Dirty road water covering mirrors, glass

Discussion in 'Heavy Duty Diesel Truck Mechanics Forum' started by markk, Dec 22, 2023.

  1. markk

    markk Medium Load Member

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    I might add in that this new truck was bought cheap. Only the essentials. The black nylon strips that are between the cab , sleeper and the lower fairing , none. Wide open. No moldings around wheel wells etc...
    I think it is an air flow matter due to this. Maybe also these tiny mirrors that are actually duley pick up truck mirrors.
    I'm not some newbie. This is a real issue .
     
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    The driver
     
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    Boo,Hoo
     
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    I had a long washer a long time ago for doing that.
    This is too much for that. I cleaned them a few weeks back when it happened. It lasted about 1,/4 mile and I could not see out mirrors.
    It's not normal. I've had a lot of trucks. This only happened one other time on a old International. Never figured it out. It's wind somehow blowing it up there. Actually make like a wave on door glass. It curves towards front and moves around. Then hot air dries it at front and can't see through that hardly.
    Design issue perhaps . Never buy a Pete. Always a bad idea.
     
  6. markk

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    It happens. I got in a fight with a young loader guy. He wanted to load my hopper from almost over the trap. I wanted to move back some and start loading from almost front of hopper. He got all mad and said product would not fit if I did that.
    Tried to explain that I was giving him a lot more room as I would pull forward as it filled up .
    Made no sense to him.
     
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    I try to be. But since this has me stumped I thought someone here might actually know the answer and give it but seems I'm getting a bunch of rude sarcastic responses from childish people
    And for them, there are no stupid questions. Just stupid answers.
     
  8. markk

    markk Medium Load Member

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    Yep. That's it.
     
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    markk Medium Load Member

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    Glad to see you are an adult and not the troll everyone thought you were
     
  10. PaulMinternational

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    So you flipped the dice and made an unsafe lane change that could have killed someone?
    And you have the audacity to brag about time driving/experiance to others?
     
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    Okay, everyone calm down( easy to say at my kitchen table), but what this driver says, is not normal road spray. Unless someone did some 4 wheelin' and got the underside full of mud, oil leak( on a new truck?) maybe? I think we overdid it this time, and I apologize, I'm not really sure what that is.
     
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