I already asked how the snow/salt from the cold winters affect the bottom of a horse trailer and now I was wondering the same about the bottom of the truck that you pull the trailer with??
I am from the deep south so we don't have any experienc with this issue!!
Posted 2007-10-01 3:20 PM (#68676 - in reply to #68418) Subject: RE: Truck ?
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I know some of you people up north could help me here. Looking to buy a truck from NY and want to know the effects of snow/salt on the undercarriage of the truck.
Posted 2007-10-01 4:00 PM (#68678 - in reply to #68418) Subject: RE: Truck ?
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It causes bad, bad problems. One of the reasons why southern trucks bring more than northern trucks on the used market. In the const. business, a Texas truck is often good. No salt on the roads.....
Ask any old mechanic about doing brake or suspension work on a northern vehicle.
Posted 2007-10-01 8:18 PM (#68698 - in reply to #68678) Subject: RE: Truck ?
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Originally written by horsey1 on 2007-10-01 5:00 PM
It causes bad, bad problems. One of the reasons why southern trucks bring more than northern trucks on the used market. In the const. business, a Texas truck is often good. No salt on the roads..... Ask any old mechanic about doing brake or suspension work on a northern vehicle.
Except the Southern Vehicles that were drown in Hurricanes...or exposed to sea air...When I was at Mayport Naval Station...I saw a guy close the hood of his Toyota Corolla and corrosion from the interior of the hood fell thru the engine compartment and onto the parking lot of the PX...
Posted 2007-10-01 11:23 PM (#68712 - in reply to #68418) Subject: RE: Truck ?
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Road salt will eat up ANY metal! Find yourself a truck down here in Alabama. I remember when we first moved to Alabama from the shores of Lake Michigan, I was trading in my Toyota Corolla, and I told the sales guy that my car was Ziebarted. He looked at me like I was nuts! His answer was "Huh?? What's that?" Some of you Yankee's should know about Ziebart! My point . . . Southerners have NO idea how badlly road salt and snow can eat up a vehicle. Yeah, the metals used today stand up to the elements better than they use to, but if it were me . . . I'd buy a southern truck. Oh hey Paul . .. a story for you. On a vacation years ago with "the girls" to Florida, my girlfriend parked her NEW Camaro on the beach in Ft. Lauderdale. We got "sidelined" in a bar for longer than we anticipated, and when we staggered out, her car was up to the door handles in OCEAN!! That salt water ate that car UP! We all had to fly home, and the insurance claimed the car totalled!
Posted 2007-10-02 9:39 AM (#68734 - in reply to #68418) Subject: RE: Truck ?
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So Paul from VT Would yu agree with these posts about the salt/snow conditions? You live up there with all the snow, how do yall protect your trucks? I am kinda bummed about the answers I am getting because this truck is immaculate and at a very good price! Keep the comments coming!!
Posted 2007-10-02 1:59 PM (#68739 - in reply to #68418) Subject: RE: Truck ?
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The best defense against salt and winter road grime is to go thru the underbody car wash often, weekly at the least. But when buying a used vehicle, how do you know the sellers did that? Don't worry too much about it, it's not like it's gonna fall apart when you hit your first bump. You'll seldom see one of today's vehicles rust out before their time. My grocery-getter is a 94 Tracer wagon (let the jokes fly) with zero rust. Why? I wash it often.
Posted 2007-10-02 5:49 PM (#68747 - in reply to #68739) Subject: RE: Truck ?
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Originally written by Hank on 2007-10-02 2:59 PM
The best defense against salt and winter road grime is to go thru the underbody car wash often, weekly at the least. But when buying a used vehicle, how do you know the sellers did that? Don't worry too much about it, it's not like it's gonna fall apart when you hit your first bump. You'll seldom see one of today's vehicles rust out before their time. My grocery-getter is a 94 Tracer wagon (let the jokes fly) with zero rust. Why? I wash it often.
Hanks got it right...
Here's what you keep in your equipment shed if you are up north...
Posted 2007-10-02 5:54 PM (#68749 - in reply to #68712) Subject: RE: Truck ?
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Originally written by N2ridin on 2007-10-01 12:23 AM
Road salt will eat up ANY metal! Find yourself a truck down here in Alabama. I remember when we first moved to Alabama from the shores of Lake Michigan, I was trading in my Toyota Corolla, and I told the sales guy that my car was Ziebarted. He looked at me like I was nuts! His answer was "Huh?? What's that?" Some of you Yankee's should know about Ziebart! My point . . . Southerners have NO idea how badlly road salt and snow can eat up a vehicle. Yeah, the metals used today stand up to the elements better than they use to, but if it were me . . . I'd buy a southern truck. Oh hey Paul . .. a story for you. On a vacation years ago with "the girls" to Florida, my girlfriend parked her NEW Camaro on the beach in Ft. Lauderdale. We got "sidelined" in a bar for longer than we anticipated, and when we staggered out, her car was up to the door handles in OCEAN!! That salt water ate that car UP! We all had to fly home, and the insurance claimed the car totalled!
Ziebart...yeah good outfit...used Rusty Jones on a couple of vehicles...
Geez...If you were in towards town, normally the Beach Patrol would have had you towed before that happened...
My Great Uncle sprayed some kind of custom concrete mixture into his doors years and years ago...It didn't stop the seabreeze salt from rusting but it slowed it down a bit...
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