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Old 06-16-2020, 02:50 PM   #6
Nick M3
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Oof. That's a lot of brown. Hard to tell from afar how much is just surface rust versus corrosion that goes deep, but that's not good.
This is almost all surface at this point. Also, part of the rust protection scheme for these trucks was to make the frame out of really thick steel. This truck is over 2,000lbs. heavier than a similar GMT800 half ton truck. Yeah, a lot of that is in the drivetrain, but the rest is in the frame.
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