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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 161 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 161 | Beneath that mound is my 1951 3100. When I found out I would be out of commission for a few months I covered the truck with a heavy duty tarp so it would stay dry.Every day I look at that mound and wish. I can't wait til spring so I can dust her off and go for a drive.---Jack snowed in
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| | | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,436 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,436 | WOW!
You guys have been getting hammered this winter.
Wish for and early spring meltdown.
1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck"The Flag Pole"In the Stovebolt Gallery'46 2-Ton grain truck | '50 2-ton flatbed | '54 Pontiac Straight Eight | '54 Plymouth Belvidere | '70 American LaFrance pumper fire truck | '76 Triumph TR-6 Of all the things I've lost in my life, I miss my mind the most! | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,440 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,440 | The title should be 'How not to store your truck'.
Tarps trap in condensation. I hope it is not too badly rusted to save it.
I'll leave this here to discuss winter storage methods. Any more discussions of the weather will get it moved to Greasy Spoon.
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 104 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 104 | The title should be 'How not to store your truck'.
Tarps trap in condensation. I hope it is not too badly rusted to save it.
I'll leave this here to discuss winter storage methods. Any more discussions of the weather will get it moved to Greasy Spoon. Cletis has a good point, I learned this myself up here over a couple winters. I was short of storage space and have a 52 1/2 ton I had gotten as a project, it is really rough but the floor looked mostly ok except for one small hole in the middle of the right floor. I covered it with a tarp since I had nowhere inside to put it. After a couple winters I discovered the floor had rusted way more, now the entire right side needs to be replaced. I ended up pulling the cab this last summer and putting it into the storage garage I built year before last. I also found that tarps won't last even one winter in this country, the wind destroys them in a hurry. My 2 cents. Steve
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| | | | | Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,262 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,262 | A local guy has a decent driver quality classic '70 Camaro he leaves parked in front of his home. It has a sunroof somebody installed aftermarket that apparently leaked.
He threw a blue plastic tarp on top of the car and tied it to the car through the grommets. For about 2 weeks it sat outside with the tarp on it.
He fixed the sunroof... now the Camaro has the clear coat peeling off where the tarp was, and the yellow paint on the car has blue marks where the tarp was tied down.
Tarps are a bad idea, even in a dry climate. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | Then, what are tarps good for???
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 362 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 362 | They're really good for covering your firewood to keep it dry and if you can keep the wind out they'll last all winter.Larry
PS I miss my wood stove.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 161 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 161 | This tarp is actually a piece of a billboard.Thrown loosely over the cab. Heavy reinforced plastic.I hope it don't rust but I still think it's better than letting the truck get packed in snow for three or more months.Thanks for the heads up though.I will build a shelter next time I have to store it.---Jack | | |
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