For those of you that employ either mud flaps on the truck and/or the fifth wheel can you vouch for their effectiveness and tell us what make/type you use. Paul
Duraflap also,this is my second truck I have had them on.Just put them on my truck & the directions say as long as they are at least 3" from muffer that be fine.
I use Weathertech flaps. They are molded to look like they came with the truck and are no drill. Front and back. Had them on the last 2 trucks. Excellent.
You can sort of see in this pic that it covers between the tires. The Weathertechs protect the trailer right behind the wheels. Worked well to protect my painted trailer.
I have Road Wings and they have been on two trucks over 16 years. Work well keeping the crude off of the trailer. I had to replace the flaps when changing trucks due to the height difference but they were available locally. I also have Duraflaps front and rear of the truck to protect it.
I can see where the Rock Tamers will keep the front of the coach clean but they do absolutely nothing to protect your truck like the Duraflaps do and I would be removing the Rock Tamers everytime I unhooked because they are B**t ungly in my opinion.
I have had Rock Tamers for well over a year and probably 20,000 miles towing. They look as new as the day I mounted them. I also have OEM splash guards on my truck but there was no way those were going to keep the debris and chips from the front of my fiver.
I forgot to mention my truck is an 05 GMC 2500 diesel with duall exhaust coming out the side behind the rear tires so I need to deal with this. Dont want the flaps melting
As others have said, I have a DRW and the mud flaps make a big difference in the amount of road grime sprayed onto the front of the 5er. I went the less expensive route and got a set from my local NAPA store. They've were easy to install and have been working great for several years. Hope this helps.
I bought a set of moulded rubber with stainless trim mud flaps manufactured by Precision Design in Alberta. They are custom made for your vehicle and the rear mud flaps for my dually actually mount to the frame with custom brackets. They are not cheap but very well made, look great, and their customer service is fantastic.