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DUECE'SDAD
06-18-2005, 01:26 PM
As you seen in my earlier post i painted my boat, one of my tow vehicles is a lowered pickup that im not worried about, but what about regular trucks, Before i painted it there were rock chips all of the front of my boat. Any suggestions, removable mud flaps on the truck, sometype of stone deflector built onto the trailer ? ? Anybody done anything, or let it get beat up ! !
Kim Hanson
06-18-2005, 02:19 PM
I used a rock skirt before and it worked great, the other thing you can do is take a 1'' steel tubing and attach it to a 2.25" box with 4 bolts on each side and you can take it off and put it on and the bolts hold on to the back of your 2'' reciever hitch..Lets see if I can wing this picture with the puter
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/72mudflaps.JPG :idea:
voodooCanoe
06-18-2005, 03:16 PM
Enclosed trailer!!!
Kim Hanson
06-18-2005, 03:28 PM
Enclosed trailer!!!
They like trailers, didn't you know that? :wink: :p .........( . )( . ).......not enclosed ones!
coolchange
06-18-2005, 04:27 PM
flaps work but dont make em TOO low or they bottom out and kick stuff UP. (experience!) deflectors work but look harsh IMHO.
I'd be thinkin BRA.
Cs19
06-18-2005, 06:53 PM
Yep, i made a bitchen set, they fit bitchen. Well the suspension slowly sagged, and by the time I got to the river, the flaps were dragging. I went back and looked at my boat, and the inside of my boat was filled with these little rocks,thousands of little rocks, i still find em in there all the time.No gel dings though.bottomline is, dont make em too long.
Cs19
EXTREMEBOATS
06-18-2005, 08:17 PM
Why not a Bra cover like the old days??? Keeps the bow clean and protected.... :squiggle:
Kim Hanson
06-18-2005, 08:36 PM
Why not a Bra cover like the old days??? Keeps the bow clean and protected.... :squiggle:
Bra's scratch your trucks frontend bad, so I assumed it would do the same to a boat......( . )( . )......Up here bra's are good for hiding chips in the paint and small damaged areas :cool:
EXTREMEBOATS
06-18-2005, 09:28 PM
Well knowing your such the expert Kim I guess I'll stand down on that one.... :( Mike "the Florida dumb ass"