I need wheels for an 08+ to leave my street tires mounted. Especially the rear since each jump on the highway tears up the MT21 rear in short order For my off road stuff I wont bother with anything but the mt21 but they they dont live long enough for the work commute stuff. Anybody know of a junk yard that is likely to have them? The North East would be best ChrisOn Jun 27, 2014, at 9:14 AM, "christopher.eckert@... [DSN_KLR650]" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Am I correct in concluding that the magnesium chloride is used to settle dust in your area? We see it used on icy roads in British Columbia with a dividing line being apparently around the Hope area. West of Hope uses calcium chloride mainly on icy roads (or potentially icy ones), but east uses magnesium chloride, as I understand the strategy. Throwing this out for information and to check my facts. When I was visiting the repair shops in Hope on a weekly basis, it was immediately obvious whether a vehicle up on a hoist was used in Hope or to the west (low elevation) or east of Hope (high elevation). The rust on the undercarriage was striking for those operating to the east. At that time, there were toll booths operating near the top of the pass so employees, mostly living in the Hope area, would commute daily over the Coquihalla Highway (#5) with striking results as to corrosion. The company which did the road maintenance, plowing, salting & sanding, also did their own maintenance on their trucks and other equipment. The technicians doing the work were customers whom I visited so was around the equipment in close proximity on a weekly basis. It was shocking to see the degree of corrosion with floors rusting out of salt trucks, the heavy steel snow plow framing rusting away and so on. A short section of steel in some of the plow mounts would make several KLR650 frames...more than several....so the sight of that stuff disappearing was shocking. There is no question in my mind that the residual mag-chlor which is left over from winter, even into the summer, is a factor in vehicle damage. If the mag-chlor is used to settle dust, wow! I do know that calcium-chloride has been used on some roads to settle dust and was told that it has more enviro problems than has mag-chlor so the mag-chlor might be on gravel roads in the summer. Knowing the diversity of professions here, I'm certain that there are answers if someone has time to provide them. Yes?
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