Innovation Description and Benefit:

During winter operations, we have had trouble in the past with snow packing in between the windshield and the hood.  On freightliner trucks, the spot where the snow packs is also where the intake is for the heating and air system.  Not being able to circulate properly caused us a lot of headache.  The windows would constantly be fogged up and iced over and we would have to pull over and clean the snow out and clear the windows.  Our innovation simply attaches over the top of the vent and curves around so that snow cannot clog the intake and the air system can function properly.  We also added some heater hoses around the device to keep the snow from building up underneath the new intake opening.  Once we did this, we were very pleased with the results and had no issues moving forward.