What state has the worst rust???

[kxnomore]

Hey guys,
I've been thinking of shipping out our trucks from sunny California. I stopped by the local pick and pull today and saw 3 completely rust free trucks heading to the crusher. A 67 long bed, 70 4 wheel drive and a C-20. Broke my heart seeing our trucks turned into Hyundai's.

Which of our great states has the worst rust and would appreciate a shipment of some solid metal???

[samwise68]

any midwest state, i would say. the salt on the winter roads do a number on sheetmetal.

like Wisconsin. i'd like some nice, fresh, clean, straight, rustfree sheetmetal! yup! haha

-Sam.

[Cookie]

yeah north dakota is wonderful for it to hell i hate driving any of my vehicles in the winter here

[67 cst swb]

My guess would be from Minnesota and East...
Although here in the Dakota's we do have rust, it's nothing like what Minnesota or Wisconsin gets... and I've heard the farther East you go around the Great Lakes and into Pennsylvania and New York it gets worse...
I've never been on the East side of the Mississippi River, so I could be all wrong. I have just heard this from a guy locally that sells antique project cars/trucks (pre-60's stuff) and he says most of his stuff goes to these area's.

[DURRTY]

UTAH utah salts the roads with no remorse

[webfoot]

We use gravel - better for metal but worse for windshields!

[fine69]

Ohio is horrible. New York and Pennsylvania also.
Ohio is so bad, Rust is NOT an option. It is STANDARD equipment on each vehicle.

[1bad chevy]

vermont all they use is salt

[jb4short]

Maine.....no comparison.

[va_tlc]

RUST? thats the stuff that holds most virginias trucks toghther aint it. iv seen em so bad you gotta get a tetinous shot before you get in them

[Tink]

You think VA trucks are bad?? I moved to VA from NY and these were two of my beaters that I drove in NY:

[mrein3]

The worst rust is where the most people are. The reason roads get salted is that if you have 1,000,000 people commuting to a metro area and it is slippery, you have tons of accidents. Most people are east of the Mississippi, not including the left coast.

In less populated areas salt is used to keep the sand in the sanding truck from freezing. Have you ever seen the beach or a sand box below the freezing point? All the moisture in the sand binds it up. This then couldn't be spread where you want it.

You'll probably need a GOOD friend on the other side. Talk with a pal you have out east of the Mississippi somewhere then try to solve how to ship the stuff.

You should be able to make a few bucks.

[c10addict]

Pennsylvania is HORRIBLE!!! See here in Pittsburgh our winters use to be ALOT worse than they are now... BUT now the guys in the salt trucks spread the same amount of product no matter what!! You know its bad when after the first two or three small snows its all over the news that the state road department is running out of salt! 1 inch of snow... two inches of salt!

[corn]

Originally Posted by mrein3

In less populated areas salt is used to keep the sand in the sanding truck from freezing. Have you ever seen the beach or a sand box below the freezing point? All the moisture in the sand binds it up. This then couldn't be spread where you want it.

Partly right, The salt does keep the sand from freezing but salt will melt snow & ice, thats why its used. The sand is used so you have traction right away & gives the salt time to work...


...forgot to mention that I HATE SALT!

[kxnomore]

there must be some way to bring our trucks out to you all. Longhorn Man has is right. A business would fail in a year. But if the purpose was not for profit, but for what's right, it might work.

Everything has a purpose. Maybe if I could combine my old ladies' love for travel and CA's weather, I could help deliver what is the norm, i.e. completely and utterly Rust free trucks, out to whoever wants them?

The good news is I see these all day long just waiting for the right person to make the commitment to salvage. there is truly no limit to the amount of $1500 trucks and older vehicles that are original, clean, minor blemished but very nice vehicles just waiting for someone to want them...

If you see something on ebay, craigslist, whatever.. I would be happy to make a road trip out to deliver it. No profit, just gas. And I would have fun doing it.

What do you think??

[stllookn]

Worst state? State of DENIAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They all have rust...just a matter of how much...LOL!

[Mordachai]

Originally Posted by kxnomore

there must be some way to bring our trucks out to you all. Longhorn Man has is right. A business would fail in a year. But if the purpose was not for profit, but for what's right, it might work.

Everything has a purpose. Maybe if I could combine my old ladies' love for travel and CA's weather, I could help deliver what is the norm, i.e. completely and utterly Rust free trucks, out to whoever wants them?

The good news is I see these all day long just waiting for the right person to make the commitment to salvage. there is truly no limit to the amount of $1500 trucks and older vehicles that are original, clean, minor blemished but very nice vehicles just waiting for someone to want them...

If you see something on ebay, craigslist, whatever.. I would be happy to make a road trip out to deliver it. No profit, just gas. And I would have fun doing it.

What do you think??

Dang. I'd love to get my hands on some good clean metal. But Florida is along long ways away.
If you're up for a serious road trip I could take care of gas and have a nice bbq at this end of the trip at the very least! Now to find that mostly rust free cab!

[Luvlegs]

Spent 35+ years on the canadian border in NY - I'm suprised the dealers didn't just cut the floor boards out and trim the edge off all the wheel wells before they sold the cars... that way, you could see what they would look like by the next spring. If you removed the sheet tin or plywood, most vehicles up there were flintstone mobiles!

[49m]

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[67ChevyRedneck]

NY and PA!!!!

[68gmsee]

Cities in Gulf coast states also have a lot of rust. I've seen cars in Corpus Chrisiti rust as you watch them (almost). The salt spray from the coast and from what I hear, night dew and fog from the ocean, contribute to it. And this is year round not just in winter.

My brother in law had a nice 2 door Chevy II SS on his driveway that he "was going to fix up" and wouldn't sell it. Everytime I went to visit, it was eaten up more than the last time. I saw it rust up until he had to sell it for scrap...

[chipflyer]

They rust bad here in Kansas.

[Ole Blue 68]

I'm from PA so I know it's pretty bad there but I would say Jersey is the worst, especially along the shore. They get a double whammy. Salt air from the water and salt on the roads in the winter time.

You could always spot a Jersey car when I was a kid. It was the one with half fenders and rust rings on the roof and hood.

Houston's pretty bad too though. I've gotta be careful with my tools out in the garage. Must be the humidity.

[lukecp]

Missouri was pretty bad when I lived there due to salt. Texas is MUCH better, although stuff still does rust out, but nowhere near as much as it did in MO. One of my friends just bought a '79 F*rd F-100, and the whole truck only has 2 rusts spots on it, above the driprails...everywhere else is sold. If it was a MO truck the floors would be gone, along with the wheelwells, and who knows what else..

[Fletcher6371]

My vote is for Missouri. Seems when it snows here the state shuts the highways down until there is only salt, no roads. My 71 has all new sheet-metal now, so she doesn't ever see snow, let alone salt. Seems to be a summer truck. yeah yeah I know i baby my truck, but after 6 years of restoration, I think I'm going to not put her in harms way, if possible. LOL, my '88 chevy and my '92 Pontiac Grand Prix are total rust buckets. Yeah i think rusting to old Prix is a lot better than my '71 C-10!!!!!!!!!!