New 2025 Ram 1500 with hurricane engine.

[WinterDeere]

Think it was Ziebart around here...

Yep! That was the other one, I just couldn't remember.

 

[Hay Dude]

Yep! That was the other one, I just couldn't remember.

Or how about “Rusty Jones” ?

 

[WinterDeere]

Another farmer I know built a drive-over vertical spray wash station for trucks & equipment. Park overtop of it and drive slightly forward/reverse and it washes off bottom of vehicle.
In my next life, I would invest in something like that. I bet northern vehicles would last 20 years.

I've considered doing the same, excepting it will turn one part of your driveway or parking into an ice skating rink, after several uses.

 

[Hay Dude]

I've considered doing the same, excepting it will turn one part of your driveway or parking into an ice skating rink, after several uses.

This one was built over a drain box. All the water stayed in the box, and drained out into the ground

 

[Snobdds]

One thing I have found to actually keept he salt off is mud flaps. They do seem to do a decent job. I use this vehicle mainly in the winter, and I put mud flaps on it. It does a decent job of keeping the salt off. This picture was even after driving around on salted roads.

 

[Snobdds]

Another farmer I know built a drive-over vertical spray wash station for trucks & equipment. Park overtop of it and drive slightly forward/reverse and it washes off bottom of vehicle.
In my next life, I would invest in something like that. I bet northern vehicles would last 20 years.

I have put a water sprinkler under a truck before and let it go for a half hour to water log dried on mud to then be easilly sprayed off.

I don't know why I don't do this every spring on all the vehicles to get the salt off. So simple and I just never thought to do it.

 

[Rockbadchild]

One thing I have found to actually keept he salt off is mud flaps. They do seem to do a decent job. I use this vehicle mainly in the winter, and I put mud flaps on it. It does a decent job of keeping the salt off. This picture was even after driving around on salted roads.

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I should let this one go but I just can't help myself ... there's no doubt having mud flaps has some benefits for different applications but to consider it will keep salt out is funny (to me). Salt melt ice and snow making salty water on the road, when driving the wheels create a mist, that mist is salt water and it gets everywhere mud flap or not... plus most rust happen from inside out not from outside in... Have you ever (I know you have) driven in a dirt road on a rainy day? your vehicle gets dirty from your door handle down with mud flaps or not, same happen with salt water...
I would actually argue mud flaps makes it worse because it create wind disturbation.

see how much my mud flaps made a differences for me there... that was after a 6h trip through a snow storm.

I must add your SUV looks good with these mud flap on!!

 

[Snobdds]

I should let this one go but I just can't help myself ... there's no doubt having mud flaps has some benefits for different applications but to consider it will keep salt out is funny (to me). Salt melt ice and snow making salty water on the road, when driving the wheels create a mist, that mist is salt water and it gets everywhere mud flap or not... plus most rust happen from inside out not from outside in... Have you ever (I know you have) driven in a dirt road on a rainy day? your vehicle gets dirty from your door handle down with mud flaps or not, same happen with salt water...
I would actually argue mud flaps makes it worse because it create wind disturbation.

see how much my mud flaps made a differences for me there... that was after a 6h trip through a snow storm.

I must add your SUV looks good with these mud flap on!!

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I was not making an absolute argument, just saying they do a decent job with a photo showing minimal salt impact over the course of a few days.

I have had many times where the weather was just warm enough to make the snow wet enough to stick to everything...like the result of what your truck looked like. Which is why I put in radiant heat in the garage with a dehumidify system.

 

[dodge man]

I imagine if you spray your truck with something like Fluid Film you would be washing it off by power washing. I think your still ahead washing it though.

I’ve also read keeping a vehicle in a heated garage makes it rust sooner if exposed to salt.

 

[WinterDeere]

I imagine if you spray your truck with something like Fluid Film you would be washing it off by power washing. I think your still ahead washing it though.

I suspect that you're washing it off of the outward-facing areas, but less so with the hidden crevices where salt and water tend to be captured and sit.