Mud Flaps vs Brush Systems

Mud flaps in a heart beat. I have had both, no comparison. I prefer clear across the rear type on a swivel hitch.

B.O. Plenty wrote:
I have had a fiver for several years. Other than a few very short trips down a RV park road, I've never found a reason to travel down a muddy road or one covered with rocks. The mudflaps behind the rear wheels of my truck work just fine, don't think I need anything else.

B.O.

You must not get out of the more populated areas much. Most of my county is gravel roads including the one I live on. Some of out local parks require you to go down a couple of miles of gravel.


I live on a gravel road and have the factory mud flaps on my truck. After about 5 years the front of any trailer is dented to heck. It sucks but, it is one of the trade offs for living in a rural / quiet area.

I have a C class and tow a Suzuki behind, I installed a rigid mud flap on the bumper 2 inches from the ground, in the 15 years that I have towed no rocks have hit the front of the vehicle, had a rock hit the windshield from a truck that pulled out from a road construction section in san Antonio and slung a rock that hit the edge of the dingy windshield, had that replaced in SA.

I have noticed hat the skirts tend to lift up with the vehicle travelling down the road, that is why I installed the semi stiff "mud Flap" the whole length of the bumper.

navegator

I install Gatorback on my truck and I am very happy with them.

I don't believe that you are over thinking the mud flaps. See my first post. My rig has never looked as good after that first experience with a gravel road in a construction zone.

Thanks folkss, for your recommendations and thoughts. Perhaps I am overthinking this and just over-zealous to make improvements to the trailer. A wait-and-see perspective is probably the best thing I can do.
Regards
Glen

Go to a truck stop and buy some big rig flaps.
I bought two hard plastic flaps,30"hx24"w, I cut them in half height wise to get four equal flaps and installed.

Truck was filthy in this pic, but you get the idea.

We have Rock Tamers and modified a hitch setup so the flaps actually are under the bumper and out of the way. Also, We went to Line-X and had the front of the 5th wheel coated---the part with the lift up door, just behind the truck tailgate. $450.00 and in matching color.

Decent mudflaps that are low enough with weight of trailer on the truck but not so low that they will touch the ground on a bounce.

I have had a fiver for several years. Other than a few very short trips down a RV park road, I've never found a reason to travel down a muddy road or one covered with rocks. The mudflaps behind the rear wheels of my truck work just fine, don't think I need anything else.

B.O.