AAARRGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
New England salt allergy
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Fun,eh? We got a dose this AM with all the ice. I have a beater car so it is'nt too painful...
The "grim reaper"! (Bet you those things usually come out in the dead of night!)
Thanks heavens they don't exist in this part of the world
Thanks heavens they don't exist in this part of the world
splitshot
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Is there a gravel shortage there
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If people would learn to drive in the snow there wouldn't be a need for salt on the roads. 
Here in KY gravel is not used as it clogs the storm sewers. Wood chips and sawdust are sometimes employed at intersections or hills but they really like the spray on kind of de-icer. Spray the road BEFORE the snow/ice hits and the roads don't have to be plowed. (Unless the inch per hour rate exceeds the melting capacity of the solution.)
Here in KY gravel is not used as it clogs the storm sewers. Wood chips and sawdust are sometimes employed at intersections or hills but they really like the spray on kind of de-icer. Spray the road BEFORE the snow/ice hits and the roads don't have to be plowed. (Unless the inch per hour rate exceeds the melting capacity of the solution.)
They started using that liquid de-icer (Magnesium Chloride I believe) here in Colorado and it's supposed to be more corrosive than salt.
The era of rust-free Colorado cruisers has ended.
They started using that liquid de-icer (Magnesium Chloride I believe) here in Colorado and it's supposed to be more corrosive than salt.
The era of rust-free Colorado cruisers has ended.
Wash your car thoroughly every week during winter.
FineWynsFJ40
Too much to do...
Damn, glad I'm here in Michigan where we just get the usual variety of salt, just in large doses. I'm going to have to de-rust and protect my Buick this summer when my Cruisers are out to play!
Brian
Brian
dgangle
total rice
70 and sunny here today in the deep south. I used to drive one of those.
Cruiserdrew
On the way there
My Cruisers started to rust while I was just looking at that first picture. Dang, that looks bad. I think I would be looking real hard for a winter beater and keep the Cruisers off the road.
Spartan Country: Where in Spartan Country are you? I grew up in Okemos. My first memory of an FJ40 was sitting next to one in traffic when I was maybe 11 yrs old on Michigan Ave in E. Lansing. I asked my dad about it (it was obviously NOT a J**p, I remember being impressed by it's tough "boxiness"), and he said it was far better than a J**p. That was in early 70's, poor thing probably rusted down to dust a few years later.
Did everyone notice how little snow was on the ground in the opening photo? Here in CT, I swear the trucks are out if the roads are merely DUSTED. And can we talk about how timid and AWFUL the drivers are when the first flake hits? It's as if they were driving on glare ice and will fall off the edge of the world if they deviate from the tracks made by the car in front. Pisses me off.
Growing up in Michigan, we suffered the trauma of driving rust buckets all our lives (didn't bother us much, but I remember the first time I drove a rust bucket out to CA; man, was I self-conscious!), but we ALSO learned to drive in a foot of snow with rear-wheel drive boats as a regular part of life. The world still turned.
Did everyone notice how little snow was on the ground in the opening photo? Here in CT, I swear the trucks are out if the roads are merely DUSTED. And can we talk about how timid and AWFUL the drivers are when the first flake hits? It's as if they were driving on glare ice and will fall off the edge of the world if they deviate from the tracks made by the car in front. Pisses me off.
Growing up in Michigan, we suffered the trauma of driving rust buckets all our lives (didn't bother us much, but I remember the first time I drove a rust bucket out to CA; man, was I self-conscious!), but we ALSO learned to drive in a foot of snow with rear-wheel drive boats as a regular part of life. The world still turned.
I grew up in Michigan too and my first two 40's were mostly diamond plate and rust. 
They salted the heck out of the roads all winter. Not many old Toyotas survive the "rust belt" states.
I totally agree with the lame drivers... no one seems to be capable of driving in snow anymore.
They salted the heck out of the roads all winter. Not many old Toyotas survive the "rust belt" states.I totally agree with the lame drivers... no one seems to be capable of driving in snow anymore.
I sure am glad we dont have that problem down here in Houston.
Bar and Chain Oil thinned with Diesel or Kerosene
Yep! We spray our road sanders with used oil and diesel. Kept one sander going for 13 years with straight salt. Bar oil would be better. The thicker the better!
I just repainted the frame after sanding and applying rust converter in many places on my 05 tacoma. I wash it at least once every 2 weeks in the winter, but I was shocked how rusty the chassis was from just 2 seasons of road salt in NH. I'm glad my 40 and mustang are safely put away for the winter.
