Where it is cold,,,you must mix salt with sand to keep it from freezing into lumps, that will bridge across a sander opening,,preventing any sand from being spread by the sander !!

Here in the NorthEast (CT),,,they(The State Highway dept), have switched to a liquid mixture,,,,,Calcium Chloride,,,, I think,,,,,,this stuff is even worse then the salt,,as far as Rotting out trucks etc,,,,I heard it even eats Stainless Steel,,,,,,,,plus they try to Pre-Treat roads,,,while it works on small storms,,,(couple inches),,,Big storms does Diddly-Squat,,,,Plus there is No sand at all for any Traction !!

Give me Sand & Salt,,Instead !!

This past summer I had to get under my 06' SuperDuty,,,go at the cab seams with a Needle Scaler,,to clean them off,,,,Re-coated with Primer and Amsoil metal Protectant,,,,Was Just under the Cab 4 days ago to Drain the Water-Seperator(first time in 4 yrs the ,,,"Water in Fuel" light came on),,,cab looks Good from my previous work !!

 

To the original poster....if you'd like, I'll go take a pic of my truck. It looks twice as bad as yours !!!

Here's something for you guys to think about.....I just read an article in our local paper (I live in Western NY near Niagara Falls), and they said they are now using...are you ready...drum roll please....a new mix of MOLASSES and salt !!!!!!!!!!!!! Its some form of molasses, and its supposed to help the salt stick better to the roads. That my friends, means its gonna (the salt mixture) stick to everything alot better.

 

in NJ they pretreat the roads w/ a 'brine' solution...whenever they spray my street, they coat more of the cars parked than the actual street...

 

funny how we both used the "banging head" thing one minute apart...lol

 

Just washed mine down, looks good now. A serious cleaning will be in order once I know this winter weather is over. They are mixing beet juice with the salt here.

 

This winter has been really hard on my truck trying to keep it clean. It snows a little every other day.Plus its been pretty cold.I'm not complaining about the cold and snow, because I like plowing snow,snowmobiling,ice fishing,etc...My truck is starting to get the dreaded rust bubbles on the rear fenders.Its going to be about 40 degrees F today so I'm draging out the hose and give my truck and snowplow a good cleaning.I might even wash the wifes car[maybe I'll get a reward for my hard work].

 

here in MA....there hasnt been a day of driving since the week b4 christmas were there hasnt been signs of salt on the road.....my 350 black beuty is no longer black nor beautiful from thanksgiving through april round here.....i have a garage at work i hose down in everyday but there is only so much u can do.......salt sux , and sand sux , but ya know what sucks more.......banged up fenders , bumbers and truck beds.....if they didnt salt i would get hit by 66 camrys or accords a day.....people dont know how to drive in the winter......so ill take a whie truck on the road over a black beauty in the body shop........i am actually a culprit we have a 250 5.4 with a meyer speader on it at work.....ive been known to drop large quantities of salt and salt/sand mix.......all of u who like sand obviously arent ther ein the spring to clean up the mess.....lol...

 

I've sprayed zinc paint on my truck's frame & had the whole thing rust proofed (seasonal).

But I know that this spring, I'll have to do some touch ups and fix rust again..

 

Finally picked up a winter car this year. I only use the truck if the snow is real bad in the winter here in WNY. I then wash it asap. I'll let the car take the salt abuse and save the truck for the summer. Looks good parked in the driveway all shiny still!! I'm sick of the salt wasting away my trucks.

 

[quote=senix;9961404]that seems like way too much of that stuff./quote]

All depends on which side of the fence you're on

 

 

wish i took a picture of my truck i just washed it and it looked as bad as yours here in northwest montana they use Calcium Chloride or Mag cloride some call it but that is what u see on the orginal posters truck not salt. they spray this in liquid form on the dry roads before it snow and it will melt the snow off. once it dries it looks like that a white powder.

 

I am in Detroit area, and there is salt everywhere. My city started the salt brine but ran out the third time it snowed, seemed to help some. Expecting my truck within 2 weeks, only problem is it won't fit in my garage, to long and tall. So it will be a lot of quarters at the $1.50 car wash next year.

 

I hear some people will spray oil underneath a new truck all over every inch then let it drip for a day or two. Keeps them from rotting.
Ive had salted and sanded roads, I would prefer sand, less damage in the long run. A few windshields and rock chips are much easier to deal with than rust holes.

 

Why are you proud of that? Get a garden hose on that A.S.A.P and get underneath that thing. Absolutely disgusting!