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I made these flaps to keep the slush from spraying all over the front of my trailer
Got 1 mud flap from the big truck repair shop. $15. Ripped in half on the tablesaw
Had some aluminum L extrusion laying around used that to grip the flaps.
The square aluminum extrusion was also in the scrap pile. Painted it black.
Used self tappers to attach the flaps to the rail.
Buddy cut the plate on the plasma table at his work. Cost me a large coffee.
Used a big bolt thru the hitch hole on the bumper to attach unit to the truck. $12 at the tractor shop.
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>>939102
seems legit.
Maybe its just me, but Id put 5 bolts in each flap instead of 3. Your tires start spinning and its gonna put a lot of strain on those 3 bolts. also make sure the aluminum pinches the rubber, so force is equalized across the aluminum bar instead of just the 3 small pieces of rubber above the 3 bolts.
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>>939102
Better make threads about all your work. People must know about these pro life hacks.
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>>939110
Transport trucks normally only have 4 bolts, I think 3 is fine.
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19-wheeler mud flaps are made of better material than consumer shit.
Good job OP, post in a real truck forum. Legit mod.
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>>939111
Nice trips. Can't tell if your being genuine or trolling tho...
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>>939110
I'm more concerned about the self tapers rotting out. I'll probably fire a few more in.
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>>939118
>consumer shit.
So true. the flaps at princess auto are twice the cost and half as thick. Junk.
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