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Originally Posted by DigitalFusion
here is a few of the things I do every fall:
-A Good Coat Of Wax:
before the snow flies, helps with combating rust from salt/sand mix on roads.
-Winter Sytle Floor Mats
(the ones that have deep sides so they hold melted snow. Normal ones will jsut soak up the water, become saturated, and leak into the carpet
- Army style shovel.
The ones that collapse so it is easily stored away. If you ever plow into a snowbank, you will wish you had one to dig urself out with.
- Get a couple cans of Lock DE-ICER
and throw em in back/box. If you have ever washed your vehicle when it is -10 out, u know all too well that the locks can freeze up.
- Rubberized Undercoating:
I usually give the wheel wheels a new coat of rubberized undercoating every fall or two. Helps to keep rust down
- Amsoil MP40 metal protectant:
This stuff is awesome! Spray it on all the undercarridge nuts/bolts, and it leaves a solid wax-like coating on them. Keeps them from rusting up. Easier than removing them all and using anti-sieze
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Damn man this guy knows what hes talking about- i agree with everything on his list. I would add only this-
3 candles,Bic lighter, and 2 warm blankets should be kept in a plastic bag inside the cab. I've personally seen folks, who by no fault of there own have been forced off the road due to ice or bad drivers or white out conditions, become stuck so far off the road that they are out of site of passing traffic. Some have been stuck in the vehicle for days, (picture what your ride looks like when its stuck in a median and a highway plow truck comes down through blasting off over a foot of ice and snow from the road surface down onto your roof (can you say invisible?)
If this was to happen and you could not get out of your car/truck (4+ ' of snow locks up them doors hard-n-fast in a low ditch or highway median) you could use the candles for heat as well as the blankets. Not to mention you may have to assist a fellow traveler who may be in need.
By the way i would bet anyone on this site that i saw more snow last year than anywhere else! Upstate New York !!! We saw 48" of snow fall in less than 3 hrs. in Parish N.Y. last year (1/2 hr. from my house). So needless to say, I know snow.
What puzzles me is these comments about
tire chains/cables.?.?.?
In all my years I've never, Ever, seen snow or ice so bad that a 4x4 truck couldnt drive down the road and getcha home(once you got home getting in the driveway is a whole other matter!
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Why on earth would you go through the BS of mounting chains on a over the road vehicle, what happens the next day when the roads are cleared? I have used chains on our tractors that snow blow or plow our driveways and parking lots but never seen it on street cars/trucks.
Studs YES - Chains Heck NO!