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08-15-2020, 11:10 PM #1
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Rock Tamers - who uses them
Any of you guys use rock tamers or any other mudflap towing guards?
I like to keep my things as nice as possible and after the last 4 years I've succumbed. I ordered some rock tamers tonight.
My question is, what other brands do you guys use or consider?
Rock tamers seem to have the nicest, and easiest setup from what I've viewed, but they dont provide the most coverage area. The flaps are 24x24, where in comparison the rock solid's are 18x34. Much more lateral coverage area but the rest of the unit seems to lack the ease and quality.
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08-15-2020, 11:19 PM #2
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08-15-2020, 11:26 PM #3
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08-16-2020, 05:41 AM #4
I went with Weather Tech mud flaps on all 4 wheel wells on the truck. They make one specific for a dually that covers the entire width of the wheels. I'm happy with them, they are solid, not a rubber flap and install is very easy. I dont care for the way Rock Tamers look, that's why there are many options, we all have different opinions.
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08-16-2020, 05:45 AM #5
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You didn't say what size truck or trailer, but I put some removable mud flaps (rock guards - what ever you want to call them) on my SRW that I made myself from some 18 wheeler mud flaps I had hanging around (no pun intended) to see if they helped and learned a few things....
1. On a SRW they just weren't wide enough (couldn't hang them out much wider than the truck) so when I drove on wet roads there was actually more spray going around the sides of the flaps making the RV dirtier than without them.
2. Trying to make them wider than the truck caused them to want to flap too much and also tear at the top where I mounted them to the support arm. I considered making some kind of anti-flap type support/device on them, but given lesson 1 I just stopped using them.
3. I hardly ever removed them after reaching my destination even though it only took a minute or 2 to do so. Maybe I'm lazy, maybe I didn't want to leave them laying about the campsite, or loose in the truck bed.
After 14,000 miles of towing I have little to no damage on the RV and it stays cleaner than with the flaps I made.
If I try something again it would be to install aluminum diamond plate to the lower front of the 5th wheel. Actually I think someone on this site did that and it looked pretty good.Larry KE4DMG
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08-16-2020, 12:15 PM #6
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Both of these trucks pull my boat, but preferably only the Ford. I daily drive and pull with it.
I use my ram only to haul the 5th wheel and it typically stays in the garage and is not daily driven unless there is a circumstance that requires it.
Tapatalk wont allow me to attatch another photo but my 5th wheel is a 380TH
Which is why i would like the system to be easily transferred.
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08-16-2020, 01:10 PM #7
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I'm not a huge fan either, but it's either use the mudflaps get or get rock chips on my rear quarter panels. Dual rear wheels means twice the number of flying rocks and debris. I even went so far as to cover the entire rear fenders with XPel film. The XPel has done a terrific job of protecting the fenders.
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