Do I need Rear Window Protection ?

On dirt roads yes, if you don't have a stoneguard.
Quilpie main roads are sealed (just got back from there).
You can make a simple effective stoneguard from 20mm closed cell foam,
cut to the shape of your rear screen and attached with stickyback velcro.
This is what I used on the Birdsville Development Road into Birdsville.
A stoneguard on your van will also protect it from damage.

cheers
T.R.

Very little dirt if you go from Quilpie via Eromanga and Nockatunga and back to Thargo. Just watch for oil field road trains.

I have a net defector on the camper trailer and it seems to work but my mate had a broken back windscreen but we think the rock hit his spare which is on the front of his trailer.

If worried just tape some heavy cardboard on the window once you are out there.

Hi deserter.
A good investment(a lot cheaper than a replacement window). I had a rear protector made this week for the pajero($100) & I consider this is a necessity when towing on stoney/dirt roads.A rear window is not easy to replace in the bush & the cost would be far greater than the $100 for the perspex protector.
Vince

G'day Deserter

We were west of there in April and spoke to two lots of towers who had broken rear windows - so for mine the answer is 'yes'. There is a mob called 'Obies' (I think) who make tailor maded protectors but not for all vehicles and not for canopies - at least they didn't late 2006. In Adelaide there is a place called 4WD Systems who also do tailor maded protection.

We bought a polycarbonate sheet from Bunnings, cut it to fit the rear window on a Carryboy canopy, and fixed it with duct tape. At the time other suggestions were to try to use the same fittings as used for rear window louvres, or use suction cups to attach the sheet. Other folks use that corrugated advertising signage or simply use cardboard.

We didn't break the rear window, but really don't know whether anything hit it. We did indulge in driving on unsealed roads with the driver's window down - stopped the practice when a stone came through and bounced off the inside of the windscreen.

Cheers
John & Vicki

As John (previous) mentioned Obie's make them, just google them, we had one on our previous vehicle.

Great investment, bit like car insurance, you never need it until a bingle, and then it is all too late.......if you haven't got it!

Ask your local sign-shop for some pieces of Corflute- cut to size and duct tape to glass. Should cost you zip (or a tinny or two)...

Sometimes it may not be the stone thrown up by your own vehicle, a stone from oncoming vehicles could send one into the front of your van , the van is like the cricket bat and whacks it forward again into the rear window,
Go to Bunnings and you will find some sheets of clear perspex cut out a bit bigger the size of the window and attach it somehow , drill holes in the corners for zip ties , 100mph tape ,

Doug