· modifications · truck
While driving on the aforementioned Dillon Road (on another occasion), another vehicle threw up some sand and rocks, and one hit the windshield of our truck, taking out a chunk of the glass. That’s the first time we’ve had that happen.
This isn’t a low-flying plane over the road, but the chip, soon after it happened:
Our insurance includes free rock chip repair, but (for some reason) we decided to fix it ourselves. So I bought a windscreen repair kit from Amazon.
The recently acquired step was useful to get easier access to the windshield:
The repair kit included a suction-cupped holder:
Inside view:
Adding resin:
The repair worked really well; one can hardly tell where the damage was.
The kit is good for more repairs, so a useful thing to have, should we get any more rock chips in our truck or coach windscreens.