Stone Stomper

Hi Cruiser

Is there any reason why you use a Perspex rear window protector, as that is one of the reasons in the first place for installing a Stone Stomper.?

You should not get any rebounding stones to hit your rear window.


Cheers

Stephen

I also have a stone stomper, and recommend it highly as it reduces stone strikes, however I don't think Christian would guarantee it will stop all stone damage.

I have a Prado towing a Vista XL, we often do what would be considered server gravel roads. I find the stone guards on the van still get peppered with small stone chips and need to paint the deflectors after each trip. This damage I believe is caused by stones getting throw out side ways by the tires and then sucked back in by the vacuum created behind the car. On our last trip we had a rock strike to one of the side lockers that resulted in a fair size dent in the door, only way I can think of that happening was a large rock has been thrown out to the side by a tire and then bounced back into the side of the van.

I also still use a rear screen deflector and often find stones caught between the deflector and the rear window, these have probably come from the front wheels or passing cars. I also have couple of chips in the back door again possibly caused by passing cars. I have seen cars with broken side and rear windows who have not been towing.

Hi HKB

I know exactly what you are talking out for sure.

On one of out trips up the Birdsville Track, I was sitting on a safe speed for the stoney conditions and my reduced tyre pressures, with us sitting on a comfortable 80kph.

I could see in the distance behind me an approaching column of dust, that was gaining very quickly. I could then see an 80 Series sitting behind my camper, but near the middle of the road.

So rather than him pulling wide on the RHS of the track and passing that way, no he passed us like a mad man, with less than 2 metres between us, and showered us in rocks, with an end result of lots of stone chips to the driver side of my Prado and a small chip on the rear right passenger window.

Then to give more insult to injury yet again, less than 5 minutes up the track he was pulled over on the side of the track with a flat tyre. Fifteen minutes later, the jerk did the very same thing again, passing us close again and another shower of rocks.

Then about 45 minutes later, we approached the state border crossing into Queensland and they were stopped there taking photo. When they saw our vehicle coming again they got back into their car a pulled straight out onto the road hoping to stay in front of me, but seeing he was still gaining speed, I overtook them, and then sat in the middle of the road, as it was then freshly graded and very dusty, and he then continued to sit in our dust all the way into Birdsville.



Cheers



Stephen

Revenge can be sweet:)

Hmmmmm.
Maybe better to pull over for a leg stretch and let someone like that get away from you.

Hi Stephen,
the rear perspex window protector is for extra peace of mind. $180 from City Plastics in Adelaide.
i'm currently on my second day of a possible 3 month trip doing a lot of dirt/stony roads towing a Tvan so it just one less thing to worry about.
Cheers,
Steve

Hi Steve

Thanks for that. I hope you have a fantastic time away and looking forward to your report when you get back home.

Safe Travels



Stephen