Motorhome Wiper workaround....

I was searching the internet to find where I found the recommendation about what to do with my 32 inch motorhome wipers.... I spent about a half an hour trying to find that post.  I think it was in I RV2 but even with that I couldn't find it.

But remember how it is about $40 each for the true vision TV8-32 windshield wipers on the motorhomes...   And then another 9.95 in shipping...  So 90 bucks gone to change 20 bucks worth of wipers...

But a fellow suggested on the forum that I can't find, to go purchase the 28 inch Bosch Steel Tech wipers from Wal Mart.   They have the wider frames around the blades, but the plastic inserts are the 8 mm narrow J frames to fit smaller wiper arms...  Well, you say, that won't replace the 12 mm arms on the motorhome...

But if you take the old wipers and push out the plastic insert adapter from the pin thru frame, it will snap right back onto the Bosch wiper,  once you remove the wimpy insert from Bosch...

In reading the forum comments, folks say the 28 inch blades tend to stay on your windshield better than the bigger 32s anyway...  And the bottom 2 inches that you are missing is in the small arc at the bottom....  So you are really only missing the top 2 inches of the wipe.  As I was sitting in the drivers seat, that two inches was well above my head, and in the sky as I looked over the top arc of the smaller wipe...

I haven't found anywhere to go buy these inserts if yours are bad, but if you still have good ones and you can get them unsnapped, the Bosch 28s are only $9.97 at Wal Mart...

I wish I could have found where the fellow suggested this fix to give him credit for his work around...  Alas....

Son Ben and I were out at the local RV dealer again this morning, trying to find a replacement hose for a broken piece out of his Surveyor travel trailer...  He purchased the rig at this dealership, but they just scratched their head looking at the broken piece..

Eventually we decided to take a faucet hook up hose that they had on the shelf in the 5 foot length...  We really only needed 3 feet, but this was pre made and only cost about $9 so while it was not the correct one, perhaps its another work around...

Our day went down the tubes about mid afternoon as the wind began to gust about 30 mph and the temps were in the 50s..  I was outside trying to install a new anode rod into the water heater and had to come in for a heavier jacket..

I had drained the water heater earlier and noted the total destruction of the anode rod when it came out...  I bought another one when I purchased an oil filter for the generator, but never installed it..  So now I can mark that off of the list for fall...

With the wind howling outside tonight it seems like winter has arrived... Lets hope it gets that out of its system in the next few days......

Retired Rod