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East coast cicada "invasion"...

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by JRSpenceTrucking, May 17, 2013.

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  1. May 17, 2013 #1
    JRSpenceTrucking

    JRSpenceTrucking Bobtail Member

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    So what are you guys doing about protecting everything behind your grills? Ever seen one of these things? I remember how big they are and its like a rock smacking the windshield! Not that their all that heavy, but ####, if its as bad as stated, I could see these things clogging up an intercooler/radiator and other associated coolers up front...
    I know im looking into deflectors, and screens....
     
    JRSpenceTrucking, May 17, 2013
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  3. May 17, 2013 #2
    StayBusyTrucker

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    Ran into a batch of them at least 5 miles long made a hellava mess on the windshield. I was on the phone with my wife she said it sounded like heavy hail hitting my truck..
     
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  4. May 17, 2013 #3
    jderflinger

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    I know TN got hit last year by a swarm. You could not even hear when on the phone outside. It was crazy. You would be driving along and would just run into a swarm and they would be all over your truck.
     
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  5. May 17, 2013 #4
    JRSpenceTrucking

    JRSpenceTrucking Bobtail Member

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    Yeah I remember the last time they crawled outta their holes, holy loud! Those things are just insane. Cant wait... ugh.
     
    JRSpenceTrucking, May 17, 2013
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  7. May 17, 2013 #5
    StayBusyTrucker

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    some lady on the radio had a set of earrings made out of them..eeechh...
     
    StayBusyTrucker, May 17, 2013
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  8. May 18, 2013 #6
    Semi Crazy

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    Ran through a few swarms in TN the summer of Japan's tsunami/nuclear meltdown.

    We called them Fukushima fruitflies!
     
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  9. May 18, 2013 #7
    kw600

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    When are they coming out?
     
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  10. May 18, 2013 #8
    StayBusyTrucker

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    On the news they said every 16 yrs and this is the yr.
     
    StayBusyTrucker, May 18, 2013
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  11. May 18, 2013 #9
    StayBusyTrucker

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    But im thinkinh of sucada's is that the same? I don't know.
     
    StayBusyTrucker, May 18, 2013
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  12. May 18, 2013 #10
    StayBusyTrucker

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    My wife says there the same as locusts.
     
    StayBusyTrucker, May 18, 2013
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