I just had my new truck done last week with NH oil.

Nessy - no unfortunately we don’t have an extra beater vehicle for winter driving. We use wifey’s Expedition year round. Plus if necessary I do pull out the truck. It has an aluminum body, but want to keep the guts salt free. Usually not necessary since we are retired and life is local. We live in a rural area, but the local grocery store delivers like in the old days. They carry groceries right into the kitchen. The delivery fee is $2.50.

New fuel tanks and a coat of fluid film.

I think all this oiling is well worth it even though there's some people that think it just gets washed off in short order

As I look at my truck with all the salt all over it I'm sure glad I oiled it. Some people rely on washing their truck in the winter but it seems to just get dirty again so I think oiling is the solution

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Well said.

I started using Wool Wax on a 2011 Nissan I bought from Oklahoma 3 years ago. So far there is no sign of rust.



The corrosion of various salts hasn’t changed through the years but the amount we spread has. The quality of our vehicles has increased dramatically, especially when it comes to corrosion prevention and coatings (paint). The US used basically zero road salt before WWII and now we use 22.5 million tons every year. All that salt goes somewhere and that is largely our lakes, rivers and ground water. And once it is in the water it is basically impossible to remove. This applies to whatever we used to prevent rust on our vehicles, also.

So I use Wool Wax because I know it will break down fairly quickly in the environment unlike mineral oil based solutions. The various DOT’s are working at using less salt and I know the municipality I call home is doing the same.

I was at Auto Value today. I'm not sure what wool wax is but is this the fluid film you guys are always talking about on T-man?

That’s the stuff.

They also sell it in gallons....get a sprayer ...and an air compressor....and your in business

And DO NOT...get the undercarriage wash.....at the car wash in the wintah time.

Another thing I dont think many people do while washing their vehicle, open your doors and wash out under the rubber seal of the door and the rocker. No automatic car wash will do that.

Do you mean after it has been treated with fluid film or just in general?

I had a 1998 F 150 that I owned for 23 years before I traded it off. I drove it on salty MN roads to work in the winter but not so much after I retired. When I traded it off, it had NO rust and I had never treated the undercarriage, BUT I kept it clean and ran it through the car wash regularly including washing the undercarriage in the winter. It also lived in the unheated garage when not in use. My new vehicle is aluminum so I don't worry about the body but will still wash the undercarriage in the winter. If It will go 20 years, it will certainly outlast me.

Use to thin trap dip, put it in a pump up sprayer and spray the truck.

I fluid film my truck in November......no undah carriage wash until June

You guys’ DOTs must use a different salt than we do. Or maybe just more? We don’t have trouble with vehicles rusting. I use lots of salt/salt sand when I’m plowing on state roads, cause I can’t go home till the road is clean pavement edge to pavement edge lol. Straight salt in town, salt/sand on the highway. I’ve never even heard of spraying the undercarriage until I read it on here

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You don't use any of the spray on brine mix? Lots of that used here.

I know Rusty Jones didn't do much on my only new vehicle back in 86.

WS

Trapdog1 we use granular salt and magnesium chloride sprayed on salt/sand mix

Got ya. Here they use some kind of brine mix sprayed directly on the roads. Not sure what all is in it. They say it doesn't work if its too cold.