Harvest Season and Why Gravel Damage Spikes in September
Every September Weld County fills with silage and beet trucks running loaded on gravel county roads. Why that combination chips windshields, and how to drive through it.
What Colorado weather does to windshields through the year: winter cracks, spring hail, harvest gravel, and what to do in each season.
Every September Weld County fills with silage and beet trucks running loaded on gravel county roads. Why that combination chips windshields, and how to drive through it.
Most windshields in Greeley are damaged in summer and finally break in winter. Road sand, freeze cycles, defroster heat and scraper mistakes, and how to get through the season.
Weld County sits in Hail Alley, and peak season runs roughly April to September. What to do before a storm, during one, and in the 48 hours after it passes.
Greeley can swing 40 degrees in a day. Here is the physics of why that turns a small chip into a windshield-length crack, and the three moments it usually happens.
A rock chip rarely stays small. Here is how Greeley drivers can tell when a windshield chip needs repair now, before it spreads into a full crack.
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