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CruisingRam 02-24-2023 04:11 PM

Mud flap suggestions?
 
I just flunked my "safety" because I have to have mudflaps- even though everything stock, it's a Hawaii thing I guess. This thing has never had them, Is there a stock option? Anyone else had to install them? I would like something halfway decent at least LOL. Or easily removable after the safety check.

Fordzilla 02-24-2023 04:58 PM

I get mine from Amazon...They're required in Texas on duallies...There's also a maximum height from ground requirement...[whistle]...Ben

edwinsmith 02-24-2023 05:53 PM


Originally Posted by Fordzilla (Post 3383733)
I get mine from Amazon...They're required in Texas on duallies...There's also a maximum height from ground requirement...[whistle]...Ben

HMMMM. When was this enacted? My truck originally came from Texas but didn't have mud flaps. This was 15 years ago or so.

Fordzilla 02-24-2023 06:07 PM


Originally Posted by edwinsmith (Post 3383734)
HMMMM. When was this enacted?

I'm not sure when...But a truck like mine with training wheels can't pass inspection without mudflaps...It's a ticketable offense...;)...Ben

Fordzilla 02-24-2023 06:41 PM


(a) Safety guards or flaps are required on all trucks, trailers, or semitrailers (in combination with a towing vehicle), if the rearmost axle of the vehicle (or combination) has four tires or more, or at least two super single tires. They are not required on buses, pole trailers, motor homes, or truck tractors. In this section, "super single tire" means a wide-base, single tire that may be used in place of two standard tires on the same axle.(b) Safety guards or flaps shall be located and suspended behind the rearmost wheels of such vehicle or if in combination behind the rearmost wheels of such combination to within eight inches of the surface of the roadway.

(c) A tolerance of four inches will be allowed.

(d) Safety guards or flaps shall be at least as wide as the tires they are protecting.

(e) When trailers and semitrailers are operated in combination with a towing vehicle, safety guards or flaps will be required on the rearmost axle of such combination.

(f) Safety guards or flaps shall be of metal, rubber, rubberized material, or other substantial material, capable of remaining in place back of rear wheels by their own weight or structure while the said vehicle is being operated.

(g) The construction of safety guards or flaps will be such that they will remain in proper place back of rear wheels and will be rigid enough to prevent slush, mud, gravel, and other roadway material or debris being transmitted from the vehicle's rear wheels to the windshield of the following vehicle.

(h) Safety guards or flaps should be securely mounted, as wide as the tire that it is protecting, not split or torn to the extent that it is ineffective and the bottom edge of the safety guard or flap shall be no more than 12 inches from the surface of the roadway while the vehicle is standing still, or otherwise not in motion.

(i) A flexible safety guard or flap may swing upwards and backwards while the vehicle is moving, so long as the safety guard or flap continues to block the trajectory of slush, mud, gravel, and other roadway material or debris which would otherwise be transmitted to the windshield of a following vehicle while both vehicles are in motion.
SOURCE...:conf:...Ben

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oliver foster 02-25-2023 06:51 AM

Any mud flap with Yosemite Sam on it telling people to "Back Off" should do.

Rug_Trucker 02-25-2023 06:58 AM


Originally Posted by Fordzilla (Post 3383737)

45FMJ? Not 45JHP? :D

Fordzilla 02-25-2023 07:47 AM


Originally Posted by Rug_Trucker (Post 3383743)
45FMJ? Not 45JHP? :D

I'm an old fashioned guy living in a new-fangled world...A peek past the newly installed fuel tank at the door pocket shows a glimpse at the 50 extra rounds of .45 ACP hardball for the Marlin Camp Carbine shown below that...If FMJ was good enough for the US military all those years, it's good enough for me...:patriot:...Ben

https://blogger.googleusercontent.co...8/IMG_1609.JPG

https://blogger.googleusercontent.co...8/IMG_1633.JPG

NJTman 02-25-2023 08:04 AM


Originally Posted by Fordzilla (Post 3383746)
I'm an old fashioned guy living in a new-fangled world...A peek past the newly installed fuel tank at the door pocket shows a glimpse at the 50 extra rounds of .45 ACP hardball for the Marlin Camp Carbine shown below that...If FMJ was good enough for the US military all those years, it's good enough for me...:patriot:...Ben

https://blogger.googleusercontent.co...8/IMG_1609.JPG

https://blogger.googleusercontent.co...8/IMG_1633.JPG

SWEET !

Is that one of them new fangled AR-SBR toys that everyone is yapping about, and I haven't seen or played with yet ?


Fordzilla 02-25-2023 08:38 AM


Originally Posted by NJTman (Post 3383749)
Is that one of them new fangled AR-SBR toys that everyone is yapping about, and I haven't seen or played with yet ?

Nope, just an old-fangled Marlin, the kind that was prone to the wooden stock cracking under use...This one got re-barreled after a previous owner kept shooting it after someone's lead reloads got stuck in the barrel...Removing the five spent bullets left a severely bulged barrel so a new one was machined and installed and new furniture fitted stem to stern...All I did after buying it was add the front and rear flip-up aperture sights...The only thing remaining from the original rifle is the lower receiver, trigger group and magazine...The stainless weighted ten round magazines in the door pocket came from a competition 1911 I owned a few decades ago...The new barrel is a street legal 16" with a flash hider installed...All the extra picatinny rails could accommodate bad boy accessories, but I choose to leave it as is...The cost for the whole package was about the same as a pristine factory stock .45 Camp Carbine (if one can be found) and a lot more reliable...[whistle]...Ben

riki5156 02-25-2023 08:44 AM

Don't they differentiate between trucks and pickups?

Fordzilla 02-25-2023 08:52 AM


Originally Posted by riki5156 (Post 3383751)
Don't they differentiate between trucks and pickups?

In Texas it's anything with 4 tires across the rear axle...[nonono]...Ben

riki5156 02-25-2023 09:50 AM

Yikes, next will be CDLs if you pickup lumber at home depot. Federal tax on your fuel, hours of driving restrictions. Sounds like they're really looking at safety.

BlueW250 02-25-2023 11:25 AM

What I did before getting rid of the horse trailer. Angle iron between the flap and bumper.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.die...98ac2f9c1e.jpg

Thank you,
BlueW250

bigredbrick 02-25-2023 04:56 PM


Originally Posted by oliver foster (Post 3383742)
Any mud flap with Yosemite Sam on it telling people to "Back Off" should do.

Do they make them big enough? Always wanted some on Red


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