New trailer salt corrosion.
I've purchased a 2018 Jayco that was brought down from Indiana while the entire east coast was under heavy snow. It clearly took on heavy salt build up along the way. Although it was been washed sev...
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greydog wrote:
I really wish the man who came up with the idea of dumping salt on our highways had been given a fifty gallon brine enema followed by a salt block suppository. Not only is it corrosive to vehicles but it often leads to snow accumulations on highways where the snow would otherwise have blown off. It turns a layer of snow into a layer of greasy slush. Wildlife is attracted to the road and, as a consequence, wildlife impacts increase. I would much rather drive on snow and ice where my truck MIGHT get wrecked than drive it through a salty brine where damage is guaranteed. GD
I too hate salt with a passion, but we are by far in the minority. People just beg for the stuff if they see a tiny bit of pavement covered with snow. Since most seem to destroy their cars in short order or lease them, longevity is the last thing on their minds.
Bridges are failing all over the salt belt, but never a mention that the failures are self-inflicted.
