Considering the dirt or gravel roads one must travel to see a good part of Canada and Alaska is a BLACK GRASS deflector mounted at the rear of a 5th wheel beneficial in reducing the dust build up or does it create a problem?
The deflectors help some but not much . We were there last year and there are a lot of areas that are under repair that are graval . The worst thing is the stones from on coming traffic , out of 19 units in our caravan almost every one had some kind of stone chip to the windshild .
Ken/Ellen(RET)
2000 F250 Superduty
7.3psd/Banksbrake/Smartlock/Trans command/3.73gear/Edge EZ module
2002/29ft-Terry 5er:
There are still a few gravel roads but not many that get much travel. The Denali is still mostly gravel, sometimes good, sometime rougher than a cob, part of the road to Circle was gravel the last time I was up that way, Hatcher Pass road coming from the Willow area, the Haul road, the road to Manley Hot Springs/Minto is gravel, part of the Petersville road is gravel/dirt, the Top of the World (aka the 60 mile road to some Yukoners) probably is the most used gravel road by visitors. Keep the speed appropriate to the road conditions is the best thing a person can do to protect their rig. Slow down and get over as far as reasonable, watch out for soft shoulders though, when meeting others. The combination of your speed and their speed is what gives the rock it's speed. Some of the mud flaps will actually cause more damage, if they are too long and drag, than if you didn't have one. Some trailer owners will put some sort of protective covering on the lower front of their trailers, plastic, aluminum, etc.
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Last Summer I took the Trans Labrador HWY over 1,000 miles of gravel.
In Newfoundland I purchased a wood 8' 1'by 2' and 8' of vial carpet protector and 2 "C" clamps. This clamped onto my RV tailgate and made a "across the whole truck rock guard" to protect the 5er.
Worked great and when I was done with it I just rolled it up and slid it into the lower compartment for next time.
Cost about $15
We put a "hula skirt" on our "C" before we drove to Alaska, but as others have said, if it drags on the ground, it can create more dust, etc than without.
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