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[SoloTwo42]

Perhaps I'm missing something obvious but, what kind of salters are these trucks running?

[JimHowDigsDirt]

@SoloTwo42 They have a conveyor chain about two feet wide on the floor which feeds the salt to the front of the box. From there it drops on another smaller conveyor chain across the front of the box that can put the salt out on either side of the truck and drops on the spinner behind the fuel tanks.

[selssius]

Salt is good in foods but not on the roads. It corrodes cars badly.

[jdmstylealex]

I had to look 2 or 3 times before i could actually read the number on that western star, i thought it was ours... i work out of the sydney base, our star is 2686.. is that 6x6?

[JimHowDigsDirt]

@jdmstylealex Yes it is a 6x6. That's 82679 based out of Lyons Brook just outside of Pictou.

[jdmstylealex]

@JimHowDigsDirt Nice, also my own truck is a international single, similar to yours, 136 is the number, i have also ran 142 once or twice i believe, i think that truck is up in northern cape breton. keep the videos coming!

[DIECASTCOLLECT97]

r u plowing in truck this year

[JimHowDigsDirt]

@DIECASTCOLLECT97 I'm afraid so. Oh well...should be able to get some good videos this winter.

[DIECASTCOLLECT97]

@JimHowDigsDirt cool

[JimHowDigsDirt]

@DIECASTCOLLECT97 Yes I am. Mostly just salt runs so far this year. Not much snow at all. We need a big storm so I can get some more videos.

[erifdlog]

Here in Newfoundland. We mix our salt with sand. Mix it 3 to 1.

[25mfd]

@erifdlog Is this combo effective???

It definitley helps to stretch the salt supply.

But i would imagine thy would have to keep the sand in a climate controlled area because sand can freeze hard a concrete.

[erifdlog]

@25mfd Yeah I don't with the highways but I local towns around my area call me to haul there salt and sand to there storage sheds. The guys on the loader puts three dips of sand and 1 dip of salt in my truck. Yes the sand do get a few inches of frost in it and the loader just puts the chunks in a pile and don't use it maybe till the next season. They mostly mix of about 10 loads of salt and sand outside the salt shed at all times.

[ThisMakesMeThink]

@erifdlog around here they dump salt anytime it snows. It makes a slushy slurry that is really sliippery. We rarely have icy roads, unless they salt the roads - then ice forms from the melting snow.

[kdohertyconstruction]

where is this I have been waiting awhile to have snow over here in boston

[25mfd]

@kdohertyconstruction Keep your shirt on pal.....it's coming.LOL...

[JimHowDigsDirt]

@kdohertyconstruction This is Nova Scotia, Canada.

[Bobtrucker123]

Great video.

Kyle

[25mfd]

I live in wisconsin but we haven't had any significant snow yet............BUT.........it is THAT time of the year.

SUCKS!!!!!!!!

[swan734]

@25mfd same in buffalo new york

[25mfd]

@swan734 Yeah,buffalo is BRUTAL as it relates to snowfall.

I recently watched a documentary about a TERRIBLE blizzard during the 70's that crippled the entire city.

They showed the buffalo fire dept responding to a structure fire in the heart of the blizzard.

Dept of public works could not keep up with the massive snowfall amounts...folks were stranded in their cars.......it was a mess.

[ThisMakesMeThink]

@25mfd only bad part of winter in wisconsin is all the salt they pour on the roads.. .makes it even more slippery 90% of the time... not to mention it eats our cars and roads...

[25mfd]

@ThisMakesMeThink A DOT official said that in order for the salt to be effective,it must have interaction with traffic(the wheels).Not sure how this works but he said without it, the salt won't be as effective.

That's nice to know that we have to throw our vehicles under the proverbial "salt bus" in order to have drivable roads.LOL

[ThisMakesMeThink]

@25mfd Here in Eau Claire they're testing only using sand on a certain stretch of new road. So far its been great. Salt usage was created by the companies selling salt. In other parts of the world they don't use nearly as much salt.

[25mfd]

@ThisMakesMeThink Yeah,salt is a cancer to the vehicles so using sand will prolong the life of the cars in the area it's used in.

I'm not sure how effective sand is with regards to MELTING the ice though.

I think it's only good for TRACTION.

A poster said in newfoundland they use a salt/sand mix.

[JimHowDigsDirt]

@25mfd I would think the sand would be hard on paint jobs and windshields. Maybe they should start building plastic cars, lol.

[25mfd]

@JimHowDigsDirt It's definitley possible that sand could do some damage to vehicles as well as salt but i thought sand was the least harmful when compared to salt.

It's certainly less cheaper.

The drawback with sand is that it dosen't melt the snow & ice,just provides traction.

As far as plastic cars go,don't laugh to hard.

Wouldn't surprise me one bit if that were to happen in the next 10 to 15 years.

[JimHowDigsDirt]

@25mfd The salt still works but is much more effective when there is traffic spreading it around. From my experience roads with lots of traffic seem to clear off much quicker then low traffic areas after salting.

[25mfd]

@JimHowDigsDirt Yeah, i heard the same thing from a wisconsin D.O.T. official.

Still not sure exactly why that is though.

One other thing he said is the salt is mixed with a liquid concentration of CALCIUM CHLORIDE.

This stuff REALLY melts the ice.

I use the same in pellet form around my house. Works good but don't touch it with your bare hands.

Turned mine dry and CHALK WHITE.

Draws out moisture fast.