cool mud flaps

[Texas Diesel]

A friend and fellow CTD pilot got tired of me drooling on his truck and made a set of mudflaps (front and rear) for me. He makes them in his shop and I'm trying to convince him to start producing them, anyone interested?

 

[MJawsman]

I'm interested. The ones with the big "C" look great to me. Keep us posted! Oo.

 

[TomGolden]

TD - Any chance we can get a picture of how they look on the truck? What I want to know, is how close to the ground do they come, how wide are they compared to the tires, just plain how do they look? I personally want some flaps, but I want fairly large ones. The Dodge ones look so small they look just like a joke to me... ... ... ... . but that's only my personal opinion.



Thanks,

Tom

 

[Texas Diesel]

I havnt installed them on my truck yet, this weekend if time allows. My dog (taco bell dog) was jumped by a pit bull and we have to get her back to the vet on Saturday. Here is how they look on his truck. The rear ones are close enough to the ground to keep debris from hitting the 5th wheel. I'll post a complete set of pictures when I get them mounted.

 

[Texas Diesel]

And the front one.

 

[John]

Well, maybe I'm wrong but...



it would seem to me your friend would be open to a possible lawsuit if he started selling those mud flaps. Jason Burton of NW Custom has a patent on the step back style of mud flaps.



That's pretty dam*ed lame to take another person's idea and capitalize on it... he!!, anyone can copy (i. e. , follow)... . the leaders/innovators are the ones that deserve their hard earned rewards!



NOTE: this is just my opinion and NOT that of my friend Jason Burton.

 

[Mark_Kendrick]

Chill out John!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sure his friend surfed the net until he ran across the design of a NW customs and then set out to rip him off. GET REAL.



this guy probably saw a set on a truck somewhere and decided he could make some.



You really should temper your statements and have a little respect for a fella who is being urged to produce something he made for a friend.

 

[B KIRK]

WOW. We were making flaps like that back in the late 70's. Had to step them back to keep tires from rubbing. Lift laws made us run flaps at that time. Guess we should have got a patent. Aint nothing new. We just did it cause it worked. Wonder how all the running board manufacturers are able to make a product that looks the same. As long as they aren't identical, ( length, material, mounting, etc. ) no infringement.



Brad

 

[Texas Diesel]

WOW! John, I can assure you he didnt copy the other ones you refer too. It was my idea for him to consider making some for fellow CTD owners. He is always making cool things from diamond plate & steel, he is a professional welder. I'm *sure* he has no plans to market these and retire I just thought others might like to have the same ones. The big C is a Cummins logo that *everyone* uses.

 

[Texas Diesel]

And here they are installed. No more rocks hitting the trailer

 

[Oil Ape]

As long as they aren't direct copies of the Northwest mudflaps he should be able to make them at will without any legal repercussions. The fact that Northwest thinks they have a patent on the step back is the dumbest thing I think I've heard in a while. We've been using a step back on an 83' Suburban years before the internet came around and long before that on an old dump truck that eats mudflaps for lunch. I'm sure Northwest stole the idea from any of the hundreds of trucks that have been running a version of the stepback since the first mudflaps were used. They just happen to be one of the only fabricators to start selling their product via the internet, not the first to sell a stepback. Most local metal fabricators have been making their own for years without any thought of trying to patent them. The idea that Northwest trying to get a patent on them would be like me trying to patent the dishwasher and demanding Kenmore, Whirlpool, etc... to stop producing them... . Granted I think the Northwest ones look very refined and finished, and they do have the right to patent the specifics on their own dimensions and designs. That isn't to say they are the only ones to be able to produce the stepback in every dimensional configuration.