johnckhall
GO DAWGS!!!
That's what I understand about PNW trucks is the lack of rust. Great area to pick up a clean 400. I'm in Coastal Georgia and we certainly don't deal with much rain or ANY snow to speak of. For example, it's already in the mid 80s here. However, my one-owner truck came from the Iowa/N Missouri area. Even though the original owner had the underside coated (thankfully), I'm still dealing with the removal of some surface rust where the coating dried out and was coming off and also in places the coating missed. Nothing too major yet.I'm 10 minutes across the border from Washington state.
We don't get very much snow here.
Rain? Oh yea. But that's only during the monsoon season, mid-October to mid-April.
Whatever snow we get doesn't last more than a couple of weeks or so.
...and that snow is a heavy, wet, greasy goo. Melts quick, which equals mud. ...slides. (Our road was taken out 3x in a month!)
No salt. Minimal brine. That stuff gets washed off quick with the melting snow & the subsequent rain storms.
Prime rust-free 400's are not all that uncommon around here.
Just don't tell anybody. It's supposed to be a locals-only secret.