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Old 06-19-2012, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by igneous
Lol Rhode Island. I'm a few miles from the Ocean though so I dont think that affects it much. Just a crappy truck to have rusted this much IMO, never been super happy with it. I dont drive a lot though since I work at home, so it hasn't really mattered. Now that things are starting to go wrong with it I think I'm going to have a lot of frustration with it in the future.
Yeah there are a few of them around here with bad rusting issues like that, you got body rust too? The only thing thats bad on mine is the driveshaft, but I was told that is normal. If I had that much rust, I'd be up under there with a wire wheel and a couple cans of undercoating.
 
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Old 06-19-2012, 06:25 PM
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Yeah, my driveshaft looks like *** ^
 
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You got it pretty much figured out.

And I agree, WOWSER with the amount of rust!

Kent its called weathering steel
 
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Mine isn't even rusty LOL! Mine has sat outside for 6 years.
 
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I live on a Peninsula. Ocean on all 4 sides to boot, lol.
Doesn't that make it an island?
 
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No fair, you guys have rusty drive shafts? Mine's all aluminum... I'd rather have a steel shaft..
 
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That's the only thing that's really rusty on my truck.
 
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Old 07-03-2012, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by FrenicX
No fair, you guys have rusty drive shafts? Mine's all aluminum... I'd rather have a steel shaft..
How'd you get an aluminum one?
 
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Old 07-03-2012, 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by novovictus1
Doesn't that make it an island?
Nope
Also have the worlds highest recorded tides. I did some work at the Pulp Mill where it was apparently measured at to.
16 Meters or 53'

https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Nova+Scotia,+Canada&hl=en&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=37.462587,107.138672&t=h&hnear=Nova+ Scotia&z=7
 
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