Mud Flaps for Class C towing jeep

[dcason]

NEW jeep. Our Jayco class C has no mud flaps/rock guard currently and this is our first time towing.

Hubby says we will unhook and both drive on gravel roads (BLM lands...no alaska plans currently).

Any recommendations for something to protect my shiny red new jeep?
Donna

[klutchdust]

Stock mud flaps on the30' Cambia and towing a JK, no chips on the jeep. One person mounted a protective flap to close the gap between the front tire of the jeep and the bumper of the jeep. Not sure how that worked.

[rockhillmanor]

No mud flaps, towing Full-time, NO chips.

The MH did have heavy duty mud flaps on it before I bought the toad and when I had a blow out the tire drove that thick mud flap clean thru my sewage bay and destroyed all the valves. Something to think about if your sewage bay is behind the rears.

So kinda glad a bad thing happened so I didn't have mud flaps when I started towing the toad. Talked to a lot of people and most say mud flaps cause more chips on a toad.

A lot of forum members swear by this product to prevent chips.

Looks pretty simple to put on and off.

[tenbear]

I have mud flaps right behind my rear wheels and a full width mud flap on the rear of the Class C. I have had very few problems with debris hitting the car.

It could be that the full width mud flap is further off the ground, or maybe I drive slower on unpaved roads. In any case, it works for me.

[Bumpyroad]

if the mud flap is getting all torn up, it probably hangs too low and thus kicks up road debris .
bumpy

[shawdowboss]

I would install dual tire mudflaps right behind the rear tires. This will stop rocks, etc where they need to. I've kept mine mounted at 4.5" off the ground - high enough to miss most things, but low enough to keep rocks, etc from getting kick-ed up.

The other is to get a rock shield that mounts on the front of the car (or on the tow bar). There's lots of different styles and types. All have drawbacks and advantages.

We had the protect-a-tow with our tow dolly years ago, and it help keep the rocks down off the car. Was very effective and you can store it in a small bag - advantage over the larger hard plastic.

[FIRE_UP]

dcason wrote:
NEW jeep. Our Jayco class C has no mud flaps/rock guard currently and this is our first time towing.

Hubby says we will unhook and both drive on gravel roads (BLM lands...no alaska plans currently).

Any recommendations for something to protect my shiny red new jeep?
Donna

dcason,
There's been a few discussions on mud flaps and rock guards. There are some, especially Class A drivers who, have reported that with the full length rock/mud guard, have received more rock chips on their toads than without. Well, I kind-a have to go along with that train of thought. Long story short, we've towed our '11 GMC Sierra 1500 extended cab 4x4 several thousand miles WITH a full length mud flap. And, in that time, that truck has received hundreds of chips.

But, we purchased a used '15 Jeep JKUR almost a year ago and, as with all our previous Jeeps, intended on towing it. Well, just as an experiment, I removed that full length rock guard/mud flap. And, I installed new mud flaps behind my tires since the old ones were fairly torn up.

Well, after several thousand miles of towing that Jeep, not ONE CHIP has happened to that Jeep. So, that's just a side note here. But, did the new mud flaps help? Well, possibly. But, removing that full length one I think (pretty sure) was the trick. If I were you, yep, I'd either have nice, strong mud flaps installed or, install them yourself. It's not all that hard.
Scott

[Bedlam]

I use adjustable Rock Tamer flaps off the end of the receiver.

[BarneyS]

Moved to Dinghy Towing forum from Towing.