MUDFLAPS right across the back for towing

the easiest way is to go to a clark rubber type store and buy 3mm rubber sheet to cut to suit. A stanley knife, a wad punch and some oversized washers will do the trick all for about 25 bucks. Happy travels

Dont forget about old conveyor belting, it comes in a huge range of widths and thickness, try an industrial conveyor mob or if you have a quarry nearby, they will probably give you some for nicks.. Conveyor belt is also reinforced so it won't rip and will last forever. Or just go to a truck spares place........Just killin time till easter...............go and play in the dirt, instead of workin in it......

Truck wreckers. Thousands of them out there

Make sure the deflector has adequate clearance above the road. Saw one van in Cooktown with lots of damage due to the deflector being too low and actually causing stones to hit the van.

I've seen lots of damage caused to vehicles with these fitted. Almost no rocks are thrown up outside a narrow arc from the tyres, so placing a mudflap across the entire back is a bit of a waste, worse the mudflap tends to contact the ridge between two tracks and causes lots of rocks to fly up, doing damage to trailer and then to the vehicle when the stones bounce back.

IMHO it is better to have a soft pad on the front of the trailer, that will absorb inpact but not cause rocks to rebound. Then just fit fairly wide mudflaps to the rear of the car, say twice tyre width maximum.

The best solution i have seen (no experience) is a shade cloth skirt running from the bumper to the trailer. The slack required for turning is held tight with shock cord. Owners I quized said it also kept the dust down too!

Willie,

instead of rubber sheet perhaps you could try the flexible brush type material, have a look at these sites - http://www.busybee.com.au/pro1.shtml and http://www.hitchballs.com/cgi-local/SoftCart.exe/prod4.htm?E+scstore

They say the advantage of a brush material over a sheet of rubber is that the brush allows air to flow through it, whereas the rubber sheet restricts airflow.

Someone mentioned “shade cloth skirt running from the bumper to the trailer”. Personally I think this would be a nuisance when your trying to access the back of the vehicle, especially if the shade coth is dirty or muddy. I also wonder how well it could cope with mud without sagging to the ground.
I have heard it said this setup can act like a net, trapping stones.

believe it or not, full-width mudflaps have a huge impact on fuel economy...and it's definitely not for the better...