City of Toronto Canada now presprays the streets with a solution more
devastating then salt prior to snow storm , and then uses rock salt gravel
mixture during the fact. Causes cracked windshields and corrosion
saturation. Only prevention is yearly rust prevention spray. Deadly with
vehicles with aluminum components!
Jim Knox, 91 Dak 4X4, 318LA
----- Original Message -----
From: <jon@dakota-truck.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: DML: RE: winter beaters
>
> droo <03dakotaCC4.7_4x4@comcast.net> wrote:
> : On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 21:08:59 -0500, Terrible Tom
> : <SilverEightynine@aol.com> wrote:
>
> :> Because we cherish our Dodges and don't want to see them disintegrate
> :> under the 600
> :> million metric imperial cubic megatons of salt that the D.O.T uses on
> :> roads in the midwest
> :> and north east.
>
> : I live in NJ. Purchased a 96 dak in 98. Drove it until 2003. The truck
> was
> : 7 years old and had no rust problems. I don't see how it's going to
> : disintegrate unless you live by the ocean or park it under a salt pile.
>
>
> Do they use salt in NJ? In many areas (including where I live in NY
> and where Tom lives in WI) the highway department uses actual SALT - good
> ol' NaCl, which is probably one of the worst things you can expose your
> vehicle to - might as well just drive it into the ocean. Vehicle
> construction
> quality has a lot to do with it, but I'm not surprised that a 7 year old
> Dakota didn't have rust problems; in my experience, it starts to crop up
> at around 10 years or so. Anyway, timeframe will vary depending on
> vehicle quality as I mentioned, also driving patterns, temps, etc. but
> living in an area where they use salt on the roads will most definitely
> accellerate corrosion and rust. :-(
>
>
> --
> -Jon-
>
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