ladyk,
did you atleast ride around your home for a day or two this season ? everytime i went trailering i got the coments from others about the mud and dirt on my mudflap. we didn't even have enough snow to load the sleds without the dirt on the sleds. i live on 7 acres which 3 are lawn the rest is hay and even in low snow i never felt that my son would ruin his sled when he buzzed around the yard.