Most of the buses I have seen going up the highway, including mine, usually have a slight oil or smoke film from the exhaust on the back of the bus. Do any of you that pull toads or trailers have problems with the oily/smoke film getting on whats being towed? I plan on pulling a 18 foot trailer with a car loaded on it to get around while the coach is connected to shorepower. Will I need to wash the windshield of the towed car after every time I tow it or is there a better way around it to keep the oily film from getting on the towed windshield?
Depends on how bad your engine and/or transmission leaks. When towing our Jeep behind our MC-8 last summer with a transmission leak, not only the windshield, but the entire car had to be washed after a 200-250 mile day. This year, with leak repaired, we don't have to even wash the windshield after towing that distance. We do try to wash our car at least once at week though to remove any oil film, diesel smoke, road grime, and dust. A good coat of wax on the toad/traqiler helps greatly.
To help prevent any "bus droppings" on your toad/trailer, repair any leaks and re-route your exhaust up the rear so it exits the exhaust pipe above the toad/trailer. You will alway collect some road grime that is stirred up by the vacum created behind the bus. Jack
Your not going to have a major problem with the car on a trailer I never did and our Lexus rode on a trailer for over a year
good luck
We flat tow a Ford Exploder and it gets spotted along the exhaust side but I can't say I've ever noticed spots on the windshield. Lately we've been draping a beach towel over the windshield to protect it from road gravel. Its not an elegant solution to windshield protection but it is a cheap one. And I suppose if there was any tendency for oil spots they will now end up on the towel. The bigger issue for road grime is the slop that we get in spring and fall when we make a navigatory error and end up driving on roads that have been salted or sanded. I've never lost a towed windshield from road gravel but I don't want to either.
My enclosed trailer had (and still does have) an oily film on the driver side front of the trailer after I towed it with my bus. My engine has a minor oil leak and the exhaust is on that side.
Like Bob from up north, the driver's side of our toad gets grimey after a day, but nothing serious, and I'm a clean freak. ;D I like the idea of the beach towel on the windshield, I haven't lost one yet (knock on wood) but an ounce of prevention is always good. Just got to find a towel with a pattern on it that seems fitting, Will