What's the point of a grill cover?

Hey buddy, usually its the older trucks having a hard time getting up to operating temp and the heater in the cab being a little too cool as well. I could see it being an issue with any truck in sub zero temps like ice road truckers. I used to be a heavy equipment operator running very old dozers and i remeber having to use cardboard becuase if not, i wouldnt get any heat becuase of over cooling. thats my 2 cents

 

Then you get that one genius driver that doesn't take it off when its 10C out and tries to convince the mechanic that its a trinary switch or low coolant level that's causing the fan to stay on all the time....

 

Do you mean shutters,and shutterstats? Yeah,all my old trucks had them,till everyone bietched about the noise,and then all the manufacturers quit using them. Worked great,if you kept them maintained.

 

I don’t use a grill cover. I have a small shed that I put it in while not in use.

 

At lest I wasn't the only to think...."To cover your grill with of course.." I feel better knowing this.

Like Espressolane...I got a shed out back to store mine in.

Sirscrapntruckalot - Cardboard lingerie....The homeless ladies will love you. The rest of the town probably not so much.

 

I only ever seen one model winter front. Same cheap plastic one on my truck. I don't use it unless -20 as its not necessary.
Modern units seem to be more efficient maintaining temps. I only look at temp gauge when Oh Sheet! light illuminates

 

Me too, -33 c no winter front, 2016 Cascadia DD16. Keeps the heat just fine. If you have a front on, it will trick the computer into thinking it is warmer out than it really is and it will shut off the heaters for the DEF system, causing the DEF to freeze and screwing up the emissions system.

 

Def and dpf systems shut down the truck at any temp all year round don’t they? Screw that nonsense. I’ll stick to old school