Snow and Salt--

big tee

Well-known Member
The Midwest is getting a taste of snow so be prepared for the metal eating SALT---Tee
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And Chevy makes fun of Ford's aluminum!!
 
Looks like cities in Alberta. Last year (and maybe the year before), nearby Edmonton used the calcium chloride "solution" sprayed on the streets, a bit of a complex procedure and explanation of what happens in comparison to the regular dry sand/salt mixture they've used forever. A ton of complaints so the solution system was voted out last week and they're back to the traditional method again for this coming winter. I guess there was a time (and still are places) when none of that was used at all.
 
Son works at fire truck manufacturer. Cities using liquid salt are having $700,000 fire truck's frames destroyed in 5 yrs. Good repair business, but costs tax payers lots of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ for application ease.
 
Is that why semi trucks frequently go 20+ years with no issues? If course it depends on how it's done and I'm waiting to see if Ford did it right.
 
Looks like a normal vehicle around here in Minnesota, especially since they went to the liquid brine stuff, and now they put the divots in the middle of the road (rumble strips) which hold the saltwater all winter long, spray your vehicles every mile of winter driving rain, snow, or shine.

Paul
 
I have a f 150 with 6k miles on it i'm waiting too, all-tho i never did drop
concrete blocks in the bed from 10' high.
 
Light dusting of snow was predicted here last night which never happened here but maybe west further so I'm sure our wonderful KDOT was out coating all the state highways with that salt stuff. Not unusual for them to apply it and then no ice or snow followed so you can see a cloud of salt dust behind the normal truck traffic. If people would just slow down we wouldn't need all that salt. just an opinion.
 
More salt---
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Trees

Seems like I just bought this new Studebaker and it is already a rust bucket!!!! Or is it a Hudson Hornet?

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I would believe the boats are made of an alloy that may resist corrosion better. But Aluminum does corrode if you don't believe it. Look at old aluminum wiring laying around or an old pop or beer can. And yes I have an aluminum cab on my 2 peter cars and there is corrosion on the doors under the paint along the window by the mirror bracket. Yes it is 20 years old. My fenders don't buckle like your car fender does when I lean against it or put my hand on it either. I'm not trying to stick up for either materials just stating a fact. Aluminum also cracks worse than steel in vibration or wiggle locations worse than steel too. Ask about the old aluminum truck frames that had spider cracks so they had to replace the frame rails in them.
Yes aluminum has it's places and benefits so does steel. Not saying either one is better than the other,just some uses work better for each metal.
 
If you don't electrically isolate aluminum from steel, the aluminum will corrode and protect the steel. The anodes on offshore platform are mostly aluminum. The galvanic action in seawater helps protect the steel.
 
Here in Md they pretreat the roads with a mix of chemicals and a molases base as a sticum. When you drive in it it covers the undercarriage and dries. About the only way to get it off is with a steam cleaner.
 
Fire trucks rusting out is unusual. I'm surprised that there are any fire departments that don't wash down their equipment on a regular basis. Many wash down any vehicle that goes out on a call in the winter.
 
I used to haul podwered salt for chucken feed.1 merritt grain trailer 5 years later was ate up.wiring harness on truck n trailer was a disaster
 
David, your opinion is correct. Once the idiots start sliding off, central dispatch calls the road department. Once notified, the road department is liable if they don't do anything within a certain time and something ba happens. Sort of like the police passing the liability down the line. The liability ends at the road department, not the dipstick driving 80 (trying to) on an icy road like it should be. Pre treatment is just a way to make things easier so you don't end up with hard pack right away if a storm does roll through. Alot harder to deal with that quickly when it locks to the road.
 

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