20 Road Sprinkler Vblog

Snow on the roads is a problem. Here's how they get rid of it in Tajima!

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[apexdna]

I work as an Irrigation Maintenance Tech for the city I live in and this is the first time I'm hearing about "road sprinklers"...

[perspectivedetective]

@apexdna I'm told these 'road sprinklers' aren't universal, even in Japan. But they were all over the place in Tajima, where I was teaching. Where do you do Irrigation maintenance?

[apexdna]

@perspectivedetective

West Sacramento, CA

I'm responsible for inspection, maintenance, and repair of irrigation systems found on street medians aka right of ways, landscape around city's facilities, and so on. About 120-150 sites in total. Everything, expect for parks (we have another guy doing just that). Awesome job btw.

[perspectivedetective]

@apexdna Cool! I had family in Sacramento for quite a few years. Not any longer, sadly. I have fond memories of the city.

Thanks!

[perspectivedetective]

That's awesome! I'm going to have to check the boxes here in Tajima to see if they have those pictures too!

[krapp1979]

Yes, we do have those boxes. I like them cause they have a picture on the side of the box of a car sliding off a windy road.

[perspectivedetective]

-L- Well, thank you. I do appreciate.

Out of curiosity, do you have those mailbox or grill-looking things on the side of mountain roads for the sand/salt mix?

[perspectivedetective]

I was kind of wondering about the cost-effectiveness too, but I couldn't find any information about it. I don't think they have them on the really big highways, but there aren't any of those near me, so I'm not sure.

That's an excellent point, all they have to do is open the valve, and the roads start to clear themselves.

[krapp1979]

This was not a "blanket" five! Very informative, good graphics, good video, well done! I think this might be your best one yet.

And, for all you other perspective detective viewers, up in Nagano Prefecture, we do NOT have a system like this because we see a ton on snow (normally). We have snow plows with chains on their wheels to navigate the mountains and a salt/sand mixture that we throw on the road. ^-^

[Dutchdrummer99]

Cool. Everyone has his own solutions it seems. Yet it doesn`t seem very cost effective placing this in every street, And what about the high ways. Seems unpractical to build this in Europe. But non the less it looks very easy. No salt trucks and snow plows. And no waiting time for those to arrive on the scene.