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I've heard great things about fluid film. All the eco-friendly people should stop reading here: I spray mine down with used motor oil that I keep throughout the year. Still no rust under my 80.
My buddy sets a sprinkler up under his and sprays his frame with water in the freezing temps until it coats his frame with ice...and he leaves it parked outside all winter. It's his theory, and I'm amazed, but he has no rust under his truck either. He says the ice keeps the salt away.
My buddy sets a sprinkler up under his and sprays his frame with water in the freezing temps until it coats his frame with ice...and he leaves it parked outside all winter. It's his theory, and I'm amazed, but he has no rust under his truck either. He says the ice keeps the salt away.
All we do is turn off the A/C and GO!
When we lived on the farm in NW Iowa, we would take the pickups out into the filed and find a mudhole and play a little while to coat the bottom of the truck with mud. Then no washing all winter. First thaw in the spring and then you wash it VERY well.
Made a square body Chevy last almost 20 years before the body fell off......
Mine (maybe people said this already):
I live in the mountains and everytime I get in my truck mid winter it could turn into an odyssey adventure. My truck last year, before lift kit and sliders.
- Get a shovel you can actually use for an hour comfortably, put it in your truck.
- Traction pads/plates. Not white, something that when smashed in the snow are visible.
- A winch helps.
- Snow tires (I use KO2's).
- Ice scraper for the windows.
- A propane pen torch or a hairdryer in case things freeze up. Hairdryer is obviously better but running the cord sucks.
- All your basic maintenance stuff done because it sucks to work in the cold.
- Gas up before big storms.
I live in the mountains and everytime I get in my truck mid winter it could turn into an odyssey adventure. My truck last year, before lift kit and sliders.