[quote name='ffemtwakeman' date='07 August 2010 - 06:15 AM' timestamp='1281178515' post='396312']
Just my two cents, but could the lack of Road Salt play a big role in how well apparatus holds up in LA and LACo? When I went across the country in '08 and '09 I noticed that older rigs (ones that would have been rusted out POS's in NE) were in like new condition.
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Most definitely. I know that the Duluth, Minnesota FD has an adage for winter maintenance: "If the truck turns a wheel, you wash the truck"
Just my two cents, but could the lack of Road Salt play a big role in how well apparatus holds up in LA and LACo? When I went across the country in '08 and '09 I noticed that older rigs (ones that would have been rusted out POS's in NE) were in like new condition.
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Most definitely. I know that the Duluth, Minnesota FD has an adage for winter maintenance: "If the truck turns a wheel, you wash the truck"