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2004 Ranger I picked up last Saturday

460Trucker

460Trucker

Has the Cat Scratch Fever
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Road Salt Hell
That hurts looking at it!
 
DNFXDLI

DNFXDLI

The Token Canadian
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The Great White North
Is it pretty humid there Randy?
 
smokey

smokey

Hitech hillbilly
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Not real bad. Some days it is but mainly it isn't.
Its all the salt. They even have automated brine sprayers on the bridges that automatically spray when the temp sensors hit 32°.
I'm not kidding when I say you can take a shovel and stop along a road here and fill a 5 gallon bucket with salt in a few minutes they spread it so heavy. They contaminated Wells near the Roads due to heavy salt use.
 
DNFXDLI

DNFXDLI

The Token Canadian
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I know they use a lot of salt here but they don't rust out like that, it's dryer than a popcorn fart here, I was wondering if the humidity played a part.
 
smokey

smokey

Hitech hillbilly
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If you travel to WV or pa less than 20 miles. You don't see this amount of rust.
That's why I seldom ever buy local trucks. I go south to VA or NC to buy salt and rust free rides.
 
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fatherdoug

fatherdoug

Tonto Papadapolous
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smokey said:
Not real bad. Some days it is but mainly it isn't.
Its all the salt. They even have automated brine sprayers on the bridges that automatically spray when the temp sensors hit 32°.
I'm not kidding when I say you can take a shovel and stop along a road here and fill a 5 gallon bucket with salt in a few minutes they spread it so heavy. They contaminated Wells near the Roads due to heavy salt use.
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Randy, is it brine or is it calcium/magnesium chloride?
 
smokey

smokey

Hitech hillbilly
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13,257
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Garrett Co. Maryland
MdSHA uses calcium chloride during extremely cold storms, and is experimenting with sugar beet molasses. Additionally, some areas of the country are using alternatives such as calcium magnesium acetate (CMA), sugar beet molasses, cheese brine and others to reduce the use of salt.
 

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