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Old 08-07-2009, 03:21 AM   #1
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front aluminum diamond plate

Has anyone installed it on their rig? Or Herculon roll on. to protect from gravel damage??
 
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Old 08-07-2009, 04:33 AM   #2
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Have not done it yet, but was thinking about it. My little hunting camp trailer I take out west every year takes a beating. From the stuff the truck throws up to rocks and dirt flying from passing vehicles. I haven't heard anyone commenting on this. I figured the ones that have gone to Alaska would say more.
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Old 08-07-2009, 04:49 AM   #3
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When I lived in Alaska I went to a local shop that did upholstery and other leather work. They fabricated a naugahyde (sp?) cover, color matched to the TT. They mounted about 6 snaps on it and my TT so I could take it on and off as necessary. Very durable, gave great protection from all of the rocks we had to deal with up there. It cost a couple of hundred dollars (1998), but was well worth protecting my camper.

I probably have a pic somewhere if you want me to e-mail it to you, since I don't know how to post pics here! PM me if you want it.
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Old 08-07-2009, 05:36 AM   #4
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I put a rock guard on the TV. Does a great job of stopping rocks and other hiway crap.
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Old 08-07-2009, 07:00 AM   #5
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I have not traveled many thousand miles like some here have, but I don't get much thrown on the front of the rig. We keep to the paved roads and do not travel many gravel roads. I do have mud flaps all around my TV which I think helps a lot. I wish they made bug flaps to protect the front cap from all the bugs as we travel down the road. I have seen the diamond plate on other rigs such as the Arctic Fox 5ers.
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Old 08-07-2009, 08:18 AM   #6
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Have you priced diamond plate? It's priced like diamonds. I had a trailer with it on the front and after a few years it began to look kind of scruffy. The white naugahyde sounds interesting or as noted above a good rock guard on the truck.
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Old 08-08-2009, 03:48 AM   #7
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4x8x1/8 sheet here in Okla.$168.00 pricey but probably couldn't get anything else cheaper.
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Old 08-08-2009, 05:12 AM   #8
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That's not too bad for a 4x8sheet
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Old 08-08-2009, 05:27 AM   #9
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One of my previous travel trailers I was getting a lot of rock chips, I took it to a bedliner shop and had them spray Rhino liner on about three feet of the front. It worked very well and looked pretty good. If I remember it was not that expensive. Then a year or so later knocked a hole in the rear fiberglass cap, patched it up a bit, and sprayed it with Rhino liner, the trailer at that point looked like it was designed that way ,the front and back matched.
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Old 08-08-2009, 12:27 PM   #10
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After lots of miles, we don't have any marks on the trailer. A good set of mud flaps made all the difference. They are pricey too, but the truck looks so kewl!

Duraflaps.
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Old 08-08-2009, 02:13 PM   #11
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I second the Duraflaps. Almost two years and we still have no marks on the trailer.
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Old 08-10-2009, 05:24 AM   #12
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I ran over a dead michelin man and mud flaps be danged that hunk of rubber came up and cracked the door on the front of the unit, in fact it punched a hole through it. I just love the 18 wheeler rejects laying around the American highways. At least now I know how thick the front compart door is and it allows a little more ventalation to the generator.
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