Mud Flaps

[brentbba]

Did the search. Not a lot about them on our trailers. Getting pretty much finished and debating whether to put a pair on or not. CDN M101, spring over with the fenders extended out to cover the tires.

Reason for asking, outside the potential legality, is throwing rocks at folks behind me for courtesy sake and rooster tails in the rain. Buddy and I were out several months ago on the freeway in the rain (yes, it does occasionally rain in SoCal) and he mentioned me throwing up one hell of a tall rooster tail from the trailer.

 

[Titanpat57]

I think a nice pc. of flexible rubber (maybe you could two cut from one) from a store that sells tractor trailer supplies.

They could attached to the fender bottoms with some SS bolts and fender washers. Flexible enough to move whil going over rocks, but hanging down to provide some protection.


Rooster tail.....

That was funny....

The picture that came to mind....

 

[rockman]

I have a Conqueror Conquest .Normally we would have a stone guard attached to the draw-bar but due to being how short the draw-bar is on them , it would become a hindrance .
I am in the process of making a horizontal blind that goes between the towbar and the front of the main box on the trailer .

Attached are some similar stone-guards .

Cheers Jim

 

[keezer37]

Your local NAPA sells three varieties of truck flaps. The smallest (24" x 24") and cheapest has a smooth back and is the thinnest but still plenty thick enough, cost $12 each. Has the raised lettered NAPA in yellow which is easily removed with a disc sander.

This is an original size I cut. I now wear an extra long.

FYI: Though not applicable to your application, these things are impervious to tailpipe heat...so far.

 

[grimbo]

I just have a set of cheapy generic ones from an auto store bolted to the fenders. Need to look at some sort of stone guard for the front now

 

[UNI]

I added a set of Teraflex Mud Flaps to the Jeep and the Trailer. They work great, if you need to change the tire, you just pull the pin and the mud flap comes off and out of the way. You can adjust them, to fit your vehicle and trailer, by cutting the width, length and the horizontal bar.

Hope this helps,
UNI

Tentrax trailer with Teraflex Mud Flaps

 

[Rubicon_Fan]

I'm buying a set from Teraflex as well for my jeep and a trailer (CDN M101) and will keep you updated how it turned out.


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[brentbba]

Teraflex site didn't mention the width. I can go about 12" max with the extended fenders on the M101.

 

[UNI]

Brentbba Posted: Teraflex site didn't mention the width. I can go about 12" max with the extended fenders on the M101.

Because I modified the flaps to fit Jeep/trailer, I needed to cut and drill. Here is what I did, I cut the flap, using a razor knife and a carpenter square to keep the cut clean and straight. The aluminum horizontal tubing that holds the flap to the frame, I used a band saw and drill press to cut the bar and drill holes straight. The flaps on the Jeep, I cut down to 9-3/4 width and on the trailer, I left the flaps at the 12" inch width. Your probably running wider tires on your Jeep, than I am. I did shorten the length on both of the Jeep and trailer flaps a bit. Once you get the flaps, just fit them to your Jeep/trailer & tire width.

Just remember, measure twice, then Slice & Dice! :coffeedrink:

UNI

 

[jeeepguy]

Trailflap

or

Proflaps

I use Trailflaps on both the rig and the trailer. Like them a lot and very nice people at the company.

 

[Frankspinz]

I had to replace the mud flaps on my truck. I bought some at the local car parts store and found they were a tad narrow to my liking.

Borowing a page from the local rally teams I purchased a couple of "crazy carpets" also known as "wacky carpets". It is a plastic sheet kids use to slide on snow

I find they are too flimsy to use on their own but I cut them easily with a utility knife an inch wider than the purchased mud flaps, it is then easy to double them up on the purchased mud flaps.

Something like this:

Now I need to widen the front flaps ...

 

[RubiconGeoff]

I made my own quick-release flaps for my 4x4 using some nesting rectangular tube, welded to my bumper brackets on the frame. I simply pull a pin and slide the flap out.

I had trouble finding mudflap material that was heavy-duty enough, since I needed flaps that are 12" wide by 24" long. Most rubber flaps (including dually truck flaps) are just too flimsy and would blow around and get caught up in my tires. I wound up buying a pair of tractor-trailer dually flaps from NAPA Auto Parts with the big yellow NAPA logo on them. I cut the flimsier bottom part off the flaps (the part with the NAPA logo) so I was left with just the thick, heavy-duty, reinforced upper section left over: 24 inches wide by 12 inches tall. I turned them 90 degrees, drilled some new holes in them, and now I have a pair of super-heavy-duty flexible mudflaps that are 12 inches wide by 24 inches long and which don't blow back into my tires or flap around in the wind. :victory:

I was able to use the leftover cut-off sections of the mud flaps to make some shorter flaps for my trailer's fenders, to help keep down the mud, rocks, and spray that it throws up too. Since they only needed to be 8 inches long, they don't blow around in the wind.

 

[John E Davies]

Search for a local industrial rubber products distributor. I found a place nearby that sells bulk truck mudflap material in various thicknesses by the foot. The 1/8 inch sheet I bought (made of recycled tires) was 3 feet wide and I bought 2 linear feet for US $12. That is enough for a bunch of mudflaps...

It is VERY tough, but can tear if subjected to real trauma, like backing up against a boulder and trapping the flap while the tire is trying to roll. I mounted mine with nuts only against the rubber (no large area washers), so that the rubber can tear free rather than damaging the mounting structure.

You can (barely) cut it with a fresh razor knife and drill mounting holes with a standard metal bit, but a hole punch makes better holes.

Here's a pic showing the extensions I made for my lifted LX450 to reduce gravel rash on the trailer:

I did manage to rip one off last winter when I had to back out through a nasty ice berm, but it didn't damage the OEM Land Cruiser mudflaps in the least.

John Davies
Spokane WA

 

[brentbba]

Reviving my own thread as I still haven't done squat about mud flaps on the trailer yet. It's down to either Trailflaps removable flaps or just some plain bolt on flaps for about $15. Concern I have about hanging flaps directly off the end of my fenders is that the fender is the original M101CDN extended away from the body to cover the extra width of 255/85/16's on a spring over. As it's a much larger tire than the military version and comes very close to the front/back of the fender.

If I hang a flap directly off the fender, it'll be about 1-2 inches away from the tire. If I install the Trailflaps I'll have the ability to move the flap back a little. Should I be concerned with the flap hanging that close to the tire?

 

[Mark Harley]

I bought a set of 12 x 18 flaps off Ebay.
Mounted them on the trailer fender support that is a couple inched behind the tire.
Catched the slop good.

Anouther place to get mud flap material is at a truck stop or at

http://www.iowa80.com/DirectionsWEB...4"W+x+30"L+Peterbilt+Black+Poly+Mud+Flap+(EA)