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What's your scraper quiver?

Blue Streak

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Last year's miserable weather left me with two broken scrapers, so I am shopping for a new one (or maybe more:).
I was looking at this one, but I was wondering if it was too long. Perhaps I should have one 18" scraper and a 36" scraper.
Would a 24" scraper be too much like an 18" scraper?
Do I want a natural boar-bristle brush, or should I go with a new EVA foam brush technology.
For some reason I can't find any snow brush/scraper test results.
Does Pugski have a 2018 snow brush/scraper test team?
I am really fired up about scraping this year, and I look forward to lots of learned suggestions;)

P.S. Does Stocki make a snow brush/scraper?
 
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Cool water works too. Hot works but you might not like the cracked windshield. :)
 
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This looks like a good front-side (windshield) tool.
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But I think this is a better back-side option. (Fits nicely in the roof box, ski racks, or pickup stake pocket).
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Wilhelmson

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For the car any 1 foot scraper will do. For the SUV I prefer a longer scraper/brush with a metal pole. Sometimes I just put a tarp over the vehicle at night and magically there's no ice in the morning.
 

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Damn....I need to find all of mine. Yes I do have a quiver. One of the best snow brushes I used to own was an old straw curling broom. Little smaller than the household corn broom.
 

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But I think this is a better back-side option. (Fits nicely in the roof box, ski racks, or pickup stake pocket).
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That is right out of the straight ski era. Can do wonders when used with the proper touch. Especially when you got acres of car surfaces to clear.

Sometime in the last millennium when land yachts roamed the earth.

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To make the scraping easier I've used Rain-X. It helps keep the ice/frost from sticking so tenaciously. It also sheds rain like crazy. Almost no need for wipers. I use an extendable brush/scraper that I got at Costco for my truck. I can't reach with a short one.
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Simple solution here people ....A garage !
New house build going on and a 10x10 opening for the sprinter and a 8x8 for the wife’s Q5. I’m never clearing snow off the cars AGAIN especially on a POW day.... just makes you late to the goods.
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