How do dirt, dust and debris affect trucks?
How do dirt, dust and debris affect trucks? Trucks are ideal vehicles if you’re living on a ranch or even just working on a ranch. You can use them to haul tools and machinery around a large property and, if you don’t drive them on public roadways, you don’t necessarily have to keep them in shape to pass inspection. Of course, you don’t want them to fall apart either. Ranch life can be tough on a vehicle, mainly because they’re often used on dirt and gravel roads or even where there’s road at all. It doesn’t take long before dirt, dust and debris are covering the vehicle on the outside — and not much longer before they get on the inside, too. It’s easy to hose down the exterior of the truck and a vacuum cleaner plus a little elbow grease can take care of the cab — but what about the engine? If you’re working on a ranch and use a truck, you know that the engine gets dirty fast. This can degrade performance. For instance, a dirty air filter changes the air-fuel mixture, and this can re
