Mud flaps must be at the rear of the trailer

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  1. TROOPER to TRUCKER

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    Hmm, I just noticed today that most of the TL trailers we have actually have them. I guess the safety patrol takes care of that. In LE I hated OPR or our version of internal affairs and our safety guys seem to fill that void in my life now.
     
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    Yeah .. I know , but they tend to appear when you dont need them. I remember that day I was looking for a cardboard or something I had zipties , but nothing forced to buy one had to cross a scalehouse going back.
     
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    We have a dozen or so trailers that have flaps behind all 4 sets on our speads a few with only being rear set and a other dozen all the way at the rear. Some 48' with rear tire all the way back and most set forward. It seems every trailer has a different set up here
     
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    Here ya go mud flap for all 50
     

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    I got aTicket for not having reflective tape on the mud flap hanger. I was not bobtail. Had mud flaps.
     
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    Yep, left one or two back there myself.

    Long day + dark lot = lost mudflap and a half hour of cussing and fighting (ALWAYS in the darned rain or snow!) To put a mudflap back in place....
     
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    was it a fix it ticket at all?
     
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    It was a few years ago in Iowa. I dId not pay a fine. I do not know if the company paid a fine or not. He stopped me to measure my trailer length, as the trailer had an auger out the rear. He missed that the inspection sticker was out of date.
     
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    We have a few trailers out of date. I catch a little grief when I catch one because I am not pulling it.
     
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    Have you checked your driving record to make sure it isn't suspended etc ?