I had a terminal corrode so bad on my 6.4 that when i went to remove the cable for maintenance, the entire terminal came off, forcing me to get 2 new batts. Agms are sealed and dont vent so less corrosion issues as well as more robust in severe environments such as vibration and extreme temps. I bought em couple months before gettin my 6.7 and when i traded in the 6.4 i swapped the factory flooded cells for the better agms..

 

I wax my chrome with Zaino and they are easy as hell to get off. Another thing I use is Pig Spit that you can buy at any harley or bike dealer (cycle gear too). It's better than any of the aftermarket stuff I've tried. You should see my cleaning supplies bill over the years.

 

After driving around 1000 miles in farm country the pledge side is staying cleaner and wiping off easily. When actually washing the dryer sheets work well but driving and cleaning the pledge is winning.

 

That is good news will be going out to try the pledge myself

 

Best way to keep bugs off the grill, put something in front of it.
Bugs can be pressure washed off

Oh, and I did stay at a Holiday Inn express in Mississippi once

 

I have lived in the north of Ontario for 20 years where there are bogs, swamps, ponds, streams and of course, forest. We call it the bush up here, or bug country. That was one of my complaints about bugs hitting the grill area, especially the rad. Yeah, they spatter all over the window and grill and bumper but I don't want them stuck in the rad and plugging it up. And we have lots of black flies, mosquitoes, dragon flies (our friends cause they eat the bugs) and butterflies, etc. Ya wanna see bugs, come up here in bug season. I wish that Ford would get their noggings going and make a screen cover for the rad area. The other manufacturers have it for their diesels but when I talk to Ford, they seem to think that a bug screen will restrict air flow enough to cripple the truck. So they don't have a bug screen nor are they going to make one.

Keeping you chrome waxed helps with clean up and using a Rain-x on the windshield may help them stick less. (Or teflon spray)

And I would much rather have bugs than deer or moose hitting my truck. I hit a deer last year and luckily no damage to the truck. The doe ran beside my truck first then decided to commit suicide I guess and jumped in front of my truck hitting the right headlight area. It was fast. She rolled off to the right on the shoulder doing her Evil Kneivel imitation off the motorcycle and was dead on the side of the road. I stopped of course and looked at my truck first, not a mark, and then the deer. Lots of people here hit deer and get damages but hit a moose and it is major damage and could be your life. And what ever you do, make sure you have lots of windshield washer fluid to spray those bugs off. And a bug cleaner pad. Glad I don't drive a motorcycle up here.

 

So what your saying is use lemon pledge on your front end and it will stop a moose from damaging the grille? Ok got it!!

 

Ha, okay Tux try it out and let me know.

I might use the Moosquito spray over the pledge for the moose though.

 

just got back from 360 mile round trip from PA to DC. Lots of bugs, daaaaaaaa... time to bust out the pledge trick for my cross country trip this week.

 

and what about for the windshield?? I had a big ranch hand bumper on the 08 dually.. hardly got any bugs on the windshield.. the 12 250 is covered with em..

Sam

 

thats a good point you bring up. wax of some sort helps. like pledge. or window polish of some sort. or rain x maybe but havent tried that really. i know those bug shields help, but i dont think im a fan of the way they look. as for now at least.

 

Rain-X actually works pretty well. The bug hits and it's liquid parts actually bead up and roll a bit. Hit them later with the hose and they rinse fairly easy.

You do need to re-apply the Rain-X at least monthly.

 

On the Towing, Trailers & 5th Wheels Forum they have talked about these. Some people swear by this just get them wet a rub the bugs off.

 

To whomever suggested the dryer sheets...THANK YOU! I just went out and did my grill/bumper/headlights/fog lights/license plate/mirrors. What a huge difference. The front end is back to looking brand new again.

 

curious whats in dryer sheets that disolves bugs so well...so after a lil pokin around i figured it out. now im not even sure i want to use them on my clothes!

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and industry-generated Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) from the 1990s, the following is a list of chemicals in fabric softener products, most in untested combinations. Liquid fabric softeners additionally may contain formaldehyde.

Benzyl acetate: Linked to pancreatic cancer.
Benzyl Alcohol: Upper respiratory tract irritant.
Ethanol: On the EPA's Hazardous Waste list and can cause central nervous system disorders.
Limonene: Known carcinogen.
A-Terpineol: Can cause respiratory problems, including fatal edema, and central nervous system damage.
Ethyl Acetate: A narcotic on the EPA's Hazardous Waste list.
Camphor: Causes central nervous system disorders.
Chloroform: Neurotoxic, anesthetic and carcinogenic.
Linalool: A narcotic that causes central nervous system disorders.
Pentane: A chemical known to be harmful if inhaled.

To hide the chemical smell, companies load dryer sheets full of chemical fragrances, which are potentially carcinogenic.
Dryer sheets are designed to stay on clothing for a long period of time and slowly release their chemicals throughout the day, which leads to prolonged exposure to toxic chemicals.

The toxins in dryer sheets and their chemical fragrances enter the body both through inhalation or are absorbed through the skin.

Some of the symptoms experienced from prolonged exposure to the chemicals in dryer sheets include headaches, nausea, vomiting , dizziness, central nervous system disorders, blood pressure reduction, fatigue, difficulty breathing, skin irritation, difficulty concentrating and remembering, cancer, irritation to skin, mucus membranes and respiratory tract, and liver damage.