Glare Ice Solution
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Where I live, salt is ineffective below 0 degrees F.
LouNY
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Plus straight salt is expensive and if used on gravel makes mud and the brine is corrosive.
Salt here can be treated and I believe it's effective to -15. They call it Magic salt. May just be a local brand.. not sure. It typically adds 15.00 per ton to the cost
I think we began using calcium chloride and sand at our schools. The calcium chloride melted ice down to -25F. The sand just added some grip and lessened the amount of ice melt needed.
Out here I think they pre treat the roads with Mag chloride. .. may be calcium..but I think it's Mag .. it's a linguistic that the salt trucks spray from saddle tanks beside the sand hoppers. .. stuff is brutally corrosive..but the streets are not frozen.
Same here. Our vehicles are white come Spring due to all the road salts. Only saving grace is our low humidity in the winter.
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I use a walk behind fertilizer spreader, nice one with pneumatic tires.
I 'locked' the differential and load it with crushed slag* sold as traction aid at local box store.**
2 bags seems to do me a winter at that is a mere $2-3/ bag.
I spread it fairly lightly as in reality not much is needed (I call it salt/pepper spreading)
I'll add that I have reasonably steep hills that demand a 4 x 4 vehicle.
*that 'slag' while a tad pricier outperforms any sand and even crushed 1/4 or 1/2 stone.
Most sands simply get washed away and hide under any snow while the crushed slag (and stone) remains proud for traction.
**One walk up and back pushing the modified seed spreader is all it takes after an ice or freezing rain event.
Another thing I do is drive back and forth with my CUT that is chained up with dual cross links that are studded.
That helps a whole lot and generally I can drive my KIA with the all wheel mode locked using manually selected D2.
From my front door I have 0 distance to accelerate to the hilly section so need everything on my side.
I 'locked' the differential and load it with crushed slag* sold as traction aid at local box store.**
2 bags seems to do me a winter at that is a mere $2-3/ bag.
I spread it fairly lightly as in reality not much is needed (I call it salt/pepper spreading)
I'll add that I have reasonably steep hills that demand a 4 x 4 vehicle.
*that 'slag' while a tad pricier outperforms any sand and even crushed 1/4 or 1/2 stone.
Most sands simply get washed away and hide under any snow while the crushed slag (and stone) remains proud for traction.
**One walk up and back pushing the modified seed spreader is all it takes after an ice or freezing rain event.
Another thing I do is drive back and forth with my CUT that is chained up with dual cross links that are studded.
That helps a whole lot and generally I can drive my KIA with the all wheel mode locked using manually selected D2.
From my front door I have 0 distance to accelerate to the hilly section so need everything on my side.
