Need windshield squeegee ideas: What do you use/recommend?

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  1. Russian Rabbit

    Russian Rabbit Road Train Member

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    Need good squeegee ideas:

    1) Should be long enough to reach the windshield from the ground.

    2) Portable would be nice, but not totally necessary. Requirement #1, above is more important.


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  3. rabbiporkchop

    rabbiporkchop Road Train Member

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    I recommend the Ettore Pro Series 14 in. Backflip Squeegee and Washer Scrubber
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    And a telescoping pole with a 3/4" acme thread to screw onto the squeegee.
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  4. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    Any janitorial supply store
     
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  5. SteveScott

    SteveScott Road Train Member

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    I keep a telescoping pole with a brush in my jockey box. I also keep a 2 gallon tank sprayer, the kind you would use to spray weeds in your yard. Scrub the windshield, door windows and mirrors with soapy water, then spray them down with clean water from the tank sprayer. Does a much better job than those crappy squeegees at truck stops with no streaks and it's a lot faster.
     
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  6. STexan

    STexan Road Train Member

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    What are you going to use for soap/water solution and bucket away from home? PFJ's are good about keeping 5 foot squeegee's at every pump with a winter solution glass cleaner
     
  7. Russian Rabbit

    Russian Rabbit Road Train Member

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    Windex.

    Linehaul drivers never go to truckstops, unless to get something to eat.
     
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  8. STexan

    STexan Road Train Member

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    If you can find your own collapsable or telescoping squeegee and blade, I'd prefer using gallon-water and Dawn soap solution made up in a drywall mud pan. In winter you can maybe get by with windex but it seems easier to use a soap/water solution (or winter washer fluid in winter), scrub the glass, then squeegee clear, then toss the rest of the solution. I've had good luck in the past with this setup when I did not frequent truck stops or the fuel island did not have the necessary stuff.

    Available at Lowes or Home Depot mud-pans-36212-64_1000.jpg
     
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  9. JoeyJunk

    JoeyJunk Road Train Member

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    Lowe’s also has squeegees in the cleaning products area and the extension pole in paint area.
     
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  10. ncmickey

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    They are also good with having a quart of oil and deisel fuel in the bucket....
     
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  11. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    Along with ppls snot rags and probably hepatitus c and some weird flip floperitus thats very contagious when getting on ur shoes it will give u the urge to wear sweatpants and flip flops
     
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