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Old 27 Oct 2005, 09:48 pm
Elle
 
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Default Re: Windshield replacement (should I get OEM glass?, how to determine a good shop)

"TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote
snip but all comments noted
> 7) MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL!!!!!!!
> STAY WAY FROM DUMP TRUCKS! I call them windshield-crackers. If you are

even
> 100 yards behind a dump truck, drop back 1,000 yards, or pass it. Stay at
> LEAST two lanes away. Every time one of those things goes over the
> slightest bump, a cascade of gravel will sift out of the tailgate seams

and
> break your windshield! They make dumpers tarp their loads, but they do
> NOTHING about the tailgate seams. Dumb, if you ask me. And generally,

don't
> tailgate. If you're close to another vehicle, the chances of gravel

getting
> kicked onto your windshield are much greater.
>
> Just my 2˘, of course.


Okay; thanks for the input.


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