Looking for a implement to remove ice

   / Looking for a implement to remove ice #21  
I would wait for another warm spell than slowly use the rear blade.until than sand grit..dislike the thoughts of stress on blade and 3pt. hitch.
 
   / Looking for a implement to remove ice #22  
Every implement I have tried (box blade, rear blade, bucket,rake,harrow and plow) has been ineffectual. I am with the sand and salt or ashes crowd:eek:. Those little lawn spreaders are a bad idea as are pto spreaders not built for sand and salt:eek: JMHO
 
   / Looking for a implement to remove ice #23  
You need a Jet-Dryer, just like NASCAR uses.
 
   / Looking for a implement to remove ice
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#24  
Well folks as usual some great replies with good real world experiences but it does look like adding ice removal to the list of reasons why to get a BB is a no-go. I do know cinders works pretty well so maybe the best angle here is having the gravel or sand pile near by for when it痴 needed. I have considered the "move to warmer place" route but when I inquired at work about this I quickly found out that option wasn稚 going to work either even though I liked it the best!
 
   / Looking for a implement to remove ice #25  
I'm also in the "pile of gravel to spread when necessary" camp. A little bit of gravel goes a long way - I just take a shovel full and fling it across the ice. Gravel doesn't stick to your shoe and get tracked into the house like sand ...

Mike
 
   / Looking for a implement to remove ice #26  
The problem I find with the pull/push spreaders that I have had is that they rely on traction to drive the spreader. When you get it out on the ice you quickly realize that it was made for summer use on your lawn. :)
Bigger one's may work better though.
Make one with "studded tires". Take a pull/push spreader with plastic tires and screw in sheet metal screws on the top of all the "lugs" you will get MUCH better traction on ice.

Aaron Z
 
   / Looking for a implement to remove ice #27  
Wel that may be the case but how about adding a big honkin set of snow chains to those little wheels.:D


The guy at work that does our walks at work put some hex head zip screws in the hard plastic tires for the grip on the ice and concrete.

tom
 
   / Looking for a implement to remove ice #28  
if you can still get it, Fertalizer works wounders. regular farm type melts ice and leaves great looking grass on sides of drive. prob is homeland security doesnt like us buying it by bag (oklahoma bombing and all that) if you can still get it it works great till it getts really cold. then you back to salt...
 
   / Looking for a implement to remove ice #29  
just remember if you go the sand/gravel route, the pile needs to be kept under a shed else it will be one big frozen chunck of sand or gravel when you want to use it (and that doesnt spread well)

road salt can be bought in bulk durring the right time of year, not in the bag but by the end loader scoup just like gravel or sand. but again you have to store it under shed till the time is right to use it.
 
   / Looking for a implement to remove ice #30  
If needed, I use sand where I park and sand and/or ashes where I drive. I don't like either where it will be tracked into the house. :mad:
My last fertilizer spreader struggled for traction in summer. When we moved out of the city I took great satisfaction in leaving it at the city curb on garbage day. I'll never own one again. :) My lane, although long and sometimes icy is flat. No real worries about safety.
 
 

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