Windshield Wiper Arm

If you’re parked outside and there is a pending snow/ice storm, do you leave your windshield wiper arms up or down?

 

Yes... “it’s Friday”

 

I leave them up when ever I park @ the House ( year around )....... all my 4 wheelers in fact ...... the wipers last a very long time that way. I've found that they don't " wear " out ....... when constantly in the down position they retain
a " memory " of the offset position and " chatter " when used and results in poor performance. YRMV ......

 

Why not just “leave” them up all the “time” even when “driving”?

 

The way I phrased my question, makes it seem like the truck is being robbed

 

Could be a gain in mpg’s

 

Pretty common in snow/ice country to raise the wipers off windshield.

 

I leave them down.
Very rarely do we get straight snow. I don't want them ice-locked in the up position.

 

Moved to Montana from the San Francisco Bay Area in April 2018. First winter and was wondering about that

 

If there's pending snow/ice, I always raise them.
Just makes things easier in the morning if the windshield is frozen.

 

Down.

 

OMG! I guess there becomes a point when it just doesn’t matter

 

I try brush the snow off with my arm and let the highway driving take off the small amount left over. In my old Tacoma I had left the wiper blades down and went to use them, ripping the wiper blade in half lol. As the snow froze to the windshield and wiper blade.

 

Where at? I’ve done both. This is also a very very mild winter here. Up would prolong life of the blade and you wouldn’t have to “break” them free from the windshield. Mostly I just don’t think about it so they are usually down. We also tend to just suck up the winter stuff and deal with it however.

 

I take them off and bring them with me, kinda like an A-trac

 

Op- this is your normal MT winter, don’t let this year fool you!!

 

I live in Southern California and today is a brisk 62 degrees.

I am grateful to be here. I’m sorry about your real winter problems.

 

its -22 here, im almost jealous about cali weather.

 

Eh, summer everyday gets old. Lived it HI for three years and it was just unnatural.