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General Site Info => General Discussion => Topic started by: philo_beddoe on November 21, 2015, 06:20:00 pm
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I mean who has to drive their truck through the nasty winter cold, salt, sand and crud of winter? Not so much for the southerners or californians.
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Although I have a company car my 84 C10 gets driven whenever needed. It sits outside and sees its fair share of nasty weather and roads.
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I dont even have a garage yet, next year im getting a beater at least. I HATE salty roads!!
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I won't drive my trucks on these new England roads until they are clear of the salt. I used to but not anymore!
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Last winter I had a lot of fun in the snow mostly because I had just put new Waren lockers in the front hubs and needed to let them understand what was expected of them. However that winter did finish what was left of my split exhaust from the early 90's. It ate the rest of the bends which I realized when I was thrashing some whit Yankee Mudd and backed into a bank. My tips were packed but the exhaust was still flowing sooo, I just cut it all off after the muffler.
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I would avoid it if possible. The magnesium chloride that gets mixed with the salt will eat your truck away. A winter beater is money well spent.
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I truly believe that. If I had to stay up there any longer I would defiantly get a beater that deserves to rust... Like a ford.
I do remember the day after I got there it was really cold and wet was outside troubleshooting a misfire. I knew I was cold but not until the next morning did the news information me that with the 200mph wind chill it was -29*....woowzer! Never again! Not the life for this old man. My knees and hips and every other bone in my body never hurt so bad!
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You and i know vile, last winter was the worst i can remember! Barely got above zero, and 4 ft of snow any given day. This is the last winter for me. Thats right froto, bad for maine too!
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Unless you have a show truck.. Just drive it. There are ways to help keep things like salt and rust from eating up the truck.
My inner rockers and floors are so rusty they show through to the ground. I'm putting in temporary patch panels, throwing down some rust converter, paint and then coating the bottom side with a rust check spray.
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Ya enaberif, i do agree with that too. Last winter i had a 97 f-350, powerstroke 7.3 turbo diesel. Everyday i had to rinse it down and spray underneath with heavy lubicant. But i did protect it. Now i got the c-10, a little more delicate than a f-350. Besides, when i retire in 13 yrs im doing a full body resto. Just gotta maintain until then. Oh yeah, your waaaay up north, NWT, your in a world of salt and tuff roads! Amen.
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i do drive it year round but not in snow or rain. The newer cars are pretty good with corrosion although the cavalier's rocker panels are seriously rusted---it's a J-body problem.
i sprayed POR-15 on it and it seems to have gotten it under control.
But even on the newer cars i recommend hosing down the underside with water frequently if you drive in the snow.
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imo if i have a 4x4 and theres snow i will drive it. but if i just put some money into fixing all the rust then i would prob drive my 2wd in the snow before the 4x4 lol. but i cant really call off work so sometimes i have to sacrifice
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Rain snow sleet mud sandstorms ice. My truck goes everywhere and all the time. Course they don't do a lot of salting out here so it's not too bad
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Rain snow sleet mud sandstorms ice. My truck goes everywhere and all the time. Course they don't do a lot of salting out here so it's not too bad
Same here... I see it as a challenge! I'm not a quiter and my body might feel like I'm 90 but the young buck in me won't back down
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I'm in central cali, I have to drive to the mountains to find snow. So mine is driven everyday, it's the only vehicle I own myself. If it's down, I have to borrow one of my mom's vehicles. Usually her 97 Silverado.
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One day I hope to put a truck together for winter driving. It won't be anything crazy, just a truck that's been gone through mechanically.
A few guys have mentioned salt, the salt is bad enough, but its the magnesium chloride that gets sprayed on the salt that will do your truck in.
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Dont mind rain cold snow or sand. Its the salt i cant stand!! I hate the salt! I have even banged in sick just because the roads were freshly coated. I'm in new england, sometimes they put down more salt than there is snow on the roads!!!!!!! Ugh! Now i'm all wound up just talkin about it!!
Oh yeah, and i've heard about that mag-chloride, it eats metal and dries out and deteriorates rubber, pits chrome, real nasty stuff!!
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Buy an undercoating gun and a few gallons of truck bedliner. Do 3 strong coats on everything underneath and it will be OK
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Drive min all year round, lol can't get away with not driving it since its my only truck
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I just sprayed a gallon of wd-40 under entire truck. I only used it because i already had it on hand. Next i'll use blaster lubricant or fluid film. Wd-40 dont last very long, not thick enough.
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Vile, you've seen those white lines on I-84, i think thats the mag chloride. And whats that green stuff tolland dpw uses?
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A lot of municipalities are using what is essentially beet juice to pre treat roads, minimizes the freezing of precipitation.
Fluid film is your friend in winter. I buy it by the gallon or 5 gallon and spray it on everything l can get to. Used to use diluted used motor oil, but fluid film smells better and seems to do a better job.
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It's truck poison is what it is
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Fluid film is the best, little pricy though. $$$
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When I bought my K10 in February I bought it to make it usable in deep snow, salt, and whatever crud mother nature and CDOT can throw at it.
I drove it in 2 feet of snow on Tuesday and it performed like a champ.
It has survived 40 years of who knows what before me and I am sure it will make it another 40 years as long as it is cared for as well as I am trying.
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Glad you stuck with it. I can understand taking a classic muscle car off the road, but not a truck. Well, if it was a 40k resto and a really old truck, 1930-1960, i could understand that too i guess.
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It's truck poison is what it is
haha, good answer..
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if your area uses beet juice, you have less to worry about. Its FAR less corrosive than salt, calcium chloride, or magnesium chloride. That said, I dont think ANY state DOTs are using it. So if you travel state roads, you're still going to be playing in the salt.
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I drive my truck year around. Granted, I have two and alternate between them, but if we have lots of snow, a 4x4 is mandatory! Every truck I've ever owned has been one! I know that ADOT uses some kind of spray on the roads that is supposed to act like salt to melt the snow without the corrosive side effects of it. Regardless, it makes a nasty white/gray film that gets all over everything! I try to wash it off as quickly as I can so it doesn't stay on my trucks any longer than is necessary. I've been lucky that we've had pretty mild winters here the last couple of years. We'll see what this winter has in store. We've already had several small storms that have dumped a few inches of snow here and there.
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I drive the heck outa mine in the winter. I plow with them.
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So far mild weather. I dont have another vehicle. So i'm forced to go through the salty winter.
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I drive mine 75 miles every day.. And love every minute of it.. But NC doesn't get bad weather so..
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This old girl will be a daily driver when shes back together. :)
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Very sharp!! Sure wish i new how to paint.