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Andy B

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I'm originally from MA. Plowed snow for years. Ran trucks on the beach and got them a little wet at times. Never saw damage that bad. Mine were washed regularly to include the under carriage though.


That's what kills me. Whenever I ended up driving through salty slush on the roads I would get the car washed (car wash with undercarriage sprayers) as soon as the roads were dry enough.
 

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Do you have a heated garage? I don't, and I live in salt country too, but I have heard that heated garages let the ice melt and the salt does more damage than leaving stuff outside and frozen. Not a proven theory by me, but kind of makes sense. Yours is worse than I've ever seen. Aren't they replaceable parts if surrounding members are still pretty good?
 

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Do you have a heated garage? I don't, and I live in salt country too, but I have heard that heated garages let the ice melt and the salt does more damage than leaving stuff outside and frozen. Not a proven theory by me, but kind of makes sense. Yours is worse than I've ever seen. Aren't they replaceable parts if surrounding members are still pretty good?
I live in a snow/salt state, park in a heated garage, and neither of my Expeditions or any other vehicle has rusted anywhere remotely close to that point. That is unreal.
 

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That's what kills me. Whenever I ended up driving through salty slush on the roads I would get the car washed (car wash with undercarriage sprayers) as soon as the roads were dry enough.
Almost all car washes recycle most if not all of their water. I was told the one near me has a settling tank for sediment and the salinity is reduced by mixing fresh water with the recycled stuff. I suppose there may be some with RO filtration systems but that's got to cost a fortune and creates a ton of waste water.
I can't imagine high pressure spraying of a high salinity water to the undercarriage being a good idea.
 

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This is why I wash my undercarriage as soon as soon as possible after traveling through road salted roads.
 

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Preventive maintenance is the best maintenance. Heck, my pups go to the vet for an annual checkup. And 'cuz I'm in Virginia my cars get a mandatory annual safety inspection which "probably" will spot something like this before it reaches the crush state. Yeah I can change the oil for less than 50% what what the dealer wants but even in Ohio I let the dealer do it every year.

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Preventive maintenance is the best maintenance. Heck, my pups go to the vet for an annual checkup. And 'cuz I'm in Virginia my cars get a mandatory annual safety inspection which "probably" will spot something like this before it reaches the crush state. Yeah I can change the oil for less than 50% what what the dealer wants but even in Ohio I let the dealer do it every year.

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I got new tires and an alignment less than 2 years ago. They were all up under the truck and never said a word.

Never going to a Town Fair Tire again, I can tell you that.
 

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