How to prevent ice from forming on cascadia windshield wipers?

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  1. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    And flip flops.

    I saw him at 5 a.m. 25 degrees.
     
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  3. 25(2)+2

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    Use a shorter blade on the passenger side, not the driver's side, 20 and 24 seem to be about right.

    Can't get the -45 washer fluid around here anymore, -35 is about it.

    Haven't tried heated wipers or washer fluid. Would on my own truck.
     
  4. GreenPete359

    GreenPete359 Road Train Member

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    Seat low and back, tilt wheel up, window down, tap the cruise, stand up, smack wiper on the up swing just as it hits that left edge od the windshield.

    I’ve been doing it this way for years and it works for me, independent results may vary.

    ***the cruise part is only needed if your going up hill or have traffic behind you.***
     
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  5. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    That's what the Yankees do. I went to a school in FL that was 90% students from NY/NJ/PA. Many of them would never wear shorts most of the summer until the first cold day, then they would wear shorts and heavy coats. It allowed them to speak endlessly about how cold it got up north. "This is like a Spring day"
     
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  6. Zeviander

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    It's just what happens when the temperature is just below freezing and the snow is heavy and wet. The only solution is to either stop and bang them off, or turn them on the lowest setting for delay (or off entirely for a couple minutes) and blast them full-fan, full-heat on defrost.
     
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