Stone deflector for an offroad van - any ideas

G'Day Bilbo,

The two main designs used on campertrailers are those like the Adventure camper

adventure camper stone guard

Or the upright version like this

Goldstream RV

Just scroll through the photo's at the bottom of the page to "morning tea setup"

You will see a stone guard on the front of the van

Hope this helps

Rolande

Bilbo, was going to suggest the same as the Advebture Camper, got beaten to it, LOL

Have you considered putting a skirt on your vehicle. I have found this to be just as effective and in fact is better in some respects because it does not matter what you tow. If you want further advice please let me know and i will help.

i also have the skirt, tried some of the other and found they got in the way. for the skirt i used some pool side tread from clarks, lets air through but no stones. takes no more than one minute to put on and take off. when leaving van and going sight seeing i just slide them off.

Bilbo

I got my hands on some clear plastic. This is the same which is use for awnings and windbreaks etc for domestic or business use. I cut the plastic to size and silicon glued it to the front of my trailer. Used the same stuff to make two covers for the back windows. Have not had a problem with it. The stones fly out from under the truck but drop after hitting the plastic. This design saves on having a cumbersome stoneguard.

goodday bilbo
i personally had made a full padded front for our last 2 vans and will get the same for our new van goes full height and width of vans just uses 4 clips or presss studs on each side get some one who does car/boat seats etc 2 sheets of vinyl with about 1/2 inch padding inside no chips on our last van at all
steve

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good luck
gmd

Our Trak Shak uses double width shade cloth ( heavyist there is )
It is the full width of our camper and it points basically to the top of the tailgate of our Navara.
outback travell sees us flip over one of the layers of the shadecloth and "ocky-strap" it to the bumperof our vehicle.
Works a treat .
Cheers

Bucky

Where you have room, the one seen on the Kimberley Kamper seems good - I know an owner who has covered many a rocky road and reported no stone damage to date.... that V design, with a forward lean is about as good as a design could be in my view - the idea being not to arrest the stones, but to let them keep going (with a slightly altered direction) ! Space on my Campomatic is a bit tight so I use the "trampoline" idea - bit like the Adventure model but mine's not as fancy - still, the idea is to keep the stones below drawbar level - I have added rubber flaps to the suspension and main box corners, to keep the stones off the valuables.
Overall, I think time spent on stone guarding is worth every minute....... I've seen enough patched up windows and dinged paintwork outback.

Bilbo, I have replied to the same question (assume it is you) on Caravaners Forum.

Willem made back window protectors for the Patrol for us as he describes in his his reply.

Motherhen

Hi Bilbo,

We fitted a shade cloth deflector on a removeable upright. The shadecloth attaches to the trailer with tonneau cover bungy loops. There is a pic of it in my rig pics.

Good luck with your endeavours.

See Ya

Brian B (NT oh Brissie now)

Well,

Thanks everyeone for the great replies. I now have an idea and I'll post some pics when I finish it.

Tooooo hot here in Perth for welding right now,,,,,phew.

Bilbo