I spend a month in Florida every year, about 100 yards from the ocean. Any metal will pit. The first year all my chrome latches bcame pitted, I now apply a thin coat of vaseline to the chrome surfaces when I get there. Yes, some damage was done the first time, but it hasn't progressed since then with the vaseline applied as I go every year.
FWIW. I live at the shore and drive on the beach all winter. When I sold my Suburban it had one inch holes in the frame I beams. So keep a good watch on it.
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Boats are just floating RVs. They fare well with basic maintenance. I wouldn't worry about it.
But boats don't use carbon steel as the keel. Everything is made for a corrosive environment. That is why any load bearing metal parts costs 3x what you would expect.
Boats also succumb to salt water. Many inland boaters will not buy a boat that has been in salt water.
Go to the coast and enjoy. Just pay attention to any little rust spot as soon as you see it. When you leave the salty air do a thorough rinse off.
If you leave salt water on it for long periods whether ocean or road salt you can have issues.
But we camp at Ocean Lakes near Myrtle Beach and leave our camper stored near Myrtle Beach with few issues. Been going there for the past 15 plus years. The sun causes more issues with drying plastics out.
Here in Alaska, we've camped on the Kenai Penninsula (Cook Inlet), for many years. Never had a problem with salt air or water. If there is wind you may encounter a salt film on the rig, but you rinse it off when you get home. Staying 30 miles away from saltwater? Not an option on the Kenai.
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We camp near oceans a couple times a year with no ill-effects. We just don't take the vehicles near the water.
If you get a tidal surge though that overflows onto a highway, which can occur due to wind or high waves, I would strongly recommend not driving through that water. The briny water will definitely speed up your car's rust, expecially in places hard to get to.
I spent a winter season at the On The Beach RV park in Port Aransas, Texas and had only a few problems. Had to wash the windshield every few days so I could see the Gulf. Some interior wood warped, but was back to normal a week after I left the coast. And all my compartment metal closers got pitted from the salt spray. I was told to silicone my jacks monthly, which I did. But it was a great winter being with all those 'winter Texans.'
We live across the street from a bay off of the Long Island Sound. Strong East winds will blow the salt water on everything. We also four wheel on the ocean beaches, and own a boat which is fresh water cooled and kept on a trailer when not in the water.
We just hose everything off after storms, 4x4ing, and boating. Even run fresh water from a hose through the outdrive to clean the saltwater side of our heat exchangers.
They also love to use salt and brine on the roads here too. So we're doing a lot of hosing off in the winter and then blowing the hose out with air to keep it from freezing.
With a little prevention, nothing is rusting away.
I love the smell of salt air in the morning!
Just noticed, my avatar pic was taken down the block on the water.
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I agree with rinsing off but more so if driving in winter weather than if near the Ocean.
Unless one drives on the ocean beach and gets salt laden sand all over the undercarriage the chances of actually getting "salted" is low. One exception might be during winter camping with high winds driving salt spray inland but that's not usually good camping weather anyway.
As for "modern ice/snow repellents", actually the modern ones are less of a problem than the old school methods. Many places still use salt even though it destroys concrete road surfaces and bridges. Where they have "gone modern" liquid compounds are used that both melt and prevent ice from sticking. Most of those compounds now have anti-corrosion chemicals added.
Sadly many highway departments are forced to use salt because "decision makers" think it's cheaper to replace roads and bridges. Probably influenced by the fact that many of them won't be making those decisions down the road when the real expense becomes reality.
FWIW this is both a public and private sector problem. Actually had a boss that said exactly that, "Who cares, none of us will be around when that expense comes due".
Kinda like the national budget, eh?
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Are there corrosion or similar issues if camping near salt water? I’ve heard that brakes can rust and you should camp no closer than 30 miles away from such bodies of salt water. Counting on experienced campers to let me know.
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We've camped at Edisto Beach State Park in South Carolina every winter for the last five years. We spend two weeks there and the campsite is about 100 yds from the ocean. We have had no problems. I would recommend rinsing off the camper, axles, brakes, etc after leaving, but the rain usually does that for us.
Curious about the mosquitoes?
We have camped at Myrtle Beach State Park and at Huntington Beach State Park. I got killed by the Squiters! Especially walking Stella the Rottie at night. The "War Department" made reservations for Hunting Island State Park last week in September. I cancelled them ughh.
In my younger days I would not care, my old fart tolerance is not good :-)
Curious about the mosquitoes?
We have camped at Myrtle Beach State Park and at Huntington Beach State Park. I got killed by the Squiters! Especially walking Stella the Rottie at night. The "War Department" made reservations for Hunting Island State Park last week in September. I cancelled them ughh.
In my younger days I would not care, my old fart tolerance is not good :-)
Here's the trick: Bring an oscillating fan and turn it on. Keeps all of the skeeters away. Horseflies, not so much.
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This close to the ocean the wind is always blowing and very seldom have bug problems. But walk over to the sound side and the bugs will carry you away.
We're from Wis so I wanted to camp near the Gulf at Corpus Christi and Galveston last March. Even the brief over night showers left salt spots on our vehicles. That was probably worse than our salted highways in winter. I doubt I'll do that again.
Colorado uses calcium chloride , Works better then salt at elevation , in fact they don't use salt because it doesn't work at elevation . but the chloride is just about as bad as salt . Coats undercarriage with a glaze and needs be washed off regularly . Before the calcium chloride they just used cinders lots of broken windshields .
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