Grit dog
Black Diamond, WA
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trail-explorer wrote:ppine wrote:Letting vehicles sit for 6 months is hard on them.
How is is "hard" on them?
There's no wear and tear as it's not being driven so your claim makes no sense whatsoever.
Letting "old" stuff sit for long periods of time can and does lead to seals drying out, old gas in chit that plugs up carburetors, etc.
But you're correct, that stuff is 99.9% inapplicable to the OP's scenario.
It's just old guy wives tales, told totally out of context.
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Fisherman
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Some things like oil seals may start to dry out, brakes get a lot of surface rust and have to be changed out. Calipers may seize up too, those are some of the "hard" things.
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Grit dog
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Fisherman wrote:Some things like oil seals may start to dry out, brakes get a lot of surface rust and have to be changed out. Calipers may seize up too, those are some of the "hard" things.
Not wintering over in a dry garage.
The vehicle storage paranoia is strong on the ole rvnet today!
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PA12DRVR
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Grit dog wrote:Fisherman wrote:Some things like oil seals may start to dry out, brakes get a lot of surface rust and have to be changed out. Calipers may seize up too, those are some of the "hard" things.
Not wintering over in a dry garage.
The vehicle storage paranoia is strong on the ole rvnet today!
Where's the f**borg "like" button?
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deltabravo
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Grit dog wrote:The vehicle storage paranoia is strong on the ole rvnet today!
IT SURE IS! (see reply below)
Fisherman wrote:...brakes get a lot of surface rust and have to be changed out.
Those of us in Washington get rusty brakes every time it rains. Do we go out and change out those rusty brakes? NO
My brakes get rusty in the summer when I wash the truck. I don't hcnage them out after that happens either
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deltabravo
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I have a 2009 truck. (Duramax)
I bought it new.
It sits from October through April most years.
It hit 76k miles last weekend on my last camping trip of the year.
I haven't done anything special to it when putting it to bed for the winter hibernation.
I probably should have filled up the fuel tank every fall. The fuel gauge quit working after each fill up in the spring of 2021. Within 10 miles it would register correctly again.
Spring of 2022 it died completely.
I've read that corrosion on the sending unit is the most likely cause of the issue.
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austinjenna
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I fill it up, throw in a can of seafoam and put it on a batteryminder plus maintainer. At least I feel like I have done what I can while its in storage.
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