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almcc
Jul 07, 2017Explorer
Just another opinion and comments about rust and salt air from a northerner!
Having spent years following salt trucks (and now occasionally following brine trucks that wet the road with a salt-water mix!) I don't worry too much about rust on the RV. I spent 4 winters on the pacific coast in Mexico 50 ft. from the ocean and got a bit of rust on the RV frame, cosmetic but no structural damage. Our 4 year old RV has a slight bit of rust on the frame, not caused by salt exposure but poor quality painting, not a big concern.
Years back when up on the Alaska Highway I got a real laugh when some southerners were going ape S**t over the calcium chloride that they got on their RV's from going over gravel roads treated with the CC to keep the dust down!
Having spent years following salt trucks (and now occasionally following brine trucks that wet the road with a salt-water mix!) I don't worry too much about rust on the RV. I spent 4 winters on the pacific coast in Mexico 50 ft. from the ocean and got a bit of rust on the RV frame, cosmetic but no structural damage. Our 4 year old RV has a slight bit of rust on the frame, not caused by salt exposure but poor quality painting, not a big concern.
Years back when up on the Alaska Highway I got a real laugh when some southerners were going ape S**t over the calcium chloride that they got on their RV's from going over gravel roads treated with the CC to keep the dust down!
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