I posted recently regarding trailering down a certain road and suddenly coming up on freshly tarred/stone chipped patches which caused some lovely chips/scratches in my gelcoat.

Any rate, I purchased and installed a preventitive product...the Rock Tamer . It's a very well designed and built product (powder coated steel and aluminum) and is easily adjustable and removable. What I also like is how wide the flaps are, much wider than any permanent flaps that would be drilled/installed to the fender well area of the tow vehicle. Thought I'd share some pix.

Nice. I like them They look like they would also serve to keep any road "spray" or grime from getting on the boat as much. It looks like it attaches on the hitch. Does it wobble around at all or is it secure and stable?

They do...when I removed the assembly yesterday, the back sides had some spray and grim on them plus a couple of nice nicks/chunks.

It's stable. It attaches securely to the ball hitch bottom corners (ball hitches are chamfered) with (2) 3/8" bolts. The bolts also have hex nuts that lock the screws once they are tightened to the ball hitch.

Nice product.

Cost?

$189

That's a lot cheaper than gel coat repair! Nice find.

Captain Obvious Dog

If I were trailering a lot, long distances, or at least longer than I have to go right now from my storage unit to the lake (about 1 & 1/2 miles) I'd look into that. Looks like a good investment in preventive, passive maintenance.

Neat product. I looked at the first picture and was thinking, hmmm...you gotta drill into the back of your bumper. I got it w/ the second...innovative.

Seems like regular mud flap for your truck should be the first line of defense. Gets allot more debris being closer to the wheel and protect your fenders too.

My uncle got something like this for his truck when he tows the fifth wheel. Runs the full with for more protection. For anyone else who's looking for options.

Those "Dirt Skirts" that phatboy pictured are pretty popular among travel trailer owners. I don't think they'd stop a big rock but they sure do a nice job with the normal road debris.

I like the idea of the solid flaps that attach to the hitch assembly. Nice looking, and they appear to be very well made. Thanks for the pics.

That is a nice product...going to look into them if we decide to keep trailering on a regular basis.

btw - the flaps are 24" wide so they can also be used with a truck that has dual wheels. Oh, and they are 3/8" thick...heavy duty.

I knew you were in PA even before I looked at your Signature. As soon as you said they had patched the roads with oil and stone. God bless this state and it's fine road repairs.

I have been looking at a pair of those for my dad. He is planning on going up the Alcan highway next year towing his travel trailer and has been looking for something to keep gravel off of his trailer.

Too funny...good ol' PennDOT's road work wisdom. I, along with other family members and friends, always wonder why they put tar on the roads then spread stone cinders/chips. They even do this process on recently paved and perfectly fine roads .

Looks good Grip.

They put that crap on the roads around here also! They call it Chip Sealing the roads...........Bikers worst nightmare!!
They also have another that is a slurry mix; nasty stuff. Same stuff just put down in one step instead of two.
Really now! how can this be good for the environment!?

When I lived in PA, the road in front of our house was dirt. they used to "tar and chip" right in front of everyone's house to keep the dust down. Not sure why they'd do it on a real road.

Yea no kiddin'...that's gotta be dangerous!!

Once when I took my boat up to LVM for winterizing they had chip sealed the road leading into Lake Viking. Slowest I've ever driven with my boat. Even then I had to get out the bug and tar remover once I brought the boat home.

I saw a set of flaps like those the other day, but instead of clamping to the receiver, the flap supports were welded to the receiver.

Good idea, why didn't I think of it???

Do they have a Yosemite Sam "Back Off" redneck version?

Seriously, that's a neat product.

No, I got the Keep on Truckin' version

That's not the redneck version...redneck version is chrome silhouette of naked lady

I forgot about those, Hotbyte!

Also, don't forget these:

Yup, classic redneck for sure with "them"

These are standard equipment on all trucks sold here in Michigan

I'm waitin for my Bubba Army mudflaps...