Chanty Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 Hi,We will be taking delivery of our new Kedron in around 3 weeks time and would like some advice regarding the best stone guards.I am looking at purchasing either Stone Stompers or Rock Tamers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod and Mavis Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 Hi Chanty.Our 100 series has standard mud flaps.Have to say that with a decent stone guard on the van with good quality rubber flaps on the bottom,there is absolutely no need for fancy expensive flaps on the car (in my opinion).We travelled 90kms of red dirt and black dirt mud out of Tilpa last year and the only thing that touched the front of our van was a small section not shielded by the edge of the rubber flaps. having said that we have since travelled around 30,000kms in our van since June 12 months ago and have absolutely no damage on the front of the vans propeller plate. This is in contrast to our last van that did not have an adequate stone guard.The result was major damage to the propeller plate on the front of the van that could not be removed. All we could do was polish but the damage was still evident.Oh and a broken rear window in the Patrol.Make sure that your stone guard is angled forward from the top,(our last one was vertical)and attach heavy rubber flaps to the bottom and you will not need to drag around massive car flaps.It is so difficult to get the guards on the car just right to protect both the van and the rear window of the tug. I believe that our set up has filled all requirements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morribm Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 Hi Chanty.Our 100 series has standard mud flaps.Have to say that with a decent stone guard on the van with good quality rubber flaps on the bottom,Hi Rod,Do you have a photograph of your set up? I would like to see how you attached the flaps to the bottom of the stone guard.CheersBrian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chanty Posted November 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Hi Chanty.Our 100 series has standard mud flaps.Have to say that with a decent stone guard on the van with good quality rubber flaps on the bottom,there is absolutely no need for fancy expensive flaps on the car (in my opinion).We travelled 90kms of red dirt and black dirt mud out of Tilpa last year and the only thing that touched the front of our van was a small section not shielded by the edge of the rubber flaps. having said that we have since travelled around 30,000kms in our van since June 12 months ago and have absolutely no damage on the front of the vans propeller plate. This is in contrast to our last van that did not have an adequate stone guard.The result was major damage to the propeller plate on the front of the van that could not be removed. All we could do was polish but the damage was still evident.Oh and a broken rear window in the Patrol.Make sure that your stone guard is angled forward from the top,(our last one was vertical)and attach heavy rubber flaps to the bottom and you will not need to drag around massive car flaps.It is so difficult to get the guards on the car just right to protect both the van and the rear window of the tug. I believe that our set up has filled all requirements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chanty Posted November 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Hi Rod,Many thanks for the feedback it sounds that I might have been looking at an overkill. Can you provide any photo's of your setup.Regards,Chanty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod and Mavis Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Please give me a day or so for the pics, we are currently getting a broken Aircommand Ibis fixed.That is another good ending story well worth telling and will be told soon.Cheers from the Kyd's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod and Mavis Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Please see attached our stone guard set up.It works very well for us with standard 100 series mud flaps.As stated nothing hits the front of the van with the exception of a 2 " wide area on the tuck under below the front boots.Cheers from the Kyd's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chanty Posted November 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 Please see attached our stone guard set up.It works very well for us with standard 100 series mud flaps.As stated nothing hits the front of the van with the exception of a 2 " wide area on the tuck under below the front boots.Cheers from the Kyd's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chanty Posted November 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 Hi RodMany thanks for the photo's,Regards,Chanty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webby Posted November 11, 2012 Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 Hi Chanty,We had a stoneguard fitted just last week to our Kedron ATV2 that might be just what you are after. See pics below.It was made by Ken Barratt and his contact number is 3207 7152 and he lives at Victoria Point.He did a fantastic job and the price was very reasonable. If you decide to contact him, tell him Sue & Ann sent you. For the observant amongst you, we also had some checkerplate lids made for our gerry can holders. We got sick of them filling with little stones. Had these done by Tong Box at Northgate. The gerry can holder now holds a 10 ltr plastic gerry can and is now secured as well as "stoneless". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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