How low are your mudflaps when loaded?
Just curious. I'm replacing mine, and just wondering how much clearance some of you have when loaded, or what the going opinion of the ideal clearance is.
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- We have skirts on our camper which goes from the overhang on the camper to the ground! We got them at Jcwhitney.
- With mud flaps directly behind the tire, you can't go all of the way to the ground. The reason for this is that you can pinch them between the tire and the ground/curb when backing. They will then rip out the mounting bars, which can tear a hole in the sheet metal of your truck. I learned the hard way.
If the flaps were far enough back they could go all of the way down. Camp, Forrest, Camp! wrote:
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With mud flaps directly behind the tire, you can't go all of the way to the ground. The reason for this is that you can pinch them between the tire and the ground/curb when backing. They will then rip out the mounting bars, which can tear a hole in the sheet metal of your truck. I learned the hard way.
If the flaps were far enough back they could go all of the way down.- within an inch or so of it unloaded....bottom of the flap is even with the handle of a Honda 2000 ( my truck is a 4x4)
- My Rock Tamers hang off the receiver and are adjustable height.
- about 2" of clearance.
- And about 8" of clearance unloaded on this one:
Wow, I forgot what my tailgate look like on the truck. It's been off since 11/11/2009
- I lost count the number of times I ripped off one those rubber flapper style on a curb when backing over it. I put on the Husky molded style and now have about 4 to 5 inches clearance loaded and don't have a problem backing over curbs now.Husky
