Why wheels stickum?

[SuffolkD at aol.com]

Al:  I think it has to do with salt and sand in snow belt regions.
Dis-similar metals on hub and alloys?
Just a guess.
-Scott by BOSTON stickum tire VICTIM.

> From: "Al Powell" <apowell at gocougs.wsu.edu>
> Subject: Why wheels stickum?
> Having read this and other comments...
> > Nothing you brought will prepare you for this.................These alloys
> >were washed, clean and had the center caps on..............  All > bolts
> >out, kick with feet, foot, feet, one then the other...........NOTHING.
> 
> I'm wondering if I've just been lucky, because it has never happened to me
> How often do you guys rotate your tires? Do the wheels really freeze on in
> less than 5K miles?  Or is this perhaps the result of being exposed to more
>