Truck Hardware Gatorback Mud Flap Brackets - 19" Dually

Brackets appeared to be heavily made,but after installation, I found that they were not heavy enough to support the rubber mud flaps. I had to add a homemade bracket for extra support.

Mom gave me flaps for the dually for Christmas. When I felt how heavy they were I knew the plastic inner liners would never hold them. I put them aside thinking I would have to fabricate something to mount them to. Started surfing YouTube for ideas and ran across these on SharpTruck. Reasonably priced compared to some that I saw. Decided to give them a try. I was skeptical when the box arrived. It looked like it had made the trip back and forth to (“Made In”) Taiwan several times. Pretty beat up looking and labels had been Sharpied over a couple times. Took longer to get here than I anticipated. Amazon & Walmart has us spoiled I guess. I threw it over in a corner in the shop until I had time to mess with it. We only use the dually to pull the toy hauler so no hurry, it’s winterized for a couple more months. Weather been crappy & I’m pretty caught up on Honeydo’s so decided to spend a day in the shop today. Opened the box, all the parts were bagged and shrink wrapped intact as advertised. The galvanized metal was a heavier gauge than the weight of the box lead me to believe, bonus! Instructions were straight forward, simple to follow. I prefitted everything using some plastic clamps, a piece of scrap 6x6 and a 2x4 wedge to see how it would go. I left the tires on the truck (instructions recommend removing them...NOT). I took the inner liners loose and folded them up over the tires to get to the bracket that needed drilled and bolted to the pinch weld. I opted to bolt that to the truck first, then attach the flap mounted to bracket after refastening the inner liner. That’s supposed to be all there is to it and would probably be fine but I decided to run a 5/16 self tapping screw through the flap& bracket into the outer plastic flare on the truck. There are also 2 holes on the main metal fender lip of the truck that could be used to bolt through the flap but after tightening everything up I decided I would try this and see how well it holds up. I’m completely satisfied with the product and will use SharpTruck for future purchases again.

The Gatoback Mudflap Bracket kit is as easy to install and the instructions were fairly easy to use. The actual product was pretty self explanatory. The product is well built and looks great on my Ford Dually.

Brackets need some modifications to make work.  Mud flaps are too heavy and want to angle sag.

Hardware would not hold the mud flaps straight.  I had to add a bracket and make some modifications