Waterwulf
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That is an option that I had not thought of. I will look into that. Thanks
Stone guards?
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CharlesinGA
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You did, but you still seem to be contemplating thicker or stronger plating, adding a rubber cushion, etc. All things I consider to be over-thinking the problem & solution. I have a tendency to do that myself.
Kirk
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Perhaps you should consider RV driving lessons to help you avoid the need to protect your coach from hitting curbs and cones? Most owners travel for years without that problem. The simple rock guards might be worth it if you expect to drive on gravel roads a lot at moderate to high speeds.
Waterwulf
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Not thicker or stronger, just different from the normal method of reinforcing something or armor plating it. What I'm talking about is "soft armor" designed to protect a surface up to certain point. Like I said: Road debris.You did, but you still seem to be contemplating thicker or stronger plating, adding a rubber cushion, etc. All things I consider to be over-thinking the problem & solution. I have a tendency to do that myself.
Waterwulf
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Yeah yeah yeah. Most owners travel for years etc, etc, etc. Sure they do. And some like me are traveling thru a construction area with a line of traffic cones on one side and a six inch drop off on the other side with oncoming cars in that lane, when the trailer in front of me clipped a cone and caused it to spin out of line and into my lane.
I had no place to go except straight ahead and hope I missed the cone. I didn't. Stopping was not an option. It dented the surface a tiny amount and smeared it with "cone guts". It could just as easily have been any kind of road debris kicked into my lane by a passing vehicle. So what would you have done? I'm not a rookie truck driver but I am a new RV driver. Maybe there was a better option that I didn't know at the time? So what would you have done?
I want to install these plates as sacrificial coverings. Two pieces will cost me under a hundred dollars and an evening watching TV while cutting them out with the shop shears. They'll save my coach from minor damage caused by unavoidable contact with road debris. Yeah yeah most owners can and will avoid that debris but some of us will hit the stuff that's unavoidable. Will RV driving lessons teach me how to avoid unavoidable stuff?
Sooner or later it will happen to everyone. It happened to me sooner than later. I'm just trying to mitigate any minor damage from next time.
Waterwulf
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I finished this stone guard project and thought I'd share the results.
This is a close up of the impact point of the traffic cone. It squashed the trim a little, deformed the flat surface a minimal amount and smeared cone guts down the side.
Cone guts.
The supplies. There were some screws and contact cement too. Also, I traded out the shop scissors for a set of metal shears. My hand got tired of cutting.
The finished product. A couple of hours cutting out parts while watching tv one evening and a couple of hours work installing them. The cost was less than a hundred dollars. There are three layers of rubber pad under the metal plate for impact absorption. I think it will do a pretty good job of protecting the coach from minor road debris that can't be avoided. Errant traffic cones beware!
Ok my photo's won't upload. I use IMGUR and then do the link thing. I'll try again later.
This is a close up of the impact point of the traffic cone. It squashed the trim a little, deformed the flat surface a minimal amount and smeared cone guts down the side.
Cone guts.
The supplies. There were some screws and contact cement too. Also, I traded out the shop scissors for a set of metal shears. My hand got tired of cutting.
The finished product. A couple of hours cutting out parts while watching tv one evening and a couple of hours work installing them. The cost was less than a hundred dollars. There are three layers of rubber pad under the metal plate for impact absorption. I think it will do a pretty good job of protecting the coach from minor road debris that can't be avoided. Errant traffic cones beware!
Ok my photo's won't upload. I use IMGUR and then do the link thing. I'll try again later.
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CharlesinGA
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Upload pics directly to the forum. Click on "Attach Files" just below the reply box and locate them on your computer and attach them.
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Waterwulf
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Ok, well I uploaded them but they are not where they're supposed to be. It was so much easier with IMGUR. Just copy the code and paste it into your post. Oh well. they should be easy enough to figure out.
SMR
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Looks great, nice work
Ray-IN
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That looks very professionally done, and I think it improves the look.
Tulecreeper
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I use Imgur all the time. I upload the photo to them from my computer, wait until it says "Upload Complete", then right-click and "Copy Image" (not the link) and paste wherever.
Waterwulf
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Thanks for the nice words about my "upgrade". As far as Imgur: Yeah, I used it put my first photo's on this thread but it wouldn't work this time. Oh well...I'll try it again. It was probably just my old 'puter being cranky.
Ray-IN
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I use http://photoposting.is-great.net/?i=3 for posting large photos. It in turn uses imgur, though.
