Receiver Rust
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From: Greene, NY
And still, none of you drive when it's snowing, or while there is still snow on the roads. It's hilarious. Complete waste of money to do any treatment of the roads down there, because nobody is going anywhere till it's back to 50 degrees outside and the snow is gone.
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From: SW VA
Mountain Pass
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From: SW Washington
I started using the rattle can bed liner spray on things like the hitch and receivers I build. It holds up much better than paint and looks nice. Only draw back I have found is the can does not last long after first use so I try to have several things to coat a couple of times.
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Joined: Feb 2004
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From: Northeast PA
I look at those things like wear items.
When I had my old steel open trailer from the day it was new I used to buy cases of Rustoleum matte black and just hit those type of spots when needed.
Same situation, cheap paint, poor application technique, crappy or no-existent primer and pre-paint treatment.
They (Ford) use the crappiest paint on this stuff.
They "should" use regular automotive paints, treatments and procedures on the frame the same as they do on the rest of the truck, but they dont.
Make yourself a nice cardboard bumper masking template and keep it behind the garage door and when its time to touch up tape it on there and touch it up.
When I had my old steel open trailer from the day it was new I used to buy cases of Rustoleum matte black and just hit those type of spots when needed.
Same situation, cheap paint, poor application technique, crappy or no-existent primer and pre-paint treatment.
They (Ford) use the crappiest paint on this stuff.
They "should" use regular automotive paints, treatments and procedures on the frame the same as they do on the rest of the truck, but they dont.
Make yourself a nice cardboard bumper masking template and keep it behind the garage door and when its time to touch up tape it on there and touch it up.
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I spray paint inside the receiver several times a year on my hitch.
March 2019 I needed to tow a trailer out to Indiana. Spent 45 minutes with scrapers, hammer and chisel and whip abrasive brush. Finally hammered the hitch in far enough to put the pin in.
That was in New Jersey where the state uses brine, salt and sometime brine and salt.
Have since moved to lower Delaware and retired - hoping this is no longer an issue, especially with the next truck if it ever gets scheduled.
March 2019 I needed to tow a trailer out to Indiana. Spent 45 minutes with scrapers, hammer and chisel and whip abrasive brush. Finally hammered the hitch in far enough to put the pin in.
That was in New Jersey where the state uses brine, salt and sometime brine and salt.
Have since moved to lower Delaware and retired - hoping this is no longer an issue, especially with the next truck if it ever gets scheduled.
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