Does anyone store their trucks for the winter? If so what winter beater do you drive?
12-15-2018, 09:13 AM
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I semi store my XJ and XLT in the Winter.
To keep rigormortis from setting in them, i exercise both a few times a month only when the roads are bone dry with decent highway drives.
To keep rigormortis from setting in them, i exercise both a few times a month only when the roads are bone dry with decent highway drives.
12-15-2018, 10:14 AM
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I have 2013 with 75,000 on it. It gets waxed really good 4 times a year and is spotless on the inside and out. It was the first new vehicle I've ever bought. Drove second hand cars my entire life to bank and tuck away a little extra $$. In the winter I drive a 2005 escape. I just get sick about the thought of somebody sliding into me.
I know I know, I hear the same thing from my wife... it's just a car!
I know I know, I hear the same thing from my wife... it's just a car!
12-15-2018, 10:25 AM
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I think most are like that. Anymore, I just do what I want, and listen to the bitching afterward. Never seems to mind that I keep her in new vehicles every 3 years, and nice ones. Crap, she'd have me in a used Prius if I left it up to her.
12-15-2018, 12:03 PM
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12-15-2018, 01:15 PM
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I have a 2018 f150 Ruby Red screw lariat 502a 6.5 bed 4x4. I know the body will not rust, but the frame is steel and will still rust. I will be storing it in the winter months. I drive an 07 Prius and an 02 F250 4x4(work truck)as winter beaters.
Do you guys store your trucks for the winter? If so what do you drive as winter beaters??
Do you guys store your trucks for the winter? If so what do you drive as winter beaters??
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11-18-2019, 04:56 PM
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It is not the snow and ice that is the issue. As a matter of fact that would be perfect for automotive corrosion resistance.
It is the calcium chloride poured onto the salt, and then applied to roads.
As a matter of fact, last week the county poured calcium chloride on our dirt roads to reduce dust. It is easily detected when applied as being "wet" when all else is dry. I now avoid all CC treated roads with my truck and cars if possible.
No with full disclosure, yes, I am one that have parked my previous truck during the winter and as a 99 in Michigan, the salt capital with mines under Detroit, that truck is in excellent shape. I have a better solution than a tall two wheel drive truck that I can lock into 4 wheel drive for winter driving. It is an AWD car with lower CG, dedicated winter performance-driving tires with better handling and lighter weight to drive and avoid chaos while having fun. But to each his/her own, for sure, as some day I will be towing my trailer with the truck, which will be the new one, and getting all ***-salted...
It is the calcium chloride poured onto the salt, and then applied to roads.
As a matter of fact, last week the county poured calcium chloride on our dirt roads to reduce dust. It is easily detected when applied as being "wet" when all else is dry. I now avoid all CC treated roads with my truck and cars if possible.
No with full disclosure, yes, I am one that have parked my previous truck during the winter and as a 99 in Michigan, the salt capital with mines under Detroit, that truck is in excellent shape. I have a better solution than a tall two wheel drive truck that I can lock into 4 wheel drive for winter driving. It is an AWD car with lower CG, dedicated winter performance-driving tires with better handling and lighter weight to drive and avoid chaos while having fun. But to each his/her own, for sure, as some day I will be towing my trailer with the truck, which will be the new one, and getting all ***-salted...
Its The Magnesium Chloride they spray on the roads along with the rock salt, OK how do you stop this when there are still and always will be elderly that cant react with the Black ice conditions, The Mag Chloride they use below 20 degrees, Sometimes they use both.
