bestyett
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Any suggestions on a Rock Guard to protect our Jeep Wrangler connected to our Holiday Rambler via a Blue Ox. Have read lots of posts about how beat up a toad can get. Thanks!
azwinne said:Went to a dinghy tow seminar last Sat given by a rep from Blue Ox, he said the upright guards tended to protect the toads OK, but tended to deflect debris back to the RV and chip the RV, so he recommended the flat unit like was described above by Dutch.
azwinne said:Well as I see it, if it works, who cares how it looks? And as far as I can tell you have done a great job chasing down the problem and figuring out a solution.
GREAT JOB!!
PS it don't look bad to me.
Rene T said:It looks like the majority of the rocks were probably flying between the bumper and the fender. Could you have just fabricated a piece of sheet metal and bolted it to the top of the bumper behind the fog light and had the top of it behind the fender thereby plugging up that hole? Are you also saying that the rocks also came from under the bumper?
It looks good to me as far as your install. Time to mass produce.
Ernie n Tara said:First off, in something like 25, 000 miles towing my Rubicon I have had much less problem with chips than Arizone pin striping. The minor chipping I had went away when I trashed the stock full width mud flap. It appears it was picking up rocks and flying the towards the Jeep.
After all its a Jeep, albeit an expensive one! :-\
Ernie
grashley said:MIKE,
I see nothing at all with the looks! The color even matches! I would leave on for off roading for the same protection needed when it is being towed.
azwinne said:Mike,
what did you make the guard panels from? I am guessing aluminum, but wondering where you got some with the interesting pattern on it, and why the chain link on the bottom of the bracket that you bolted to the Jeep?
Tom