New pickup

om21braz · Jan 6, 2019

ultrarunner said:
Lots of Aluminum Wheels here and never seen a corroded one and I have family in the business...

Maybe it is snow/salt exposure?

Winter in the Bay Area is when it rains.

All I have seen have been chromed/faux chrome plated aluminum wheels. The trouble spot then is at the edge of the plating. Could be as some have mentioned, a chemical reaction. Problem it creates is a tire you increasingly have to put air in because the plating coming off with damaged aluminum is right where plating ends - same place bead seats.

Sawyer Rob · Jan 6, 2019

oosik said:
This plant is in far NE Mexico. My previous determination of the vehicle location was certainly in error.

I guess we will have to change the name to "Taco Wagon"... lol

SR

Doofy · Jan 6, 2019

Sawyer Rob said:
I guess we will have to change the name to "Taco Wagon"... lol

SR

I wanna Taco!

oosik · Jan 6, 2019

You know - I remember the discharge straps. Particularly on vehicles carrying explosive/flammable cargos. Discharge straps on pickups went the same way as canvas water bags hanging on the front bumper.

Tacos - anther short story. I worked in Adams Co - immediately SW of Spokane Co. Had a woman who made tacos, enchiladas & burritos. I still go to Othello, every summer, and buy a big batch of all three from her. Man - her homemade sauces and Mexican food can not be topped. Othello, in Adams Co, is predominantly Mexican.

Whatever we want to call the PW - it can't get here any too soon. There is already the feeling - false - of spring in the air.

bcp · Jan 6, 2019

Every time I am in the south Sound area, I see news headlines about the Tacoman. Is he some kind of local superhero or something?

Bruce

Doofy · Jan 6, 2019

No Spring here either. -27F this morning. I was beginning to wonder if we would even have Winter this year. I could really get in to some authentic Mexican food. Tex-Mex doesn't count.

oosik · Jan 7, 2019

Working outside in the temps there in Glennallen are NOT some of my most favorite memories. The vehicle I HAD TO DRIVE was left out in the cold. It DID have every type of heating product, known to man, attached. But it was still a ROYAL PITA to get the thing running & then unplug everything. And VERY CAREFULLY bring all the extension cords back inside. Plastic extension cords - next to worthless at those temps. They best be rubber if you expect them to last thru the winter.

NOW MY BOSSES PICKUP. Safely nestled in a heated garage. He would get impatient when I didn't rush the startup procedure. I'd get pissed because his pickup seat was soft, warm and springy. Mine was EXACTLY like sitting on a block of ice.

OH, the inequities of the situation. I can laugh now - wasn't near that humorous then.

Right now its 33F and they predict more rain in the coming 24.

Compared to good home made Mexican food - - Tex-Mex is gutter sweepings. But many thinks it's good - so ignorance can be bliss.

Garandman · Jan 8, 2019

A buddy lived in Alaska and his driveway was down the hill from his house. So he lugged a battery down every morning to jump it. And back when he got home from work.

I started our Kubota diesel tractor at -22 F just to see if it would start. It did.

oosik · Jan 8, 2019

The winter - 1965 - we are living in Glennallen, Ak. I guess this is before they made battery chargers or trickle chargers. Every D**N night, I drag the battery out of my little VW bug into our cabin, reinstall in the AM. Off to work. I eventually got acid burns, on my hands, that I thought would never heal. Of course, they did but I shall NEVER forget that winter.