Abstract: An apparatus for removing dirt and rocks from the tires of trucks and other vehicles comprises a number of elongate rigid metal ribs attached in a transverse direction to a rigid metal plate. The longitudinal spacing between the ribs, taken in conjunction with the height of the ribs relative to the upper surface of the mounting plate prevents the peripheral (i.e., the pavement contacting) surface of a tire rolling over the apparatus in a longitudinal direction from contacting the upper surface of the plate so that dirt and rocks, dislodged from the tire by the tire flexing over the ribs, fall to regions of the plate between the ribs and are not picked up by following ones of the vehicle tires as they roll over the apparatus. The plate, which may be about twelve feet long and about eight feet wide, is preferable constructed in two sections, each about six feet long by about eight feet wide to enhance portability. Pins extend through abutting ribs to detachably connect the two plate sections together.