Full mud flap

Doesn't anyone use rock guards on windshields? In OZ everyone uses them including big trucks.Don't even know what a Stone Stomper is either do Ya Mate?

Have had three RV's with full length flaps. All hung by chain and quicklinks. Never once had any issues with them throwing up rocks or anything else. I think it is key to make sure they are not hanging so low that they are going to hit the road surface when the coach encounters bumps/uneven road surfaces.

Mine mounts to a peice of angle iron. Have not noticed any damage to towed as of yet.
Feels like it weighs 50lbs and yes it is a nice advertisement
Have not traveled to Alaska by rv though.

NO Mudguard/flap does the job. PERIOD. LOOK at the various gaps on the bottom and top. I have had more customers complain about the lack of protection than I can count. Years ago, I had a customer go to CW and had them install the broom type. Did NOT do the job. He went back and got his money back and had the what is now standard Rubber type solid flap installed. DID NOT PROTECT his new Toad. Went back to CW and got his money back. Then purchased from CW the Tow Bar mounted guard. FIXED his problem. I advise customers that if they want the best protection, get the Tow bar mounted guard. All factory mounted Mud Guards are just advertising for the RV maker. Doug

Mine had cables and quick link carabiners to attach. It trashed our old toad and broke my fancy LED headlights so off it came. However ours hung lower than most because of a motorcycle lift mod on the rear.

To answer the OPs question, ours too is hung on chains.

In the subject of taking it or leaving it, I have a love/hate relationship with ours. It has absolutely saved our toad from damage from road debris, it has also torn itself off while catching debris the MH would have completely missed.

It does keep the back of the MH cleaner.

In 5 years we've never had debris problems. Ours sits about 4" above ground when aired up. IT HAS stopped a large 4x4 from going through the rear of the MH and radiator into the toad after being thrown out by the rear tires. Bent the heck out of it. It saved us from a lot of damage back there.

Our's will never come off.

AlaskaShooter wrote:
In 2016 we did a 90 day trip to Alaska. We camped one night West of Watson Lake and a MH pulled into the pull through site next to us towing a toad. They had a rear flap. They decided to unhook and take their toad into Watson Lake. He decided to check some of the toads fluids and the engine bay was totally full of dust, dirt and rocks from constructions zones they had encountered that day including stones on the hood. It was a non air coach so I loaned them my portable air compressor I carry to blow out his toad engine bay.

I was getting gas in Alaska, one summer, when a guy pulled in with a Class A and a toad. He had a long overhang, a low hanging flap, and a totally trashed older Subaru wagon behind him. He managed to break the headlights and the windshield (several times) and trash the paint on the entire front. When I told him it was caused by the flap, he looked at me like I had two heads, LOL.

If you roll like a lot of the old-timers who take a coach back and forth to your winter/summer destinations, once a year, a properly installed flap shouldn't be too damaging, since it's typically on clean highways. IMHO. if you have a toad, and do a lot of miles on all kinds of roads, it's not a good idea.

I have also found that full flaps kick up debris. I would remove them.

In 2016 we did a 90 day trip to Alaska. We camped one night West of Watson Lake and a MH pulled into the pull through site next to us towing a toad. They had a rear flap. They decided to unhook and take their toad into Watson Lake. He decided to check some of the toads fluids and the engine bay was totally full of dust, dirt and rocks from constructions zones they had encountered that day including stones on the hood. It was a non air coach so I loaned them my portable air compressor I carry to blow out his toad engine bay.