mud flaps

Grit dog wrote:
Maybe think about making or buying a salt shield for the trailer.
Can make one easily out of a piece of plywood.....

This is the first thing I would do and also the cheapest and most effective.

Bedlam wrote:

Rubiranch wrote:
thanks Jim - I think that's the way I'm leaning, molded mud flaps.

The molded flaps did not provide enough coverage for my truck. So it wore a belt and suspenders to keep its pants up and the debris down.

Must be a pretty healthy trailer you're towing.

Still not sure what to do.

rottidawg wrote:

Grit dog wrote:
Maybe think about making or buying a salt shield for the trailer.
Can make one easily out of a piece of plywood.....

This is the first thing I would do and also the cheapest and most effective.

I think this is what I'll end up doing.

I want to build some type of an enclosure with sides, front and a hinged top to protect my generator and use them as a "sound barrier" to direct the noise from the generator away from my camper.

I'm still considering some mud flaps for the truck itself.

I really like my molded Husky flaps.

Flaps at the wheels might be okay for truck and camper only but in no way are sufficient for towing. The bow of my boat looks like it got shot with a shotgun and a couple rounds of bird shot. I have since gone to the Rock Tamers. If that doesn't work, I'm going for a trailer bra.

I guess it depends on where you are driving.

Splash guards are molded and provide minor coverage. True mud flaps are heavier, wider, longer, and stop much more debris. Additional receiver mounted flaps like Rock Tamers provide extra protection for trailer loads. Each has a purpose.

Depending on rear overhang and trailer tongue length, you may not need additional coverage but receiver mounted flaps will definitely help keep debris from your trailer.

I have DuraFlaps on my current truck and love the additional coverage. My trailer has drive on/off ramps on the front that protect my trailer loads from most everything else.

Bedlam wrote:
I use similar ones called Rock Tamers on my trucks, but they are adjustable instead of fixed.

Rock Tamers FOR THE WIN!!

That's what I'd recommend

You can adjust them for various ride heights of your truck.

Rubiranch wrote:
I appreciate the responses.

I keep looking and now thinking along the line of a set of these instead.

I've never owned something that gets soo dirty when it rains, snows or even traveling down a wet dirt road as this truck does.

I just think they'll look goofy. LOL


https://www.amazon.com/Premium-Molded-2007-2013-Sierra-Guards/dp/B01FI0FALK/ref=sr_1_1?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1487785690&sr=1-1&keywords=mud+flaps+for+2011+2500+chevy+trucks

Those don't provide much coverage for the truck.
I'd get a set of ProFlaps, DuraFlaps or Ultimateflaps

THen add a set of Rocktamers

It's not for the trailer but for the truck I run full, old-school diamond plate running boards.
I think the truck looks better without them, but they do a terrific job of saving the paint and keeping the truck a lot cleaner. Nothing else works as well. And if you take the time to hit 'em with some metal polish (anything but Mothers) now and then, they don't look that bad.