Anyone put their truck away for the winter?

[Chjbrown22]

Ohhhh, so you're RICH, RICH??? JK, JK. I would park my 21 Laramie if I had the option but right now, it's just not possible. I'd rather put a beater car into the ditch than my Sally.

 

[nlambert182]

I disagree. I asked my wife if I was the boss in my own house and she told me yes.

Same! My wife told me I can do whatever I want as long as she approves it.

 

[nlambert182]

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I am too as long as she's not around

 

[horace33]

Let me help you out, Hemi Challenger summer then, Hemi truck winter It's that easy NO MALIBOO. If you don't do that let me know when your unused perfect cones up for sale!!!

 

[Gemeni06]

My wife and I live in the backwoods in the Northern Adirondacks. If I were to pull into the yard with a Whitetail draped over the car she would scream ****** murder. She would say "What the hell do you have a truck for?" Not being facetious here. If I had a vehicle I wanted to keep in pristine condition I would do the same as you're doing. It's your truck and no one else's business what you do with it and why you do it.

 

[markabby]

Great looking rig, I live in Rochester where they use the Mag chloride and rock salt in massive quantities all ready, I have a 2019 5 gen Laramie that won't be violated by salt and pepper they put on the roads in NYS, I drive a front wheel drive beater for the winter that I try to keep the salt off of, are you driving the gray one for the winter?

hey, where in rochester? we lived in Parma for 40 years, then we decided to move to kentucky 5 years ago. best move we ever did! we're actually free down here..lol. and we do NOT miss the snow storms.

 

[nlambert182]

And here we've been complaining that it gets too cold in Huntsville. If I had to put any of my vehicles away for the winter I'd have to move. Heck, we're waiting on the kids to move out so that we can pack up and head down to the coast. To heck with snow... if it gets below 40F for more than a day it's too far north for us!

 

[Dodge 1500 4X4]

hey, where in rochester? we lived in Parma for 40 years, then we decided to move to kentucky 5 years ago. best move we ever did! we're actually free down here..lol. and we do NOT miss the snow storms.

I live in Gates, NY Yes you were one of the smart ones, I've been looking to get out of here, but we have some young grandchildren from both sides (Divorced) So many things here from A-Z don't make it enjoyable here anymore, I'm going to get into the mode of come visit or we'll see you a couple times a year, I love it where you are do you know a guy by the name of veteran biker, his name is Ben a great youtuber!!!

 

[Jeepwalker]

I'll take the cold!
Keeps (most) of the riff-raff away!

 

[Wild one]

I'll take the cold!
Keeps (most) of the riff-raff away!

I'm not so sure about that.It gets mighty cold here,but the riff-raff still seem to be out and about stealing vehicles etc,lol

 

[js12278]

Undercoat it with lanolin product
Fluid Film, Woolwax or Surface Shield
You’ll keep the undercarriage solid guaranteed if you do it 2x a year.
One full coat in the fall and one touch up in spring

 

[Wild one]

Let me help you out, Hemi Challenger summer then, Hemi truck winter It's that easy NO MALIBOO. If you don't do that let me know when your unused perfect cones up for sale!!!

I parked both in the winter,that's what winter beaters are for.I could crash the winter beater and it didn't bother me,as i could go buy another for less then a $1000.00 Crashing the truck would of p i s s e d me off to no end and would of tied it up in a body shop for who knows how long,plus probably increased my insurance premiums,all i ever carry on a winter beater are PL and PD,and crashing it usually doesn't increase my premiums like it would on a fully covered vehicle

 

[Dodge 1500 4X4]

Crashing the truck would of p i s s e d me off to no end and would of tied it up in a body shop

Hay Rick I know you sold the Drag Truck; did you replace it with anything?

 

[markabby]

I live in Gates, NY Yes you were one of the smart ones, I've been looking to get out of here, but we have some young grandchildren from both sides (Divorced) So many things here from A-Z don't make it enjoyable here anymore, I'm going to get into the mode of come visit or we'll see you a couple times a year, I love it where you are do you know a guy by the name of veteran biker, his name is Ben a great youtuber!!!

we left family behind...lol...both of us retired, so we moved to a more tax friendly state. We do run into people from NY down here once in a while. People are really friendly here, at first we thought some thing was wrong. lol They just don't want you to bring that NY MENTALITY with you. ha ha

our kids come visit once or twice a year and bring all the luggage with them for a week. let me tell ya, we saved a ton of money moving out of NYS. Property taxes went from 7500/year to 1900/year. plus, kentucky is a constitutional carry state, if that's important to ya. Not too much road rage here because of that...LOL Again, you actually feel FREE living out of NY and in the south.

 

[Jeepwalker]

In the winter here, for me, it's like one door closes, another one opens: Get plow truck out! [er, Jeep nowadays]. I pray for snow. The more snow the better! And cold weather. The colder the better. Plowing snow is one of those joys in life you only know if you do it. When the temp is right and the snow is rolling perfectly, the right tunes on the radio ...warm cab on a crisp day, its better than, than, ...well, ok...maybe it's not quite that good. But you get the point. I do some of the neighbors' driveways (driveways around here can be long). We get get to chit-chat/visit. Warm cab, hardly anyone on the road ..it's great! And if we get real lucky it'll blow HARD for a day or two and re-drift in a few times (more plowing). Sometimes my Jeep can't handle big drifts and my neighbor will free me up with his skid and blower. It's a community of snow tools around here.

If you're moving snow the hard way and winter sucks, that's on you. Invest in a decent snow tool. Something with a warm cab and a place for your coffee, be it mini-utility tractor/truck/skid or even a darn-nice (big) snow blower (and drink iced-coffee, lol) ..whatever. Then winter suddenly becomes FUN!! I honestly don't miss the Ram much during winter months.


Sadly, we just don't get enough of it anymore (snow..I mean - ha ha!).

.

 

[aszumilo]

What is this "winter" that you guys keep talking about?

 

[Marshall]

If you're moving snow the hard way and winter sucks, that's on you. Invest in a decent snow tool. Something with a warm cab and a place for your coffee, be it mini-utility tractor/truck/skid or even a darn-nice (big) snow blower (and drink iced-coffee, lol) ..whatever. Then winter suddenly becomes FUN!! I honestly don't miss the Ram much during winter months.


Sadly, we just don't get enough of it anymore (snow..I mean - ha ha!).

We are suppose to get a whole bunch today, I don't mind it, other then I have a Doctor appointment at 4pm.
The wind is the problem, I have been caught a couple times in bad storms, you put one wheel on the edge of the road to tell where the ditch is.

I don't mind doing snow, Have 2 blowers, My good wife use to like shoveling snow, and long walk, But she can't do that now.
Doc is the one that complains.
I kind of miss my 150 MF tractor with the 6 ft blower on the 3 pt hitch, but it will not fit through the gates in the yard in the city .
One thing I notice, We don't have a bug problem these days.

BTW the long range forecast this winter is for mild winter and not much snow, Wrong.
We have had 3 big ones so far.
Maybe they forecast from a condo in Florida?

 

[nlambert182]

We are suppose to get a whole bunch today, I don't mind it, other then I have a Doctor appointment at 4pm.
The wind is the problem, I have been caught a couple times in bad storms, you put one wheel on the edge of the road to tell where the ditch is.

I don't mind doing snow, Have 2 blowers, My good wife use to like shoveling snow, and long walk, But she can't do that now.
Doc is the one that complains.
I kind of miss my 150 MF tractor with the 6 ft blower on the 3 pt hitch, but it will not fit through the gates in the yard in the city .
One thing I notice, We don't have a bug problem these days.

BTW the long range forecast this winter is for mild winter and not much snow, Wrong.
We have had 3 big ones so far.
Maybe they forecast from a condo in Florida?

That's where I'd do it.

 

[Sean J Blackburn]

Where I am the average winter temperature is around 70 degrees, so don't have to worry about road salt and rust here!

 

[ramffml]

Where I am the average winter temperature is around 70 degrees, so don't have to worry about road salt and rust here!

I think you guys just have a different set of problems though, that heat in the summer.