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Topic: AZ on another summer crackdown!, mudflaps

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Posted: May 11 2006,11:51 am

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A friend of mine (Bill) has an auto repair shop and towing service in Tucson, he towed a broken down truck and trailer in to his shop early this week and repaired the truck. The guy needed another truck fixed so Bill told him he would deliver the truck, trailer and pick up the other truck because he needed to head in that direction anyways. Bill was driving on the frontage road heading to Maranna when a DPS offer on the freeway spotted him, the cop exited the freeway and pulled him over. The truck was an F350 with a tandem axle dump trailer and neither of the vehicles had mud flaps on them. The officer wrote him two citations $250.00 ea for the truck and trailer. AZ law states that all trucks 1 ton and larger or any vehicle with modifications that lift the truck in any way must have mud flaps no more than 12" rear of the tire and no more than 8" from the ground and must adequately cover the entire tire tread area. Trailers must also follow the same rule if they have more than one axle.
AZ law enforcement is cracking down on mud flap violators :beat

just wanted to let everyone know.

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Posted: May 11 2006,1:06 pm

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Wait a minute. ANY 1 ton truck? Even my E350 Super Duty?

What about boat trailers with two axles? :stupid

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Posted: May 11 2006,1:56 pm

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Quote (GlassMan @ May 11 2006,1:06 pm)

What about boat trailers with two axles? :stupid

Same thing went through my head. :stupid

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Posted: May 11 2006,2:08 pm

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Quote (GlassMan @ May 11 2006,1:06 pm)

Wait a minute. ANY 1 ton truck? Even my E350 Super Duty?

What about boat trailers with two axles? :stupid

if you read the letter of the law it states "trucks". As far as I can tell vans,SUV,s etc are not effected. :banghead

If it is a trailer with more than one axle YES :angry

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Posted: May 11 2006,3:09 pm

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A. A person shall not operate a truck, trailer, semitrailer or bus on a highway unless the vehicle is equipped with rear fender splash guards that comply with the specifications provided in this section.

B. The splash guards:

1. Shall be attached in a manner that prevents the splashing of mud or water on the windshield of other motor vehicles.

2. Shall extend to a length of not more than eight inches from the ground.

3. Shall be wide enough to cover the full tread or treads of the tires being protected.

4. Shall be installed close enough to the tread surface of the tire or wheel to control the side throw of the bulk of the thrown road surface material.

5. May be constructed of a flexible rubberized material.

6. Shall be attached in a manner that, regardless of movement either in the splash guards or the vehicle, the splash guards retain their general parallel relationship to the tread surface of the tire or wheel under all ordinary operating conditions.

C. This section does not apply to:

1. A vehicle commonly known as a pickup truck with a manufacturer's rating of three-quarter ton or less, except that this section applies if the pickup truck has been modified from the original bumper height design to raise the center of gravity of the pickup truck.

2. A truck tractor or converter dolly when used in combination with another vehicle.

3. A single axle trailer with fenders wide enough to cover the full tread or treads of the tires being protected and that extend to a length of not more than fourteen inches from the ground.

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Posted: May 11 2006,9:58 pm

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Well that's a tipical law anywhere, but I guess DPS don't have anything better to do these days since it is a crime free place :rolleyes

But that figures guess I started this shit, I don't have any on my dually and I'm doing a road trip to Cali next week, guess I better fab something up over the weekend!.. :angry

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Posted: May 11 2006,10:43 pm

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Quote (weldwade @ May 11 2006,3:09 pm)

2. Shall extend to a length of not more than eight inches from the ground.

I don't think I have 8" from the boat trailer fender to the ground :stupid

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Posted: May 12 2006,7:08 am

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I guess I'm really going to look like a redneck now, Mudflaps on my dully is just wrong :banghead

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Posted: May 12 2006,8:54 am

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Quote (weldwade @ May 11 2006,2:08 pm)

Quote (GlassMan @ May 11 2006,1:06 pm)

Wait a minute. ANY 1 ton truck? Even my E350 Super Duty?

What about boat trailers with two axles? :stupid

if you read the letter of the law it states "trucks". As far as I can tell vans,SUV,s etc are not effected. :banghead

If it is a trailer with more than one axle YES :angry

SO if I go and measure my fenders and the lowst part is 8 inches or less to the ground, am I safe or do I still need mudflaps installed and make my trailer look stupid?? :stupid

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Posted: May 12 2006,10:06 am

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I suppose I could just rivet a couple of black rubber extensions on the fender if need be.

What a pain in the ass. Go patrol the damn border! :angry

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Posted: May 12 2006,11:34 am

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Quote (BigDog @ May 12 2006,8:54 am)

SO if I go and measure my fenders and the lowst part is 8 inches or less to the ground, am I safe or do I still need mudflaps installed and make my trailer look stupid?? Ã‚Â :stupid

From what I read if it is a tandem axle or more it has to have mud flaps. :angry

I think I am going to use diamond plate aluminum to try and make it look a little better :guns

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Posted: May 12 2006,11:40 am

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Quote (GlassMan @ May 12 2006,10:06 am)

I suppose I could just rivet a couple of black rubber extensions on the fender if need be.

What a pain in the ass. Go patrol the damn border! :angry

The thing that really pisses me off are those moronic low riders with their focking tires sticking 8" out from the wheel well. How many wheel bearings have these dumb a$$es ruined because they think it's cool, focking unsafe if you ask me. :angry

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Posted: May 12 2006,1:21 pm

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Quote (weldwade @ May 12 2006,11:40 am)

Quote (GlassMan @ May 12 2006,10:06 am)

I suppose I could just rivet a couple of black rubber extensions on the fender if need be.

What a pain in the ass. Go patrol the damn border! :angry

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I always thought that was illegal. Thought it had to be covered by a wheel well or flare. :stupid

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Posted: May 12 2006,1:27 pm

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Quote (GlassMan @ May 12 2006,1:21 pm)

Quote (weldwade @ May 12 2006,11:40 am)

Quote (GlassMan @ May 12 2006,10:06 am)

I suppose I could just rivet a couple of black rubber extensions on the fender if need be.

What a pain in the ass. Go patrol the damn border! :angry

Ã‚Â

I always thought that was illegal. Thought it had to be covered by a wheel well or flare. :stupid

on the 4 wheelers it is...so on the low riders it is.

Right????? :angry

More than one tread sticking out of the fender needs a flare or cover.

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Posted: May 12 2006,1:32 pm

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Quote (GlassMan @ May 12 2006,1:21 pm)

Quote (weldwade @ May 12 2006,11:40 am)

Quote (GlassMan @ May 12 2006,10:06 am)

I suppose I could just rivet a couple of black rubber extensions on the fender if need be.

What a pain in the ass. Go patrol the damn border! :angry

Ã‚Â

I always thought that was illegal. Thought it had to be covered by a wheel well or flare. :stupid

That's a law in CA. , But I don't know about here. As far as your boat trailers ar concerned, I wouldn't worry about it unless the fender is gone or you have lifted it....

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Posted: May 12 2006,3:21 pm

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Arizona DPS gave me a fix-it ticket about 4 years ago in the Virgin River Gorge for no mud flaps on my Bronco even though I have Nevada tags. :confused

My next door neighbor is a Nevada Highway Patrolman and just signed it off for me. He thinks they are a bunch of stooges. :stupid

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Posted: May 13 2006,6:33 am

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Hey BB, do those guys still hang out at the rest area in the gorge??. They used to sit there just waitin to harrass somebody all the time!.. :angry

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Posted: May 15 2006,12:05 am

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That law has been in effect since the mid-80s. Most agencies never write it, DPS excluded, but might use it as PC for a stop on the vehicle. I have never heard of anyone even getting stopped for no mudflaps on a boat trailer.

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Posted: May 15 2006,5:31 am

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I think that law applies in just about any state!. And if boat trailers required them, the MFG's would have to put them on!..

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Posted: May 15 2006,7:04 am

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Quote (GoFastRacer @ May 15 2006,5:31 am)

I think that law applies in just about any state!. And if boat trailers required them, the MFG's would have to put them on!..

Don't count on them :angry

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Posted: May 15 2006,7:06 am

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I think that law applies in just about any state!. And if boat trailers required them, the MFG's would have to put them on!..

Well I agree that the MFG's should have to put them on because it is a requirement, and when you go to court you wont be able to use that as an excuse because it is your responsibly to know and understand the law. I had to go to Watson Chevrolet Friday and there was at least 8 trucks there that were 1 Ton's and none of them had mud flaps on them. I asked one of the salesmen about it and he told me he had never heard of that law. Mud flaps look stupid on trucks with regular pickup beds and IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m sure their sales would go down if they started installing them, there might have been a good reason to pass the law but IMO my truck and trailers donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t need them but I donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t want to get a ticket so there going to get put on. :angry

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Posted: May 15 2006,9:43 am

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The funny thing is I used to have some short flaps on the van to keep the stones, etc. down while trailering. I took them off when I put on some urethane wheel arches.

My buddy uses a wides skirt - looks like a broom - when he's towing long distance. Helps keep crap from kicking up and hitting the boat. :cool

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Posted: May 15 2006,11:27 am

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My buddy uses a wides skirt - looks like a broom - when he's towing long distance. Helps keep crap from kicking up and hitting the boat. :cool

I was going to look into those this week, my brother told me they mount to the receiver hitch so you can take them off to clean them and your truck. I don't know anything is going to look stupid so WTF :stupid

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Posted: May 15 2006,4:45 pm

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SUV do get around this law cause they are not trucks. I had a big Blazer back in the day and the title read Station Wagon and I beat a ticket because of that.

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Posted: May 16 2006,11:06 am

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Now that I think of it, a van is actually a "bus".
A very short bus.

So that would make my kids..... :eek

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