Think its Heartland that runs without them, or they used to. No they are not required. Friend of mine runs without and he has never been wrote up for it.
Splash Guard removed, will I pass inspection?
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You'll be frustrated trying and second guess a revenue agent. They will do what they do, unless you fight them every single time.
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So would it be better to remove the remaining one to make the truck uniform looking?
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The only reason you would need to remove it just because you think it looks unsightly. There is absolutely no reason to have to have them on the truck other than to protect the back of the cab and that means nothing to a DOT officer. It would be no different than a truck originally having fuel tanks on both sides and to save some weight you took the fuel tank off the passenger side that you don't need any way
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Drive my freightliner first without 1. Then with out both. All across the country in every state for a decade. Had multiple inspections during that time. NEVER once did an inspector say one word about it. Nor did any mechanic at truckstop, freightliner, or fleet pride, when doing a dot insp
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QC had a contract at a local company. Bought a bunch of FL daycab without any quarter fenders. Had to go through some gravel every day and in no time all of those trucks had cardboard where the back window used to be. lol
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