on my plow truck i just run anco's from walmart..i hate those "winter" blades..they dont last but a week and do not swipe more then 1/4 of the window at a time because they dont flex..so i've found the open syle ones to work best...plus they dont fall apart when you bang them on the window to get the ice off of them. and if they do die..they are like $5 to replace i normaly replace my blades once a year.

i have the bosch icons on my explorer...i love the wipers except in the winter the freeze easly and dont swipe the whole window..plus i have screwed up a set now trying to get them unfrozen from the windsheild after being parked..not somthing you wanna do when the wipers are $20 each!! otherwise they are great.

 

I find the winter blades work for me

 

Rainx Winter blades. Work great so far.

 

thats what gets me, alot of people say great things about winter blades..but i've tryed diff sets and diff brands and every time they were worthless for me..i dont get it lol im glad they work well for others though..maybe im just crazy or an idiot...or both? i dunno haha

 

Don't get the triple edge from walmart. There supposed to last the life of your truck. I've had mine for two months and there all torn up and falling apart. I think I'm gonna try the rain x!

98 f-150 4x4 w/timbrens
Meyer St 7.5 (wings soon)

 

try annco blades

 

I have always had good luck with the high end Bosch wiper blades. I am gonna try the Icons next if my current ones ever wear out.

 

when i bought my truck used it came with the icons. I just rteplaced them with another set of icons, best wiper, they work great.

 

I've always used Anco Winter blades. I get two years out of them and then I end up replacing them because the rubber dry rots, not because they can't clean the windshield. A few years back, everyone stopped carrying them and I was forced to try other brands. None of them lasted more than 6 months. I finally found Walmart and AutoZone selling Anco Winter blades again, so I switched all my vehicles back over. In the spring I get them on clearance at Walmart for $5 each and I keep them for future use.

 

Just a little helpful hint to help with wiper blades....There is a product that works and works WELL to preserve the life and performance of these blades. It is called 303 Wiper Treatment. It stops streaking and chattering, and many blades that we THINK are worn out and not fixable, really are. Yes,..they DO wear out...especially with our applications - dealing with ice and all,..but this product CERTainly helps to get much more life out of them. wesport

 

These are the wipers we have on all our trucks, they work pretty good. They also have a newer heavier model out that's not listed.
http://www.streakfreewiperblades.com/site/990209/page/798266

 

on my plow truck i just run anco's from walmart..i hate those "winter" blades..they dont last but a week and do not swipe more then 1/4 of the window at a time because they dont flex..so i've found the open syle ones to work best...plus they dont fall apart when you bang them on the window to get the ice off of them. and if they do die..they are like $5 to replace i normaly replace my blades once a year.

I agree....

 

Besides the cost,any reason why snowplowers don`t run Heated Wipers?

 

Anco winter blades all the way. Overall they wipe great on my truck, miss a little on the corners but it doesnt matter to me. Regular blades always freeze up on me. I had Bosch Icons on my truck in the summer (best blade I've ever used), but they sucked imo once it started snowing. They constantly froze up on me.

 

Besides the cost,any reason why snowplowers don`t run Heated Wipers?

I cannot speak for others.....

But I like my plow truck to be as featureless as possible.....

Less to go wrong.....

And the truck is usually so warm I have the window down.....

Snow and ice on the windshield is not an issue untill I have to clean it off after it sits in the yard..

$0.02 deposited:waving:

 

Anco winter blades . I also keep 4 extra behind the seat JIC

 

During a recent storm I ended up switching to Anco winter blades, the standard ones froze so bad I couldn't't see anything. And that was on the way to the first push.

 

i put heated wiper blades on my truck this season and i love them. i'd never go back, haven't had to bang off my blades this year.

 

I use the winter ones and so far they are better than the ones that were on my truck when I bought it.

 

Those of you running heated blades...are you talking about the ones that are listed above (Everblade)? Are there any other brands?

 

Icons, there quite and clean well. If theres one thing that will drive me crazy it's the annoying noisey wipers for hours while in the truck!!! I'd never buy heated wipers, I got a remote start (will never own a vehicle without it) so it's defrosted when I hit the truck, and same with me, 1/2 the time I got the window down.

 

i never have any problems myself with winter blades

 

how about "hotblades" they are heated and a sponsore of ..,.,.......you guessed it PLOWSITE YAH!!!!! they are great

but if you don't want to spend that much just buy some winter blades and i take about 5' of 1/4" copper and wrap it around the rad hose and then route the washer fluid through it. WORKS GREAT, (another plowsite tip) that i got a few months back, when you hit the fluid it instantly melts the ice and junk and it will not "crack" your windshield

 

i put heated wiper blades on my truck this season and i love them. i'd never go back, haven't had to bang off my blades this year.

Where did you get the heated wipers from?

 

http://www.everblades.com/