
Salt, Sand, or Both? | Snow Plowing Forum - plowsite.com
2006年12月4日 · Anti-icing is putting down salt before it snows to prevent snow and ice from bonding to the surface. Anti-icing is putting salt on top of snow and ice. It will take more salt to …
We need a way to fix hardened bags of salt | Snow ... - Snow …
2012年12月16日 · Ok so last year we had no snow, so I had about 60 bags of salt left over from a year before that. Now I have 60 hard as rock for the most part bags. I had them stacked on a …
at what temp does salt stop melting | Snow Plowing Forum
2010年12月15日 · Once the salt melts the snow, ambient temperature becomes an important factor, because it will freeze that nice melted snow into a nice shiny sheet of ice real quick if …
Organic ice melt...is there such a thing? | Snow Plowing Forum
2005年12月5日 · You might want to try pelletized lime. Make sure it is dark in color. The lime will absorb heat from the sun and melt ice and snow. It's not as effective as salt or even fertil;izer …
Water Softener as Ice Melt. Opinions Needed QUICKLY!!!!
2014年3月1日 · Here in Indianapolis most distributors are out of ice melt and rock salt altogether, some of the big box hardware stores have limited supply of salt/ice melt and solar salt …
Salt/Sand Mix %'s - Snow Plowing Forum
2009年1月21日 · The sand percentage is not going to melt anything. I mix my own. 30-35% salt. None of my lots are black. A sand/salt mix is for traction and safety. The Town used sand/salt …
Pool salt any good as ice melt? | Snow Plowing Forum
2019年11月17日 · When i go to the stores and see salt it's 3 things, softener, ice melt, and pool salt. From there the granules and the packaging are the only differnce. This pool salt is 7 a …
Snow to ice, when to plow without a sander? | Snow Plowing Forum
2018年2月7日 · Snow is an insulator and depending on temperatures once you plow the slush that's under the snow it could instantly freeze creating ice. The only way to deal with it is …
sand/salt ratio - Snow Plowing Forum
2000年11月8日 · 30%salt 70% sand. Used on light powder snow dustings, and late season applications. 40% salt 60% sand. Used most of the winter, and performs very well, when pre …
Using hot water to melt snow rather than plow?
2011年2月19日 · Takes 144 BTUs to melt a pound of ice. There's around 135,000 to 140,000 BTUs per gallon of diesel. Some we're talking in the ballpark of 1 gallon of diesel per 1,000# of …