Stalk stomper - homemade - Jeff ecMI: 11/19/2009 11:36. Re: Stalk stomper - homemade - jeffshelby: 11/19/2009 11:58. Re: Stalk stomper - homemade - TxFarmer: 11/19/2009 14:45. Re: Stalk stomper - homemade - west illini: 11/19/2009 13:37. Re: Stalk stomper - homemade - farmer.jon: 11/19/2009 15:05; Re: Stalk stomper - homemade - pointrow: 11/19. Stalk stomper - homemade Jump to page : 1 Now viewing page 1 [50 messages per page] View previous thread:: View next thread Forums List-> Machinery Talk: Message format . Jeff ecMI: Posted 11/19/2009 11:36 (#930197) Subject: Stalk stomper - homemade: I made these out of some heavy pipe I had lying around..
