Rust: whats the best way to deal with it?

[stillprepping]

(i'm afraid to ask the question, cuz i dont think i want to hear the answer)

my diesel F250 has a bad rust problem in both the body and the underbody (suspension, bodyframe, fuel tank, etc). the body part i can deal with, its all the rust on the bottom of the vehicle that i'm concerned about.

is there any way to deal with all the rust? i know just applying a rust preventative on top of it wont do any good, but maybe i'm wrong. (hoping ...)

i just had to have my oil pan replaced ($650!) due to rust-thru. i love my vehicle and dont want to see it just rust away!

 

[vlad]

I know of no cheap way to deal with your problem.

Cheaper than buying a new truck would be to locate an unrusted cab and bed in Arizona orNewMExico, drive there and have them installed on your chassis.

On the way home stop at a Ziebart shop and get your truck undercoated.http://www.ziebart.com/

East Texashas high humidity. Terminal rust is a common ailment of trucks here. My dad bought a new 1968 GMC pickup, and had it ziebarted. Dad died in 1988. I gave the truck to my son. The truck still has no rust.

Iwould say that Zierbart is a good investment.

 

[Bigbng]

stillprepping;

If you think that your truck is still safe to drive with all the underbody rust and chassis and suspension rust, I'll saya prayer for you. My Dad's F250 was a rust bucket too, there was more bondo, fibreglass and tin riveted into it than original metal!
(Didn't help that my sister used to back the truck into the water to get the jetski out - the water would be up to your heels in the cab) On the outside, it didn't look TOO bad, it was after a good old working truck, but when the motor finally went on it, I stripped it doen to salvage what I could, and left in on the axles for the scrapper to take away. Once he hooked it up to pull it up on to the flatbed, it virtually disintegrated. We were so, so very luck that we weren't involved in any collision with it, because it much have been luck and prayer that held the thing together as long as it did.
I Manitoba, up here in the Great White North, they are very strict about road worthiness of cars, and will not certify anything with major rust problems.
The mechanic I have been going to for over 20 years still says the same thing, if cars were horses, what would we do wuith all the dead carcasses that would be laying all over the road.

Whay not try and find an identical one with a blown motor, a try and salvage what you can?

 

[north runner]

What to do? SP. LOL. We have the same problem. Rust on the ol' F250-350. I replaced my center fuel tank, at a reasonable cost. When the rear fuel tank started to go though I was hit by the shielding problem, not an easy replacement. Rusty bolts blah blah at finger in your face rates per hour. What is wrong in NY is the amount of salt being used on the roads. If you still have a half way decent truck the only solution is winter retirement. Sorry.