Trailer / Van Stone Protection & hitch set ups

If you look at the link for stoneguards, you'll see ours, it's the 3rd one down left side, we have since improved on this, alsio a rear window guard is a must, this is our Stone guard now and you'll see little white squares on our back window, that's our rear window guard, just cut some perpex to size and used Cliplock from 3M to hold it on.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...elore09047.jpg

We have the same hitch as Goingbush, simple, easy and long lasting, just about every trailer parts shop have them in stock, which is important if you are in a remote area.

Baz.

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Originally Posted by whynot

Thanks Weeds, how long until you get your stone stomper... keen to check it out..... We are only across the highway @ Bald Hills.

Am condidering swapping over the Off road hitch on the current camper trailer to the new van...

Cheers
Andrew

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not sure when i am going to purchase.......need to get my brakes up and running first as i think my trailer is a little heavy for un-braked

Think I'll stick with the Tregg hitch,
the Do35 was looking good until I found this

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...013/03/253.jpg

from here DO35 V1 opinion

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Originally Posted by goingbush

Think I'll stick with the Tregg hitch,
the Do35 was looking good until I found this

from here DO35 V1 opinion

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Interesting pic.....wonder if there is more to the story....I'm sure there are pics of all hitches failing

I'll be keeping my DO35

My mate put me into the DO35....funny enough he has a single axle trackmaster, yours is only the second single axle I have seen

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Originally Posted by weeds

My mate put me into the DO35....funny enough he has a single axle trackmaster, yours is only the second single axle I have seen

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I've yet to see another :o

I think most people that are going to spend those $$ on a van want a shower and toilet so go for the tandem option .

I dosent look it but the single axle is actually 6" narrower than the Jayco wind up we had before, so thats the bonus for me.

(Im sure the Do35 is sorted now, that was v1 )

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Originally Posted by goingbush

I've yet to see another :o

I think most people that are going to spend those $$ on a van want a shower and toilet so go for the tandem option .

I dosent look it but the single axle is actually 6" narrower than the Jayco wind up we had before, so thats the bonus for me.

(Im sure the Do35 is sorted now, that was v1 )

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Er...my mates has a shower and toilet, he mentioned it was one of a kind......the previous owner converted the suspension to leaf which does my head in

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Originally Posted by weeds

for a stone guard i am going to order a stone stomper STONE STOMPER STONE GUARDS Pty Ltd.

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Stone stomper is the go, works better than the rest and stops the majority of dust getting inside your van.

Plus it stops 99% of broken rear windows in your tow vehicle which is quite common with other stone guards.

I really like the idea of the stone stomper. I wonder how much it would cost to make one up yourself.

Ask Graeme, he made up one about a year or so ago, there are pics in here some where from a previous similar titled thread.

Do any of you CT owners run a full width leading flap on the trailer to protect the axle, suspension links, dampers etc etc.

I was crawling around under the offroad boat trailer I built a few years ago for a mate.

The axle, upper and lower links are pretty peppered
Im soon to start on a CT chassis for another mate and wondering about incorprating fixation points for a full width piece of conveyer say a metre or so infront of the axle. Thoughts?

S