My truck sets outside alot and just recently there have been 2 snow storms and I was wondering what was the best way to get the snow off your truck with out hurting the paint (besides letting it melt).

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1995 F150 XL, Silver, 2WD, V6, Auto, Reg. Cab, Full Bed, bed liner, CD Player, DeeZee ToolBox Gold Edition, Dual Gas Tanks


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[This message has been edited by Whitie (edited 01-31-2000).]

 

Do NOT use a snow shovel

 

When I lived in an area that had snow, I always kept my vehicle clean and waxed.
Letting it idle with the heater on usually melted the snow and it just slid off

 

Drive as fast as you can and let it blow off.

 

To get snow off the slopping hood, let engine warm up, get going then hit the brakes real hard.

 

Or corner hard! I had a slab from the hood going one direction and a slab from the bed cover going the other!

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Paul...
99 F-150 XLT SC Sport, 4.6L, Auto, Captain Chairs, Class III Towing Package, 3.55 LS, Sliding Rear Window, White, 4X2, CD, Soft Factory Tonneau Cover, K&N Filter, WMS Velocity Tube, Line-X Spray on Bed Liner, Gibson Side Swept Cat Back System, F150online Decal...
Flip Chip on it's way!

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If you lived up here in Toronto, you would just leave it on like most people. Thats what wipers are for.

[This message has been edited by Nitro (edited 02-01-2000).]

 

Hook up a hose to hot water. Or using cold water will work also, except it will take longer. Or, if you're in to a punishment thing for letting your truck stay out in the snow alone, breathe on it,and slowly it will melt.....

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1997 F-150, 4.6, automatic, Dark Toreador Red, Supercab, Flareside, 4X4 Off-Road, Towing Package, Ford hvy dty rubber floor mats, Kenwood 10-disk cd changer, Ford bugshield, Chrome Grizzly Wrap Around Push Bar with 2 KC 100w Daylighters, Ventshades, Ford bedliner, cab and bed professionally undercoated, Code Alarm Sure Start RVS remote starter, Ford alarm, Realistic CB with Wilson Little Wil antenna and Astatic power mic, ported MAF sensor, and Lots of TLC!! (Besides being an F-150 nut, I am a Ford auto technician.)

 

Be careful using hot water!
It can crack the windsheild.
I start mine 10 mins before I leave, put the defrost on high and when I get in, the truck is warm and the windsheild is clear.

 

J-C,

Don't laugh, I have a friend that actually cleaned off his wife's 97 Taurus with a Snow Shovel. We were standing around by the car one day and I asked how the paint got scratched so badly. He suddenly got quiet and his wife then spoke up to give us the details. I didn't know whether to laugh at him or slap him in the head!

The best method I have found is to use a SOFT broom. I keep a good coat of wax on my truck and it usually pushes right off.

As far as leaving it on...Have you all ever been hit by flying ice chunks from the car in front of you because the @$$hole was too lazy to clean the crap off their car? I was driving my wife's car today and got a nasty scratch on the roof from this situation.



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97 F150 Lariat 4X4 Ext. Cab. 5.4, AT, Tow Pkg, bedliner, white/grey 2tone w/ grey leather, Fact. CD changer, Gibson Side Swept, K&N, Bosch Platinum +4's,Michelin LTX 265/70 16, S/D Triton V8 emblems, Both doors cracked, Piston slap quieted by Mobile One & Slick 50 Synthetic.

 

the 2 days of snow that we got here put 5-6 inches on the tonneau, I was hoping to take it all home to show my mom but it all slid off during the 40 mile trip.
I hate it when people don't clean off all there windows and assume that a small circle at there eye level is going to be enough visibility for them to navigate through traffic.

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'97 f-150 XLT V6 auto 3.55 silver reg cab flareside , 6 cd, Lariat floor mats, tonneau, ground effects, tint, glasspack w/ duals, new= ion optics fog lights, cracked windshield (thanks to a dodge caravan), 16X8 Eagle Alloys, K&N air filter (thanks Mudder). Future Mods= Billet Grille, driving lights, sunroof. the heartbeat stops here.
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I have a fiberglass camper shell on my truck. To wash it I have a VERY soft split-tipped truck wash brush that I found at NAPA. It works GREAT for snow removal. After four years I have no swirls or scratches.

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1996 F-150 (3/96-old style)XLT, 302, 5sp. Toreador Red CC, Tow Pkg, Optional Payload Pkg, HD susp., Flowmaster 40 series, "Duals",
Raven Cap, Bumper Guards, Hood Ornament, Unity Lights, Jet Chip, K&N, B&M Shift ****, Hidden Hitch w/ Ford Motorsports Cover,...etc.

 

I moved from Michigan to Virginia and it removed about 99% of the snow!

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Red 99.5 Lightning,
#0975,
Born 5/6/99...Adopted 5/27/99
Chipped w/SuperChip Flipchip chip,
PSP Filter(track untested),
Water Wetter,
Mobil 1,
Foglamp Covers,
13.573@101.08

 

Now how to get the snow off the top of my truck is a different story ! Im 6ft 1 and don't have a chance of reaching the middle of the windshield..let alone the roof ! I think moving to the south in the answer !

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BigJohn

99 F-150 XLT Sport Extended Cab 4X4 In a Wonderful Red - Grey Interior
4.6 ltr Triton V8

K&N Air Filter
Black Ironhorse Full Brush Guard
Black Extang Platinum Tonno Cover
Black Weston Step Bars
Ford moulded mud guards
Pendaliner Full Box Liner

 

Sig test.

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Red 99.5 Lightning,
#0975,
Born 5/6/99...Adopted 5/27/99
Chipped w/SuperChip Flipchip chip,
PSP Filter(track untested),
Water Wetter,
Mobil 1,
Foglamp Covers,
13.573@101.08



[This message has been edited by 4D THNDR (edited 02-03-2000).]