Where is RUSTSVILLE?
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The rust accumulates on things that aren't moved.....they are just laying in the weeds or under trees.
Rainfall....heat...lack of air circulation to dry things out ....makes things rust in BC.
Alberta doesn't use salt
Alberta uses a Crushed Sand/Calcium 'Choride' (?) concoction on their roads.
This melts the ice/snow then dehydrates the moisture to create dry roads.
In the winter, I use the car wash's that have the under-carriage spray wash systems.
Rainfall....heat...lack of air circulation to dry things out ....makes things rust in BC.
Alberta doesn't use salt
Alberta uses a Crushed Sand/Calcium 'Choride' (?) concoction on their roads.
This melts the ice/snow then dehydrates the moisture to create dry roads.
In the winter, I use the car wash's that have the under-carriage spray wash systems.
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From: Delisle/Vanscoy, Sk.
Here in Sask they use sand mixed with pink stuff. I believe it is the tallings from the potash mines. It is cheap. All I know is if you follow the sanding truck in the winter your windsheild and truck are all white when it drys. Head to car wash right away it will start to eat your truck. Sometimes it looks like there is no sand, just pink potash coming out of those trucks. I'm surprised we don't have more vehicles rusting away from the salts here.
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From: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
The pink stuff is potash waste/tailings and is many times more corrosive than salt. The salt will neutralize once it`s wet and dries but potash waste dosen`t seem to. It is also free or almost free so it must be very attractive to the Dept. of Highways. 
