Gravel Driveway or Asphalt ? Rust Prevention

Interesting.

my 95 Taco spent it’s entire life outside on a gravel driveway (95% of the time). Nor Cal, minimal use in snow/ice/salt (2-3 times a year ski trips for the first 12-15 years. Similar usage on dirt fire roads in the mountains but mostly dry times.

Parked outside, 8 miles from the Pacific Ocean (18 miles south of Golden Gate Bridge), so foggy and damp a lot.

I did notice some light rust on some weld beads for frame/ body mounts, but that’s it.

my brother took great care the first 15 years, but really never cleaned the under carriage.

Checking proximity to ocean on Google Earth, and the aerial view showed his truck on the lawn ( where he usually washed it). Gravel drive short so only drove 5mph, not a lot of dust or gravel kicked up

 

Yes, before rolling on to compact down, level etc. bricks will work, may be easier to use 2x4s staked in to ground. Think of a cement pour but not as rigid. You were going to pick up the bricks afterwards ? Interesting topic ... black asphalt here in Texas easily hits 100 plus on a 100 degree day in June, July, August. Of course rust not an issue here but what about other areas of the U. S. ?? Anyone up North that shovels snow off a black top drive, on a 25 degree sunny day, easily will come across wet snow/water on the bottom. Wonder of this can play in ?? I would think the frozen vehicle underside covered in "salty" yuck then parked on a shoveled asphalt drive on a sunny day would speed up the melt/remelt process. I guess thats why you get those chunks of "slush" trapped on the mud flaps to fall off after parking. ... yeah I may be in the sunny south now but the number of times in frigid Wisconsin when I drove over those re-frozen chunks of mud-flap ice, late at night/early morning leaving the bar parking lot after a few ... surprise speed bumps are never fun. Don't get them much anymore in the Lone Star, rust either. Life is good now.

 

Thanks all for helping.
Decided to do the asphalt ASAP to help stop with the rust.
All your comments are appreciated thanks.