Buying a truck from up north??

[wowens79]

Got a question for you folks from up north. I'm starting to look for a slightly used truck. I can't seem to find one in the southeast. I've always heard about the road salt up north rusting cars out. I can also see it making getting rusty bolts loose a real pain.

Would a truck that is a less than 2 years old with 20-30k miles affected to bad??

Not I've decided I want a Ram 2500 Big Horn with the 6.4 gaser, it is the lowest trim level that has the 60/40 split seat. I need that so I can put my 2 kids and a Golden Retriever in the back seat 🙂 I'd be fine with a Tradesman if it wasn't for the back seat. I'm not sure why, but I see very few of this configuration.

[George3037]

I guess it depends on how far north you mean. I live in a State that uses lots of salt and it does a number on all vehicles in just a few years. On the other hand I wouldn't buy a southern truck that has been in a flood so it works both ways. As mentioned, there are lots of northern States that don't use a lot of salt so they may a good place to buy a used truck.

Our schools may delay opening by 2 hours during a blizzard or more than 6" of snow to allow road crews to get the roads cleared for the buses. We got 6" last night and I didn't even see any school delays. We do see lots of accidents but I think that's either because people forget how to drive in snow or are in too much of a darn hurry to slow down.

[wowens79]

Redwoodcamper wrote:
"up north" doesn't help us. There are plenty of places in "the north" that don't get much ice or salt. There are many that do.

Thanks for the reply, having always lived in AL and GA, we don't really know how all that works. We get a 1/2" of snow, and close the schools for 2-3 days 🙂

I noticed several in Illinois, and Ohio. I'm not sure if I want to travel that far for one, but I'm trying to decide if I should even consider these areas.

[1stgenfarmboy]

bought a truck up north once " in the salt belt ", never again.

[Redwoodcamper]

"up north" doesn't help us. There are plenty of places in "the north" that don't get much ice or salt. There are many that do.