Cybertruck Work Truck duties on construction site? + Windshield wiper coverage area look

[Bill837]

66% of the windshield in one slice of the BAW.

Yeah, theres a formula, complex to my knuckle dragging self, that is part of the relevant FMVSS. Basically divides the area of the windshield that you actively look out of into three vertical columns. Each column has a swept area percentage, with the one in front of the passenger being the lowest. The complexity comes in with modifiers for height and width, shoulder positions and sightlines for the driver, etc.

Boils down to there's a reason virtually all wipers leave a chunk of the passenger side unswept. In tha area, from that angle, the drivers not missing anything other than incoming TIE fighters. If you want to dig in, and I know we have some serious math people here, I'm more a mechanical type myself.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/571.104

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[Deleted member 12457]

Questions for working truck owners:
--How many of you--
1. Shorten your bed area by installing a tool box chest?
2. Use a fork lift to load cargo? (do you leave tailgate on or off?)
3. Use electric and/or battery tools that could be charged by the CT?
4. Use air tools? Do you have the air compressor in your truck or take it onto the job site? Typical hose length.
5. Carry oversize items, e.g., refrigerators, W&D? How do you load and unload them?
6. How often do you wash your truck?

 

[HaulingAss]

Questions for working truck owners:
--How many of you--
1. Shorten your bed area by installing a tool box chest?
2. Use a fork lift to load cargo? (do you leave tailgate on or off?)
3. Use electric and/or battery tools that could be charged by the CT?
4. Use air tools? Do you have the air compressor in your truck or take it onto the job site? Typical hose length.
5. Carry oversize items, e.g., refrigerators, W&D? How do you load and unload them?
6. How often do you wash your truck?

1) Some people need tools on a daily basis, some people install a toolbox because they think it makes them look cool. I don't fall into either of those categories so the last thing I want to do is haul around 200-400 lbs. of tools I only need a few times per year, everywhere I go.

2) If there's a forklift available, I'll load right over the end of the tailgate. As long as the pallet is placed properly, it will not over-stress the tailgate and it can be slid forward by picking up the rear edge of the pallet with the tips of the forks and slid forward. The tailgate takes too much time to remove, and I haven't encountered a situation where removal was necessary.

3) Yes, I use battery electric tools all the time, but I have enough tools and enough batteries that I generally don't need to charge them until the end of the day. When I do, there is generally grid power available anyway. I can see the Cybertrucks power outlets enabling the transition to battery electric chainsaws for an increasing number of tasks that I currently do with a gas chainsaw, but the big jobs will still be better with my gas saws for the foreseeable future.

4) I still have a couple of air tools, but I haven't used them since battery electric tools replaced them. I see the on-board compressed air as being primarily useful for maintaining tire pressures after plugging the rare puncture and airing tires back up after de-pressurizing them for special use conditions. I might also use it to inflate things, perhaps a kayak or mattress.

5) I've hauled a number of appliances, typically using two people and an appliance handtruck to load/unload. It's pretty easy, even a standard refrige/freezer when you know what you are doing and have a proper appliance handtruck. That said, some of the bigger, more modern appliances could take three people of average strength.

6) We wash our truck about twice a year (but I'm sure there has been once or twice when it went two years with no washes). If it gets really muddy, I like to at least hose off the bulk of the mud when it's still fresh, even if I don't get out the bucket and soap. If it just gets splashed from a mud puddle, i just leave it on there until next time I wash it.

Decades ago I worked for Pepsi as a truckloader and we would wash the Pepsi delivery trucks once per week, to keep up appearances. Three of us could wash the whole fleet of 5-6 trucks (one semi and 4-5 box trucks) in about 30 minutes using long-handled brushes, soapy water and a 3/4" hose and nozzle. I've carried the long-handled brush over to the F-150 and it helps make quick work of things.

 

[truck]

No, but you can cancel your reservation and buy a truck with two wimpy wipers if that's what you're accustomed to. I'm not sure why it matters, but you do you!

thanks for the suggestion Mr. HaulingAss

 

[cbrtrckrsrvd112219]

I don’t know what a 100% right would look like here, but you’re not wrong

meanwhile, where’s the hand-wringing over the wiper coverage in the highest selling car on the market?

I see the front looks like Model3 Highland and the back is tall so either it is ModelY Highland or Model3 Hatchback with single BAW.
I believe Tesla has enough confidence in CT BAW to switch to BAW adoption on the rest of Tesla models. fits very well into Musk "DELETE, DELETE, DELTE" mantra. single BAW eliminates 2X multiple moving parts, simplify, speed up assembly.

 

[cvalue13]

I see the front looks like Model3 Highland and the back is tall so either it is ModelY Highland or Model3 Hatchback with single BAW.
I believe Tesla has enough confidence in CT BAW to switch to BAW adoption on the rest of Tesla models. fits very well into Musk "DELETE, DELETE, DELTE" mantra. single BAW eliminates 2X multiple moving parts, simplify, speed up assembly.

that’s not a BAW

that’s just the normal clearing pattern of the two-wiper system

which was the whole point! The single CT BAW achieves the same clearing pattern as other teslas with a ‘normal’ 2-wiper system

Similarly, I’m pretty sure the angle plus matte effect of the dust is playing tricks on the eyes, and this is just the Model Y (performance?) - photo was taken at GFTX, just normally tooling around the outbound lot

MY has a surprisingly high rear end, that when clean has a lot of angles/gleams that break it up visually

 

[dempster]

That corner that isn’t getting wiped is pissing me off. Can we get a mini-wiper extension?

Baw extension! it would extend over the truck... why not!

 

[Red61224]

I have never heard this expression either.

Using one's own products or services.

 

[Cyberman]

Baw extension! it would extend over the truck... why not!

The EBAW?

 

[LexusCyber]

Yeah, theres a formula, complex to my knuckle dragging self, that is part of the relevant FMVSS. Basically divides the area of the windshield that you actively look out of into three vertical columns. Each column has a swept area percentage, with the one in front of the passenger being the lowest. The complexity comes in with modifiers for height and width, shoulder positions and sightlines for the driver, etc.

Boils down to there's a reason virtually all wipers leave a chunk of the passenger side unswept. In tha area, from that angle, the drivers not missing anything other than incoming TIE fighters. If you want to dig in, and I know we have some serious math people here, I'm more a mechanical type myself.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/571.104

WOW... this puts to rest any objections. thank you for sharing the STANDARD. I want the 'asinine huge whindshield" and the BAW is more than adequate to give me (the driver) the pano view ...

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