You've gotta love salt!

Good plan. Always try to get all the salt off. When it's super cold and dry, I don't worry about it as much, because as long as the salt is dry it won't cause problems. But if it's damp out, it's time to wash the vehicle really well.

The salt does its worst damage when it's damp. The corrosion process is a result of the salt ionizing in water. Salt's made of sodium and chloride. In water, those two elements break apart into separate atoms. The chlorine is a very powerful reagent which then bonds to metals nearby. Chlorine will even corrode stainless steel. And just getting salt damp will be enough to start the ionization.

This is why you can use a metal salt shaker for years as long as it doesn't get moisture into it. You just put some rice grains into the shaker along with the salt. The rice sucks up any moisture. Uncooked instant or minute rice works the best for this. It makes a good, cheap, and safe dessicant around food.

I have a friend with a pool and he keeps his pool chemicals in his garage on an open shelf near his vehicles. The chlorine tablets for his pool constantly give off small amounts of chlorine gas. Metal items sitting nearby have corroded really badly from it. Tools, brackets holding up the shelves, etc. He thought he had a water problem in his garage until he talked to me and I pointed out the chlorine. Now he keeps it in a plastic patio/deck box near his pool.

Jrod250 said:

I've already looked into getting rid of my rebel. It has 2800 miles on it.
I really want a cummins

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I bought a new Cummins in 2005. Really liked that truck but now that I have a Rebel I would not go back to a coal burner unless I pulled a heavy trailer

NY Is great.