Dual Rear Wheels Pulled Mud Flaps Off

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Oct 30, 2004 | 12:49 PM

snice

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Dual Rear Wheels Pulled Mud Flaps Off

I had the factory black Dodge Ram mud flaps installed on my 3500 03. With my 40' Goosneck Trailer hooked up they only sat about 3" off the ground. When I was backing up something must have pushed them into the tires. Needless to say both were pulled of along with large chunks of the dual rear wheel covers. I have it back now from the body shop minus the mud flaps. What do you think is the best way to handle discharge from the wheels? Maybe a skirt like you see on RV's?

Oct 30, 2004 | 02:31 PM

Casey Balvert

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Are you saying part of the dually fender was pulled away? I guess I am a bit confused as to what was damaged besides the mud flaps. I have mine mounted on steel brackets attached to the body metal. But they are J&J Enterprises flat ones with a very sturdy bracket.

Oct 30, 2004 | 04:56 PM

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3 inches

In one of the installs (can't remember which set of dually mudflaps), it said that 8 inches was the minimum from the bottom of the mudflap to the floor (ground) to prevent what has happened to you. Just checked mine and they are running 10 7/8 inches from the garage floor. IMHO you need to run a stiff mudflap or with a flexible rubber mudflap some anti sails. J & J at one time made me some anti sails that was wider and longer to go with some different mud flaps that I had bought. They are good people to deal with.

Oct 30, 2004 | 08:39 PM

Big Bob

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Get a set of NorthWest Custom mudflaps! They are offset to help eliminate that problem.

Nov 1, 2004 | 10:17 AM

Mopar_Mudder

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I got the same factory flaps and a 40' trailer like you and never have had a problem at all. May be it is just the extra height of the 4x4 vrs the 4x2

Nov 1, 2004 | 06:37 PM

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I have low flaps and to prevent the same problem I have used a 1/4 " cable with a small loop in it to restrain the flap. The cable fits through a 5/16 x 7/16 laser cut slot in the flap (with a 1/2 x 3" 304 s/s stud through the loop in the cable) on one end and the other end attaches to the truck body.

No more lost flaps. Period.