Backup Camera Wiper

[guywhofishes]

WHY NOT?

Really? We have a 21st century machine vision system back there...
but dirt and snow get on it so it's blind. Duuuuhhhh....


;:;rant

#firstworldproblembutstillprettydumb

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p.s. very sloppy snowy in little msp today

 

[johnr]

I pull to the side and have mrs johnr hop out and wipe it off. She is pretty quick at it. If its slippery too, I make sure to tell her to watch her step...haha

I am sure that tiny little lens would be difficult to build a wiper for.

 

[Rizzo]

Wonder if a couple coats of rain-x would help.

 

[FishReaper]

Wonder if a couple coats of rain-x would help.

Dont think so. most of the stuff on my cam is more mud/dust from gravel. i dont think rain-x would help there. but a washer sprayer on it would be cool

 

[sl1000794]

Dont think so. most of the stuff on my cam is more mud/dust from gravel. i dont think rain-x would help there. but a washer sprayer on it would be cool

I think a combo of Rain-X and a washer would work well.

 

[Captain Ahab]

I actually hired a Smurf for this task. He lives in my tailgate. My wife says I am slave driver, but I pay him a fair wage.

 

[Twitch]

I pull to the side and have mrs johnr hop out and wipe it off. She is pretty quick at it. If its slippery too, I make sure to tell her to watch her step...haha

I am sure that tiny little lens would be difficult to build a wiper for.

First bent black hills gold rings and now this...oh john say it ain't so:;:howdy;:;rofl

 

[johnr]

Ill be bending the ring on her knobby noggin if she gives me any lip...haha. kidding, spousal abuse is not a laughing matter, nor do I condone it. The joke was bad, and I give myself a negative rep.

I kid about this stuff, cause anyone that knows me, knows she had it coming...kidding again. I treat her like the queen she is, unless she isn't.:;:howdy

 

[guywhofishes]

This is how I imagine johnr's house is run.

He's talking big smack all the time and - at most - it's pretty much entertainment to the inhabitants.



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don't make me put you... in the box

 

[martinslanding]

I pull to the side and have mrs johnr hop out and wipe it off. She is pretty quick at it. If its slippery too, I make sure to tell her to watch her step...haha

I am sure that tiny little lens would be difficult to build a wiper for.

Yep…and right after you pull over she gives you that look, you know the “oh, hell no” look. You get out wipe the camera and proceed to sleep on the couch the rest of the week…

 

[guywhofishes]

I think she just rolls her eyes and says "nope - your turn sweetheart". And the kids laugh at Dad cuz Dad's always clowning around like that.

Which causes Dad, the sad clown, to drink.

It's the American Dream.

 

[johnr]

I think she just rolls her eyes and says "nope - your turn sweetheart". And the kids laugh at Dad cuz Dad's always clowning around like that.

Which causes Dad, the sad clown, to drink.

It's the American Dream.

haha, awesome.

My favorite response at the camp ground when a buddy is setting something up, or working on something is to offer help, and when they say yes I would love some help, I yell "Woman get over here, Jimmy needs some help". it gets everyone laughing, and me the sad clown even drunker...haha:;:howdy

Surprisingly when I offer a round of beers out of the cooler to everyone, mrs johnr always gets up and passes the rounds out. She is motherly with me, and turns out I am her favorite.

 

[Ponyroper]

Seriously though, could a little cover be rigged on the camera that would flip up when you hit a button/switch and then be closed up after you're done backing up? The cover could be built water and dust tight and maybe even have a clear lid so that you wouldn't have to open it unless it got covered with dirt. Might be a dumb suggestion because I don't know where the backup cameras on vehicles are located. I mounted after market backup cameras on my pickup and suburban but I have a topper on the pickup and a flip up endgate on the 'burbon so I mounted the cameras on the inside of the flip up windows and just open the windows when I need to back up. I only use the cameras for hooking up to the boat and other trailers and the cameras are adjusted to look down at the receiver and tongue of the trailer. Saves unbelievable aggravation and I hit a perfect line to the hitch first shot at least 90% of the time.

 

[SDMF]

I actually hired a Smurf for this task. He lives in my tailgate. My wife says I am slave driver, but I pay him a fair wage.

 

[PrairieGhost]

Ponyroper for backup to hitch and such I have a wireless with magnetic base. It has a 300 ft range. I run it full time in the back of my 5th wheel when I go to Arizona. Get an idiot behind you and you can hit one button for a photo, or the lower button for a 1/2 hour video. Very good when you need to hitch the boat behind a 37 foot 5th wheel.

 

[guywhofishes]

Seriously though, could a little cover be rigged on the camera that would flip up when you hit a button/switch and then be closed up after you're done backing up? The cover could be built water and dust tight and maybe even have a clear lid so that you wouldn't have to open it unless it got covered with dirt. Might be a dumb suggestion because I don't know where the backup cameras on vehicles are located. I mounted after market backup cameras on my pickup and suburban but I have a topper on the pickup and a flip up endgate on the 'burbon so I mounted the cameras on the inside of the flip up windows and just open the windows when I need to back up. I only use the cameras for hooking up to the boat and other trailers and the cameras are adjusted to look down at the receiver and tongue of the trailer. Saves unbelievable aggravation and I hit a perfect line to the hitch first shot at least 90% of the time.

Exactly. Nature has shown us the design. It's called an eyelid.

 

[dust in the wind]

This is how I imagine johnr's house is run.

He's talking big smack all the time and - at most - it's pretty much entertainment to the inhabitants.



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don't make me put you... in the box

as long as she doesn't have a hotdog in her hand.

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Exactly. Nature has shown us the design. It's called an eyelid.

Nah, we just need to get a monkey and train it to clean the camera. if you get a trunk monkey and train it for this purpose - double win!

 

[raider]

haha, awesome.

My favorite response at the camp ground when a buddy is setting something up, or working on something is to offer help, and when they say yes I would love some help, I yell "Woman get over here, Jimmy needs some help". it gets everyone laughing, and me the sad clown even drunker...haha:;:howdy

Surprisingly when I offer a round of beers out of the cooler to everyone, mrs johnr always gets up and passes the rounds out. She is motherly with me, and turns out I am her favorite.

or... is she just happy you're padding her eventual 1/2 a little more every day??? :;:huh

 

[Bed Wetter]

WHY NOT?

Really? We have a 21st century machine vision system back there...
but dirt and snow get on it so it's blind. Duuuuhhhh....


;:;rant

#firstworldproblembutstillprettydumb

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p.s. very sloppy snowy in little msp today

Why don't you build one and patent it?

Im jelly of the folks north of Harwood who got 14". Snow is neat.

 

[MT11]

To bad the don't have a cleaning system like the cameras mounted on the cars in NASCAR