Tractor lots are full

[5030]

LOL!
Here I thought you were talking about THE Ford Maverick, you know, the car from the '70's.
I was wondering how he could be getting 40 mpg in that?!

No but I had one of those back then too. What a POS. Weak suspension, poor brakes and weak motor but then that was in the 60's and it was all good.

One thing about Fords, they have little creativity in naming new models.

We used to call the Maverick, the 'ick'....

 

[Boss 302]

"Government Motors" as American as apple pie.

 

[5030]

My wife has a GM (Suburban) and it's a dam site easier to work on than any Ford plus it rides better. Fords are lumber wagons, we have one of them as well. Not sure about a Fiat-Chrysler, none in this driveway. One of my renters has a new Ram 3500 diesel. I'm not impressed with the fit and finish at all. There are a number of them out here and they all seem to be suffering from body cancer too.

 

[jyoutz]

My wife has a GM (Suburban) and it's a dam site easier to work on than any Ford plus it rides better. Fords are lumber wagons, we have one of them as well. Not sure about a Fiat-Chrysler, none in this driveway. One of my renters has a new Ram 3500 diesel. I'm not impressed with the fit and finish at all. There are a number of them out here and they all seem to be suffering from body cancer too.

I don’t know why the Midwest still uses rock salt on icy roads. There are several non corrosive alternatives. It amounts to local governments destroying everyone’s vehicles. The magnesium chloride and sand/cinders used by my state highway department are non corrosive. Many other western states also use those materials. And no vehicle corrosion.

 

[5030]

They use CACL here. It's the dirt roads and lack of washing the undersides that cause it. People around here are mostly auto workers so vehicles are disposable for them or at least were. Nothing beats mud packed fender wells that turns to paste after every rain.

 

[newbury]

Read up on the tesla model...

Oklahoma & Mississippi against direct sales model such as Tesla’s

link

Not all states may allow direct sales
Mississippi enacts law effectively banning direct sale of electric vehicles

 

[5030]

Michigan is the same way. If a manufacturer don't have a physical presence in Michigan, they cannot sell their cars (or trucks) here. Interestingly, Musk opened a service center just south of the state line in Ohio where that don't apply. It's about 100 feet south of the state line.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I drove by a kubota place today and it is closed down. The lot is empty, building looks deserted. Pretty sure they were in business a month ago.

 

[airbiscuit]

Unusual for a Kubota Dealer to close.

 

[jyoutz]

They use CACL here. It's the dirt roads and lack of washing the undersides that cause it. People around here are mostly auto workers so vehicles are disposable for them or at least were. Nothing beats mud packed fender wells that turns to paste after every rain.

They are starting to switch to CaCl in my area too. It’s less damaging to vegetation than MgCl. Neither are corrosive to vehicles.

 

[scootr]

I'm a car enthusiast. I frequent online auctions and car forums. I won't buy a car that comes from a road salt state.

 

[lman]

They are starting to switch to CaCl in my area too. It’s less damaging to vegetation than MgCl. Neither are corrosive to vehicles.

Calcium Chloride is a salt and will increase corrosion/rust as will any salt.

Because it is a salt, calcium chloride in water is an electrolytic solution. Exposing materials to an aqueous solution containing calcium chloride increases the likelihood and the rate of corrosion.

 

[ddbackhoe]

Not nearly as capable or handy as the Amarok.

Are you moving?
“will ride out of Ford’s South African Silverton plant but again, it’s not heading into the US.”

https://www.hotcars.com/this-is-why-the-volkswagen-new-amarok-will-not-come-to-the-us/

 

[ddbackhoe]

I don’t know why the Midwest still uses rock salt on icy roads. There are several non corrosive alternatives. It amounts to local governments destroying everyone’s vehicles. The magnesium chloride and sand/cinders used by my state highway department are non corrosive. Many other western states also use those materials. And no vehicle corrosion.

Where are you going to get cinders(boiler slag) now?

 

[ddbackhoe]

Unusual for a Kubota Dealer to close.

not if they got bought up during covid (cares act help?) oh wait, that would be another tinfoil issue

 

[jyoutz]

Where are you going to get cinders(boiler slag) now?

They use volcanic cinders from cinder hills. Where not available, they use sand.

 

[jyoutz]

Calcium Chloride is a salt and will increase corrosion/rust as will any salt.

Because it is a salt, calcium chloride in water is an electrolytic solution. Exposing materials to an aqueous solution containing calcium chloride increases the likelihood and the rate of corrosion.

Maybe I have the chemical formulation incorrect. Whatever chemical they mix with sand or cinders doesn’t corrode vehicles.

 

[jyoutz]

I'm a car enthusiast. I frequent online auctions and car forums. I won't buy a car that comes from a road salt state.

The car dealers in my area won’t take those rusty vehicles in trade.

 

[scootr]

The car dealers in my area won’t take those rusty vehicles in trade.

My first cars were from salt states. Beautiful 1950s and 60s cars with crumbing rocker panels and their fenders flopping in the breeze

 

[TimberFarm]

I would never even consider buying a vehicle from Kalifornia either. Too much Newsome pollution junk.

When you are from rustbelt areas you specifically go to CA, AZ, because they are rust free.
In the 2000's I took multiple trips to CA to pickup 70's Toyotas and body parts. Trailer them back to NJ where I would resell for a nice tidy profit. Hispanic community demand for them is sky high.
On the flip side, due to the hot dry climate the demand for plastic parts in AZ and CA was high because that deteriorates there like metal rusts here.