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04-08-2015, 05:20 PM
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Senior Member
Appalachian Campers Mid Atlantic Campers Ford Super Duty Owner Carolina Campers Holiday Rambler Owners Club
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Wipers
Can anyone tell me the best place to buy windshield wipers for my 1996 Holiday Rambler Vacationer ES--only ones I found were about $26 each?--Thanks Vince 
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04-08-2015, 05:28 PM
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Holiday Rambler Owners Club
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I got a pair of Tru Vision 26" wipers for $29.00 (incl shipping) the pair on E-bay. Came from RV Surplus Inc.
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04-08-2015, 05:42 PM
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You both are lucky mine are 45 dollars first set from Amazon were wrong went to local camping store and got the right ones 32" are not cheep
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04-08-2015, 07:14 PM
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Fleetwood Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
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I bought my 26" wiper blades on clearance at Walmart for 2.00 each.
I ordered the adapter kits from Camping World for 6.00 and went to the local ACE hardware store and purchased four 6MM bolts and nuts to fasten them on to the Ford wiper arm.
Works well, now I can buy any wiper arm and replace them very easily and less cost.
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04-09-2015, 08:45 AM
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Thor Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
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Skip those waaaaay too expensive RV blades. I bought 28 inch ANCO blades for about $5 each. They are a little shorter, but work fine. They come with enough adaptors to fit on the arms.
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04-09-2015, 01:18 PM
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04-09-2015, 01:35 PM
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Senior Member
Outdoors RV Owners Club
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I quit using cheap wiper blades and only use Bosch blades now. They work better and last several years. The cheap ones fall apart after one summer.
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04-09-2015, 02:35 PM
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Odd you should ask. Just last week I bought 4 complete blades(28") for our MH. Menards had them on sale- 2 for $2. These are universal-fit blades, you throw the plastic adapter away and use the existing bolt N nut from the old blades for the new ones.
There is nothing special about MH wiper blades except the price, if you buy from an RV place. The one thing I have discovered is, do not buy the all-plastic RainX blades, they will break if the wind from an oncoming semi catches them just right. The Menards blades have a metal frame.
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04-09-2015, 05:30 PM
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Senior Member
Appalachian Campers Mid Atlantic Campers Ford Super Duty Owner Carolina Campers Holiday Rambler Owners Club
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Thanks to everyone for the advice on wipers--Vince 
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04-09-2015, 05:57 PM
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"Formerly Diplomat Don"
Newmar Owners Club
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Costco sells Goodyear universal kit wiper blades up to 26" for about $8.00 each.
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04-09-2015, 06:07 PM
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Texas Boomers Club Fleetwood Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
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Have you tried NAPA?
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04-09-2015, 06:58 PM
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Newmar Owners Club Tiffin Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dutch Star Don
Costco sells Goodyear universal kit wiper blades up to 26" for about $8.00 each.
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Our Costco here actually has them up to 28".
jt
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04-09-2015, 08:52 PM
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Newmar Owners Club Tiffin Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Quote:
Originally Posted by golfpgb
I bought my 26" wiper blades on clearance at Walmart for 2.00 each.
I ordered the adapter kits from Camping World for 6.00 and went to the local ACE hardware store and purchased four 6MM bolts and nuts to fasten them on to the Ford wiper arm.
Works well, now I can buy any wiper arm and replace them very easily and less cost.
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Can you tell me how the adapters work? My wiper arm has a through bolt with a nut that runs through holes in the blade. Do the adapters you got from CW adapt a blade to fit an arm with a through bolt? It looks like maybe you have to drill a couple of holes in the new wiper blade so the adapter will screw onto it? Trying to understand how your setup works.
Thanks!
jt
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2022 JL Wrangler 4xe or 2017 Harley Ultra in tow
JT, Em & the boys, Kong & Baxter (rescued grey tabbies)
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04-09-2015, 09:03 PM
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Fleetwood Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
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Location: Wichita, Kansas
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This is the adapters I ordered from Camping World.
https://www.campingworld.com/shoppin...-adapter/71138
Its called a Twin Screw adapter. It fit the Ford F53 Chassis wiper blades.
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