[7492]

It wouldn't take all that long for those who shouldn't be driving/can't drive to be sorted out of the system. Survival of the fittest worked great for improving the breed and make people more capable...until we wouldn't allow it, and started to give trophies to everybody.

Better corrosion protection on vehicles won't help with the damage that salt and such does to the roads.

Parking in a garage (I assume you mean heated) is actually worse from a corrosion standpoint than leaving things in a frozen state.

It's no wonder why I like all you say.

 

[mrbb1]

Whether a garIage helps or hurts largely depends on the climate.

Here the vehicles sitting outside don't seem to corrode any more than the garaged ones. That's a function of low humidity, helped by low levels of oxygen in the air.

When basic unpainted steel stock doesn't readily rust, vehicles don't, either.

I an fully agree environment/climate can alter rusting, as humidity levels and such do,


BUT even in a low humidity area or rust free climate
once you add in add in a coating of road salt or brine, to any of your un treated metal,
and I will still bet it severely effects how fast and aggressive rusting happens! in any climate!
so NO salt protection or poor quality salt protections matters a lot to a vehicle lasting or not IMO!
putting tape over fame holes, doesn;t really IMO< be a great way to keep salt out of frames on our trucks?
pretty piss poor deal , if you ask me! again all the more so on a 50-60-70+ k truck!

 

[gsbrockman]

park your vehicles on wet ground all yr, or damp ground, gravel grass, or such
and that alone will hold more moisture to speed rusting process up, add salt to the mix and even faster rusting out of things!
so havinga garage can be HUGE difference, liek it or not?

Does that include under a wet tarpaulin?

Perhaps @Electrojake can chime in with his expert analysis.

 

[cumminsturbofreak]

Does that include under a wet tarpaulin?

Perhaps @Electrojake can chime in with his expert analysis.

Like this thread needed more derailment….

 

[Electrojake]

Does that include under a wet tarpaulin?
Perhaps @Electrojake can chime in with his expert analysis.

My Longhorn 3500 was showing rust the day I took delivery of it from the factory.
Parking outside and not driving it for the last seven years probably didnt help it much.

-Ej- 🍺

 

[Electrojake]

Like this thread needed more derailment….

I'm done here.
No, really. Promise... I'm done. 😇

 

[Jimmy N.]

BUT even in a low humidity area or rust free climate
once you add in add in a coating of road salt or brine, to any of your un treated metal,
and I will still bet it severely effects how fast and aggressive rusting happens! in any climate!

And that's why I rinse my 3500 and trailer off after them being exposed to Colorado's magnesium chloride.

 

[cumminsturbofreak]

If we lift our little pickups like that, we’ll break the frame in two.

 

[mattswaggs]

And the bottom of a 21 year old Texas truck with 285,000 miles. And to add insult to injury, it’s a Ford.

 

[gsbrockman]

And the bottom of a 21 year old Texas truck with 285,000 miles. And to add insult to injury, it’s a Ford.

They have a tendency to not accumulate much rust when they’re broke down so often.

 

[mattswaggs]

They have a tendency to not accumulate much rust when they’re broke down so often.

In Michigan they get more rust than that, getting delivered to the dealer.

 

[mrbb1]

And that's why I rinse my 3500 and trailer off after them being exposed to Colorado's magnesium chloride. View attachment 968871 View attachment 968872

I rinse mine all the time and wash ,, cannot do every time, as some times there is salt on roads ways for weeks or longer, and cannot wash every day but there is always salt residue I cannot get rid of, not top mention, many times when rinsing off, your also pushing salt into places it can lay and eat!

also don't have access to water yr round to do so every time either!, if I did, I have ponds of ice all over where I park too, not helping matters!

then again, I also don;t have means to lift as you do??
I do wish I did, sure come in handy for many other things I can image HAHA)
and I gather I am not alone with this!

 

[mattswaggs]

Back in 2017, Jimmy used to give me a hard time for washing my vehicles so much. It was hard to look at this much salt.

 

[Murphjd25]

Glad you got it taken care of, and I see it got a little off topic, but glad we’re back on topic of rust. Jimmy’s pictures crack me up, I kind of wish I had a crane now. 😂😂

 

[cumminsturbofreak]

Back in 2017, Jimmy used to give me a hard time for washing my vehicles so much. It was hard to look at this much salt.

View attachment 968874

Whoever's keeping that H3 in the salt is doing the world a favor.

 

[Jimmy N.]

Back in 2017, Jimmy used to give me a hard time for washing my vehicles so much. It was hard to look at this much salt.

View attachment 968874

It's doing its best Michael Jackson imitation, and you cruelly interfere.

 

[mattswaggs]

Whoever's keeping that H3 in the salt is doing the world a favor.

That one was pretty cool. 4.56 gears, locking axle..