Re: why our vehicles don't last up here
[Re: eric space]
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02/27/22 01:20 PM
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Spill a quart of oil in a car accident and the full Hazmat team shows up. Spill a truckload of salt right next to a freshwater stream and no one bats an eye!! Yep! lol Here they can't plow snow into the water.....wait for it.......but they can scoop it up and pile it on boat ramps so that when it melts the runoff goes into the river.
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Re: why our vehicles don't last up here
[Re: FairbanksLS]
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02/27/22 02:19 PM
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No salt needed.
Leave a little earlier so that you can drive slower when road conditions are bad due to winter weather. Ticket people who are driving to fast for road conditions, if you see someone in the ditch or median don’t pull them out, if they have to call a tow truck they’ll learn to slow down whe the roads are slick.
Im getting to be my father’s age. Lol People WILL NOT learn to slow down when roads are slick. Nor will they leave earlier and drive slower. Just not going to happen.
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Re: why our vehicles don't last up here
[Re: trapdog1]
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02/27/22 02:32 PM
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They will when the ice gets about 4” thick and so rough everything rattles including their head. Lol
You’re right as long as they’re not held accountable for the accidents they cause they won’t change.
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Re: why our vehicles don't last up here
[Re: Trapper Dahlgren]
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02/27/22 02:36 PM
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I keep hearing Fluid Film every year , basically you wash it on a warm dry day then let it dry and fluid film basically every September and it makes them last a lot longer
you can get it in a 5 gallon bucket , or gallon can and it goes way down in cost compared to the spray cans
it is about 50 for a gallon or 150 for 5 gallons the gun to apply is more but if you got a few friends or family together and bought a 5 gallon bucket and a gun you could get together in September each year , here very is little rain in September , 30 minutes a car and about 50 dollars each you would cover the cost if especially if some one has a lift every one toss in for his fluid film and some plastic to put up. cardboard on the floor.
something to look into
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Re: why our vehicles don't last up here
[Re: Trapper Dahlgren]
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02/27/22 03:15 PM
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I haven't found another state that puts salt on the roads like the state of Michigan does, you folks should get a tax credit for the damage they do to your vehicles..
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Re: why our vehicles don't last up here
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02/27/22 03:17 PM
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I haven't found another state that puts salt on the roads like the state of Michigan does, you folks should get a tax credit for the damage they do to your vehicles.. Northern Maine is the same way.
Nevada bound
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Re: why our vehicles don't last up here
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02/27/22 05:20 PM
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Most car washes recycle their water. This time of year you end up washing with salt water. Some do, I don't think most. I've heard of it but don't know of any in my area that do. In the SW they recycle the water and you DO NOT want to get that stinking stuff on you. All of the fermented bugs and poop, and other nastiness that comes off of the cars is sprayed right back on yours. I almost barfed at the one in Havasau.
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Re: why our vehicles don't last up here
[Re: Trapper Dahlgren]
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02/27/22 05:48 PM
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white dog nailed it. Sand an plows and if it gets to bad close the road. Wanna know why they use all that salt? Follow the money.
“The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined” B. Disraeli
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Re: why our vehicles don't last up here
[Re: FairbanksLS]
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02/28/22 12:47 AM
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No salt needed.
Leave a little earlier so that you can drive slower when road conditions are bad due to winter weather. Ticket people who are driving to fast for road conditions, if you see someone in the ditch or median don’t pull them out, if they have to call a tow truck they’ll learn to slow down whe the roads are slick.
Im getting to be my father’s age. Lol x2
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Re: why our vehicles don't last up here
[Re: Nessmuck]
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02/28/22 07:22 AM
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Come spring …..put the fluid film to the under carriage I do this once a year. Fluid film or just paint. Takes a whopping 10 minutes a year and the undercarriage of my truck and car look new always. Sure makes removing any bolts under there less of a headache as well. Unfortunately, it does nothing to upper body. I envy the people who live in states that don't use salt. Salt costs many of us a LOT of money replacing vehicles that still run good but you can see through.
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Re: why our vehicles don't last up here
[Re: Trapper Dahlgren]
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02/28/22 07:35 AM
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How do you put fluid film under one? I never even heard of it. Drive your vehicle over a pit? I am thinking on a lift you would not get any on the frame where the lift contacts it. Do you just use one of those sprayers with a manual pump?
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: why our vehicles don't last up here
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02/28/22 08:05 AM
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Come spring …..put the fluid film to the under carriage I do this once a year. Fluid film or just paint. Takes a whopping 10 minutes a year and the undercarriage of my truck and car look new always. Sure makes removing any bolts under there less of a headache as well. Unfortunately, it does nothing to upper body. I envy the people who live in states that don't use salt. Salt costs many of us a LOT of money replacing vehicles that still run good but you can see through. None of it good. I know a fellow who works on the main highways in winter in Minnesota and he says the real vehicle killer is the pre spray they apply to the roads before storms. I can’t recall the name of the stuff but he said it far surpasses salt for vehicle corrosion. Osky
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Re: why our vehicles don't last up here
[Re: Trapper Dahlgren]
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02/28/22 08:17 AM
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Calcium chloride?
Local guys product went nationwide, $ Rick Fennel, Fennelized undercoat. Best but messy.
Another guy using Lanoline based, good but smells like stink bugs.
Fluid film creeps in good but power washes off, maybe a good thing sometimes.
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Re: why our vehicles don't last up here
[Re: Trapper Dahlgren]
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02/28/22 08:27 AM
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Man you guys must not have driving jobs lol. I like how easy y'all say slow down out there or wait till the roads improve. Try being on a schedule with 8 to 12 deliveries a day 300+ miles of driving 7 days a week every available truck and driver working overtime. Of course we all slow down but if the highways weren't salted we'd be done delivering and you'd be starving by February. But yeah salt is bad let's stop using it. In the words of bugs bunny what a bunch maroons.
Life sure is tough when you don't learn from the mistakes of others.
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