atsah
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I use FF every other year, seems to work for me..
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Al 2
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"An outside the box suggestion is building a simple undercarriage wash system...some type of (maybe pex) grid with a pattern of directional sprinkler heads...don't know how practical it would be but flushing with fresh water is still the standard for a lot of marine (salt water) equipment... "
That's an idea if you have it in a heated garage every day with a large enough drain to take away the water and ice and the time to do it. You could just go to the car wash every day for $12.00 a day and then have just as much ice and salt on it when you got home. Doesn't work when it's below freezing for 4 or 5 months of the year.
Al
That's an idea if you have it in a heated garage every day with a large enough drain to take away the water and ice and the time to do it. You could just go to the car wash every day for $12.00 a day and then have just as much ice and salt on it when you got home. Doesn't work when it's below freezing for 4 or 5 months of the year.
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LD1
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Thats what I gathered in my research.
Just like the magnet things on fuel lines that claim 10-20% increase in MPG, or the fancy electric contraptions that claim to take just water, separate it into hydrogen and oxygen....then supply the engine for another 10-20% gain.
Just a load of crap.
On a side note....I ordered a 5-gal pail of FF from NAPA
Rustyiron
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Did you order their (FF makes one) sprayer?
I'd spray it asap (in the heat). I think it will help it flow during and even after it's applied. You'll also be able to watch/access it before your counting on it this winter.
You'll be surprised how far a gallon will "go" under a truck, but it's cheaper by the 5.:thumbsup:
I'd spray it asap (in the heat). I think it will help it flow during and even after it's applied. You'll also be able to watch/access it before your counting on it this winter.
You'll be surprised how far a gallon will "go" under a truck, but it's cheaper by the 5.:thumbsup:
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If I was going to bother with making such a thing...I would spring for the $50 or so worth of hardware and have it run by a an old PC...as long as running water and compressed air were available it could be incorporated into some sort of paved or gravel apron...
compressed air could be used to purge remaining water from the grid after a wash...no freeze ups etc...
Park the truck etc on the apron and the PC could run the program and wash the undercarriage at whatever time intervals required automatically...
The piping and sprinkler heads would cost more than the computer and application hardware would cost...
just sayin...!
Rustyiron
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/pine, a friend of mine told me that a "washdown" system was an available option on a firetruck he was specking out. You are not that far outside the box:thumbsup:
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How would you get any kind of decent coverage without sticking down any lower than the rest of the truck?
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But you think the krown is better?
I dont mind doing something more often....or as often as needed. Just want something that will work.
BLSXJ
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the person doing the application, is more important then the product being applied.
Where I live they use, calcium, urea, salt and sand on the roads. the only thing I hvae going for me is "normally" once we get below freezing we stay there.
I bought new in 2011, and for the 1st 4 years I took it to the local Krown place. and every year I took it to Krown, I bought an extra spray can of the stuff, to cover up the spots they missed.
eventually I realized it was a pain take the spare out ,to take it to Krown, pay them $200, then come home, spray some more, then re-install the spare.
Now I have the proper spray gun, I buy a 5 gallon pail of stuff at napa (a dominion sure seal product) and a bunch of cheap rattle cans of stuff and I do it all my self, every year.
the truck is still rust free, and is in better shape then most of its siblings.
if you have the means and will... do it your self..you wont be happy any other way
Where I live they use, calcium, urea, salt and sand on the roads. the only thing I hvae going for me is "normally" once we get below freezing we stay there.
I bought new in 2011, and for the 1st 4 years I took it to the local Krown place. and every year I took it to Krown, I bought an extra spray can of the stuff, to cover up the spots they missed.
eventually I realized it was a pain take the spare out ,to take it to Krown, pay them $200, then come home, spray some more, then re-install the spare.
Now I have the proper spray gun, I buy a 5 gallon pail of stuff at napa (a dominion sure seal product) and a bunch of cheap rattle cans of stuff and I do it all my self, every year.
the truck is still rust free, and is in better shape then most of its siblings.
if you have the means and will... do it your self..you wont be happy any other way
