Heated wipers for trucks

Do you use winter blades. They are easier to keep and knock the ice off.

 

in fairness, I've had a windshield crack one time due to the defroster in Colorado. there weren't any visible hairline cracks. it had recently been replaced. once is enough, it's an event I can't forget and question each time I turn the defroster on during the winter.

if there's truely a way to stop the icicles I'm on ears.

 

Get a Volvo. They're standard equipment.

 

I had a set of everblades installed on my last pickup, they SUCKED!! Never worked correctly, ice would still form on them, they also didn't seem as pliable as regular blades. Plan accordingly, I paid $130 for the initial kit, and another $45 for the replacement set. Don't use rain-x or similar on the windshield, supposedly it ruins them.

 

Because Paccar sucks.... All they care about is their stock price.

 

That and the tilt telescope wheel are the only two redeeming features on a Volvo

 

I got into a stange weather phenomena out in Montana about 4 or 5 days ago. The temperature at ground level had quickly dropped to about 22 degrees F and the snowfall was "typical snow" (not real dry, but not real wet). But all of the sudden there was apparently a warm layer of air aloft and it began snowing heavily a really wet snow and this went on for about 5 minutes or so.

The problem was the very dense and very wet snow froze on contact and froze hard and fast. I don't think heated wipers would have helped in this particular situation but I would still have rather had them then deal with the loss of vision I had to deal with for a while. Luckily I was only 3 miles from a rest area and I managed to feel my way in there.

It accumulated EVERYWHERE as a solid block of ice, especially on the leading edge surfaces and the trailer under-carriage and at the reefer fuel tank. I carried that mess around for 4 days but luckily no air lines were ripped off as those blocks of dense ice finally worked loose.

 

Well. The wiper fluid typically doesn't freeze like water. Maybe they should redesign the sprayer to apply wiper fluid to the wiper assembly as well as the windshield to control the ice buildup.

 

I had -30F washer fluid and tried it out of desperation but it only made the situation worse. the ice build up on the blades and windshield was very irregular and thick.

I've tried all the different "winter blades" and washer fluids but when it gets bad enough, none of them work worth a crap. Heated blades are probably great in the "snow accumulation" scenarios, but in some situations, they too will be less then useless.

 

It's a real problem. With some of the safety regulatory BS and nonsense. You'd think a problem like this would be addressed.