Foretravel mud flap

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Foretravel mud flap

January 14, 2018, 09:45:56 am

Ours disappeared. Get a new one from FOT or ?

Looks like ours fell/tore off going down the road. One of the toad safety cables torn up, no evidence of other damage.

Thanks

Re: Foretravel mud flap

Reply #1 – January 14, 2018, 09:58:42 am

"Mud flap material".

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Re: Foretravel mud flap

Reply #2 – January 14, 2018, 10:50:48 am

....yep, order from FOT parts, not all that much $ but shipping is a booger....(oh well)....really nice though, stainless steel I guess....

Re: Foretravel mud flap

Reply #3 – January 14, 2018, 11:15:25 am

Mine is looking pretty sad where it folds when leveling bends it.. I was gonna cut it off. any reason to replace it over get rid of it? I only tow a motorcycle on a rack.

Re: Foretravel mud flap

Reply #4 – January 14, 2018, 11:24:22 am

Quote from: RvTrvlr – January 14, 2018, 11:15:25 am

...any reason to replace it over get rid of it?

If you don't have a Foretravel rock guard, nobody will know what brand of that is coach is lookin' so beautiful up ahead of them.

Re: Foretravel mud flap

Reply #5 – January 14, 2018, 12:06:31 pm

I posted this a year or so ago , and this is a repeat . I picked up a very bent up Foretravel stainless steel flap from the FOT junk pile . Took it home and run it thru my roller press on each pass it got much better . After about a dozen passes it turned out to about 90 % of new . It would not show any hint of ever being bent once hung back on unless you got real close , maybe 5 feet or so . Reason for this post is ---bring it to my home address and we can together press it out back to useable use . It is a two person event , one to feed the other to make the rollers function . This is not free , no sir , it will cost you one root beer and it got to be cold . Once you get there you are expected to ride one of my toys to inspect my trails . If this price is too stiff , tuff do do .

Brad Metzger

Re: Foretravel mud flap

Reply #6 – January 14, 2018, 12:11:47 pm

Sign me up. Except my mud flap is ok, so we can do without the pressing part.

Re: Foretravel mud flap

Reply #7 – January 14, 2018, 12:23:01 pm

Quote from: RvTrvlr – January 14, 2018, 11:15:25 am

Mine is looking pretty sad where it folds when leveling bends it.

Replace two screws on the bottom edge of the FT metal part about a foot either side of center with stainless steel eyebolts. Use a nut on each side of the flap. Then you can loop a bungee cord from eye to eye over the hitch to hold the flap up so that leveling doesn't crunch it.

Re: Foretravel mud flap

Reply #8 – January 14, 2018, 12:43:37 pm

I still have the one I straightened out and was going to keep it as a spare , but ---if interested PM me Brad Metzger

Re: Foretravel mud flap

Reply #9 – January 14, 2018, 05:16:50 pm

I might be interested in it . My rear mudflap says Unihome, I like the look of the stainless Foretravel ones better. And being my coach is a 91 a shiny Foretravel logo on a new black rubber mat would probably dress the old rig up nicely, or make the rest of the coach look like crap! But being I am slightly dented also, that aspect does not bother me. What is the dimension of it.

Re: Foretravel mud flap

Reply #10 – January 14, 2018, 05:24:36 pm

Quote from: stump – January 14, 2018, 05:16:50 pm

My rear mudflap says Unihome, I like the look of the stainless Foretravel ones better.

X-2. Mine says "Uni" as well, would love to have a FT logo back there, except someone has been into my mudflap and it's in good shape!

Re: Foretravel mud flap

Reply #11 – January 14, 2018, 10:37:29 pm

I took an old stainless steel tabletop to a lady that did steel design with a plasma cutter. She made me two of them with the logo on each end and Foretravel in the middle. Worked out pretty good. Charged me 60 bucks.

Re: Foretravel mud flap

Reply #12 – January 15, 2018, 12:40:05 pm

When I checked the flap on my coach I found that it had worn the mounting holes oval. Not a bad idea to check yours and make new holes and renew the mounting hardware at the same time, a cheap fix.

Keith

Re: Foretravel mud flap

Reply #13 – January 15, 2018, 02:41:23 pm

Brad, if you have a roller press, your shop would be worth looking at.

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Reply #14 – January 15, 2018, 10:34:35 pm

Have 150 amp plasma table at work, and 18 gauge stainless in stock but program is limited. Sent four 1 1/4" steel thick column base plates with eight 1" diameter holes in each base plate to a local shop with a more powerful plasma table cost was about $175 total delivered. Recently got paid to design and install piping and exhaust system for a 5'x10' laser table system that can burn thru 3.5" mild steel with an 1/8" smooth kerf. Uses 450 psi nitrogen to blow out the slag. Not sure about the environmental impact of releasing 6000 gallons of liquid nitrogen every 3 weeks. There are a least 3 of these systems in town. They run 24/7.

Re: Foretravel mud flap

Reply #15 – January 15, 2018, 10:48:09 pm

Nitrogen makes happy plants

Re: Foretravel mud flap

Reply #16 – January 15, 2018, 11:39:59 pm

So does co2

Re: Foretravel mud flap

Reply #17 – January 16, 2018, 08:43:01 am

Talked to Brad at FOT parts. Foretravel steel is $220.50, rubber mat is $51. Estimates shipping to Austin $50 to $70.
Plus tax, minus 10% motorcade.

Looks like large rivets held the flap to the bar. Slight bend in the bar, doesn't look like a problem. Looks like drilling out the rivets, replacing with bolts and locknuts. Alternatives?

Re: Foretravel mud flap

Reply #18 – February 15, 2018, 09:52:06 pm

What is everyone using to hold the flap to the coach? Shackle? Screw chain link. Or what

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Reply #19 – February 15, 2018, 10:10:48 pm

Hey guys, when I got mine last year there were 2 different sizes of rubber mat, so best to measure exactly & check with parts dept....Paul Yasbeck put mine on so he ordered the flap, I took him the old one so I have no idea what the difference is, seem to recall there was about a 2 inch difference....

Re: Foretravel mud flap

Reply #20 – February 16, 2018, 07:58:24 am

Drilled it out to accommodate a 5/8 clevis connector.

Re: Foretravel mud flap

Reply #21 – February 16, 2018, 08:44:14 am

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Reply #22 – February 16, 2018, 02:27:20 pm

Our rear mud flap 'hinges' on oval carabiners. We drilled two more holes and it now hangs on 4 of these clips. The clips wear over time which could allow mud flap to fall with disastrous results. Everyone should have multiple redundant hangers.

Whenever we park with rear having to go down or front coming up to level, we go out and 'chain' up our mud flap around the hitch so the flap stick out. Dropping straight down on a vertical mud flap will squish it and stress hangers. We added two eye-bolts to mud flap to attach our chain.

Re: Foretravel mud flap

Reply #23 – February 16, 2018, 08:54:06 pm

Quote from: stump – January 15, 2018, 10:48:09 pm

Nitrogen makes happy plants

that explains the global cooling they have been ranting about..

Re: Foretravel mud flap

Reply #24 – February 17, 2018, 05:23:23 pm

Quote from: Barry & Cindy – February 16, 2018, 02:27:20 pm

Our rear mud flap 'hinges' on oval carabiners. We drilled two more holes and it now hangs on 4 of these clips. The clips wear over time which could allow mud flap to fall with disastrous results. Everyone should have multiple redundant hangers.

Whenever we park with rear having to go down or front coming up to level, we go out and 'chain' up our mud flap around the hitch so the flap stick out. Dropping straight down on a vertical mud flap will squish it and stress hangers. We added two eye-bolts to mud flap to attach our chain.

that is what I have and when I drug the back coming out of the storage lot it bent and broke apart letting the mud flap drag on one side all the way home. I didn't know if there was an different option that might be stronger

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