Salt was most likely a good idea in the picture, looks warm enough.
I don't get the fetish of having "clear roads" when temps are below 10 degrees.
Salt doesn't work at that temp, you get a layer of ice under any snowfall, and the plows clear the slush off the ice during the next pass.
Sand or other grit works when it's that cold, but I guess people freak out when roads are snow-covered. Maybe growing up in the Copper Country of the U.P. jaded me to the retardedness of Citiots.
Kitty litter. Even cheaper than chicken grit. We keep a bucket of it in the back of every rig. I actually used it recently when my "four wheel drive" meant that one wheel spun and the other three just grinned at it.
One of my fondest memories is a winter cross country drive more than three decades ago. There was just something special about driving down the interstate through the worst of the storm in our little two wheel drive, and watching all of the big plows, police SUVs, ambulances, and tow trucks sliding off the road ahead of us. We just kept on going without any trouble at all.
Salt was most likely a good idea in the picture, looks warm enough.
ReplyDeleteI don't get the fetish of having "clear roads" when temps are below 10 degrees.
Salt doesn't work at that temp, you get a layer of ice under any snowfall, and the plows clear the slush off the ice during the next pass.
Sand or other grit works when it's that cold, but I guess people freak out when roads are snow-covered. Maybe growing up in the Copper Country of the U.P. jaded me to the retardedness of Citiots.
I mix deicer and chicken grit (bigger than sand, smaller than gravel) at home.
DeleteWorks much better for traction.
Kitty litter. Even cheaper than chicken grit. We keep a bucket of it in the back of every rig. I actually used it recently when my "four wheel drive" meant that one wheel spun and the other three just grinned at it.
ReplyDeleteOnly works if you can find stuff that isn't "clumping." Clumping kitty litter is clay, and turns to mush when wet. Doesn't work AT ALL for traction.
DeleteJust saying.
One of my fondest memories is a winter cross country drive more than three decades ago. There was just something special about driving down the interstate through the worst of the storm in our little two wheel drive, and watching all of the big plows, police SUVs, ambulances, and tow trucks sliding off the road ahead of us. We just kept on going without any trouble at all.
ReplyDeleteDon't live in any area that gets ice and snow on a regular basis.
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