Mud flap dot question

yes.......

 

As long as you have a trailer behind you the truck doesn't need mudflaps, but once bobtail most places require them.

 

I have full fenders on my tractor bacause I do a lot of bobtailing. They don't come close enough to tge pavement, so I also have mudflaps. I believe the mudflap or whatever has to be less than 6" from the pavement if memory serves...

 

They look cool, but I don't see how a tire inspection can be done, in relatively timely manner, with half of the tire covered and more on the pavement.

Mikeeee

 

full fenders look great....scattered down the shoulder after a drive lets go...

 

No sir! This is not correct. It is a CSA violation to not have mudflaps / Brackets and reflectors on the tractor.. trailer or not

 

Incorrect. Although states (and provinces) have some variances, they all have regulations that are more-or-less similar. All the ones I have read refer to either the rearmost, or rear wheels of a combination where mud flaps are required. Here is a link to a summary page (PDF): Summary of State Rules on Mud Flap / Splash Guard Requirements (Updated: March 2014)

Here is the relevant info for Oklahoma:

Oklahoma – Oklahoma Statute Section 47‐12‐405.3
Aprons

All vehicles or combination of vehicles operating on the highways, except animal-drawn vehicles, not equipped with fenders over the rearmost wheels shall have attached thereto a rubber or fabric apron directly behind the rearmost wheels, and hanging perpendicular from the body of the vehicle. The apron shall be of such a size as to prevent the bulk of the water or any other substance picked up from the roadway from being thrown from the rear wheels of the vehicle or combination of vehicles at tangents exceeding twenty‐two and one half (22 1/2) degrees measured from the road surface. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a farm tractor moving over the state highway system at a speed less than twenty (20) miles per hour.​

 

Do so at your own peril. I could show you all the violations the company/drivers have recieved but what's the point? Whoop whoop truck it up boys...