Hi Gerald and Donna,
I've been following your thread and thought you might like to read another choice.
Granted, it's
only an interim option, but it may prove useful until you settle in on a permanent
solution.
At most carpet stores (and other places, I'm sure), they sell "rug runner" in clear
plastic with
little "nubs" on one side. I bought a long piece, cut it to size, used duct tape and
attached them
(tape on the glass not the aluminum) over my street side windows when we took our
Alaska trip.
We traveled many gravel roads (with little razor sharp rocks) where big trucks coming
the opposite
way would throw those rocks at our trailer and truck. This temporary protection was
extremely
effective for the trailer. We replaced the windshield once. Although the Alaska
highway is paved,
there is always reconstruction occurring due to frost heaves from the previous winter.
Ever since
then, I've carried those rug runner pieces with me.
What does this have to do with you? Here's another example. During our 2,000 mile Baja
trip, we
occasionally drove on dirt roads where bus traffic was heavy. It only took one bus
coming at us from
the opposite direction for us to realize rocks were being tossed at our truck and
trailer when the
bus roared by in the opposite direction. Five minutes later, the rug runner was on our
street side
windows. After we were back on paved road, they came off.
I may never need the rug runners again. But, if I do and I don't have the pieces with
me, then I
made the decision to risk having my windows broken. Some of my decisions are by
omission. I don't
like it when I do that. Petty? Maybe, maybe not.
As an aside, during the last day of our Alaska trip after a rainstorm, one of the rug
runners
started coming loose and had partly filled with water. Instead of pulling it off,
cleaning it and
reattaching it, I just pulled it off. That day, a rock broke that window.
A year later, after hundreds of attempts to locate a new window or a used window from
a junked
trailer, and dozens of stops at abandoned Airstreams in odd locations with attempts to
buy the whole
thing just for the window, I finally found a replacement. $300 later, I was again a
happy camper.
Lesson learned? For me - obvious. For you - ..........?
Terry
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>Nick, with that in mind I have been mulling around a type of plex window
>covering that will serve as a rock shield and tinted as well. Have been
>planning a snapon or clip on attachment of some kind. At any rate as the
>years go by I hold my breath more and more for those Corning windows.
>Beautifully aerodynamic but so impractical! GShippen
>
>At 07:16 PM 5/20/01 EDT, you wrote:
>>
>>The only contact information is...there is no contact information! <g>
>>These are no longer available...but by the grace of God!
>>Be happy you have the originals...and be very careful with them!
>>
>>Nick
>>WBCCI #2577
>>WDCU
>>VAC
>>
>>>Nick, could you please post the contact information for the replacement
>>>window supplier (Philips)?
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