one night left outside... one night!
 

I am in the process of moving, have 3 days left - soooooo I left the truck out of the shop one night so I could stage the new motor and tranny inside the shop door (and the rest of the parts)... to be loaded on tomorrow night - wake up this morning and sure enough.... SNOW! She's all shiny underneath from the cab back so she won't get on the roads until day after tomorrow (so most any salt/brine will be gone). I like pics so I thought I'd share.

(Bet you all thought it was going to be one of those "thieving" type posts didn't ya!)

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SNOW whats that???

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HA! You must not be too far from me. That's how it looked here before most of it melted.

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It snowed here once. I think it was back in the 70"s.

Sorry, no pics.:bo2:

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My great great great grandmother used to tell me stories about snow, but I ain't never seen any. I think it was one of those stories that old people tell naive children when they're young and impressionable.

LOL

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if your rig is within 1/4 mile of a road that had brine sprayed... then you better hose it off just to be on the safe side. It's real bad stuff.

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I live off of US1 and it was alot more snow here this morning. I went to take pics but the batteries were dead in the camera.

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That's why I'm waiting for it to finish raining today, clear up tomorrow and THEN I'll run it to the new place... and then rinse her down just to be on the safe side!

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The brine is nasty stuff, it can get under the head of a rivit, where water can't, and it continues to do it's damage by absorbing the humidity out of the air clear down to 15% humidity... so as long as the brine is on the metal...esp bare or rusted metal, it is eating your metal.
Real bad stuff.

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Here in NW Montana they spray magnesium chloride on the roads. The state and county says it doesn't corrode, but they haul that crap in stainless steel tanks that they have to replace every few years... hmm, wonder why that is? The MgCL2 [i think] eats all your wiring. I have had to replace taillight wiring in my 02 GMC pickup already due to winter driving, sucks!

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That mag chloride must live on wiring ,i can't keep my trailer lights working .
Lets move , lol.

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That's brine. I have an article laying around here somewhere on it.

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Do they use that stuff around here in Ohio?

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I hope not. But salt is one reason I drive a POS 86 suburban all winter. The 70 Sub, 96 Imp and 98 Tahoe pretty much hibernate all winter.

Winter just sucks.

Aaron

P.S. Hey Longhorn, I would love to see that article if you can find it.

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Yep, waiting to read it got stolen. Glad it only got snowed on...

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This place is great - even get chemistry info!

Thanks cornfed - it's a dark day when one is stolen that's for sure.