Product Video
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Airflow Using Regular Mud Flaps
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Traditional mudflaps represent 16–25 square feet of solid surface blocking air flow and creating drag that reduces gas mileage by 3-4% on average.
Check out these typical trailer flaps at highway speeds, and the wind resistance they create.
- Airflow Using Andersen Mud Flaps
- Andersen flaps allow air, especially at high speeds, to travel through the mudflap. This eliminates the majority of wind resistance generated by standard mudlfaps.
- Road Spray From Regular Mud Flaps
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Similar to the air flow problems presented by standard mudflaps, road wash coming off truck wheels on rainy days is channelled across these flaps and
sprayed from the truck's undercarriage into approaching vehicles.
- Spray Control Using Andersen Mud Flaps
- With Andersen flaps, the open surface pattern of the mudflaps capture and reroute water directly to the road surface, and away from passing motorists. This eliminates blind spots for both the truck operator and any driver attempting to pass a truck on rainy days. Compare in this video sequence the road spray from the truck equipped with Andersen flaps in the left lane, to the trucks using conventional mudflaps in the center and right hand lanes. Which would you rather travel behind or attempt to pass?
