[Bigrigdave]

Red. Unnecessary weight on the already heavily loaded steer tires will add rolling resistance to the aerodynamic complications so it would most definitely be beneficial to remove the guard.

I acquired the truck with this already installed, the fleet does not include them on the new trucks.. I'm sure they would charge me for it if it's gone when I return the truck at the end of the lease which will assuredly cost me more than any fuel savings.

Ordered some aluminum composite panel on Amazon. I'll remake that quick step delete on the passenger side as I never have anyone over there and depending on how that turns out maybe I'll make something for the driver side that will hopefully not kill me in a dark truck stop parking lot one night. I'm thinking a full block on the passenger side and maybe I'll make the driver side like the passenger side is now, the front half blocked.

I would love to mount it to the door so it's out of the way when the door is open but I just can't justify modifications that permanent.

Anyone with a freightliner like mine, those holes in the step are 3/16" so when I mounted the boot brush, I used pop rivets instead of the included bolts and nuts.