I broke my previous "new" motorhome in by taking it on the salt. What a
mistake! After trading in what was left of it a few years later, I swore
that our new new motorhome will never get within 100 miles of salt.
No matter how well you clean off the salt, it always seems to make it to
places you can't find.
And it seems to encourage everything to rust and keep on rusting even after
you wash it off (several times). And that's just the salt under the vehicle.
You also track in tons of the stuff when you get in and out. I tried "Salt
Away" after the last trip to Bonneville, and I think it really helps to
flush salt residue off the outside, but if you plan on keeping your
motorhome for a while, I suggest NOT taking it on the salt. Or maybe rent
one...
-----Original Message-----
From: Gene Brauninger [mailto:genesds@ic.net]
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 12:52 PM
To: LandSpeed
Subject: Getting the salt off
This will be our 1st visit to Bonneville. We have a new motorhome and are
staying at the KOA. I am with the Sportster group that will be racing a
XR1000. The bike will be coming in another trailer & van so I don't need to
bring our motorhome to the course, but would like to. A little AC & a place
to get out of the sun might be nice from what I hear.
My wife is worried about what kind of problems/damage we can have if the
motorhome is on the salt. Any comments or suggestions would be greatly
appreciated.
Gene Brauninger
HD XR1000
Rookie on the salt
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