Do you use road salt or sand to get rid of ice on your roads? (Grand Forks: university)

[Walter Grey]

I am just wondering because one person said that places like Grand Forks get too cold for salt to be effective.

[Parnassia]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...salt-1.2960143

[HodgePodge]

I've never experienced any Winter where it was too cold to use salt.

I know that it's not the most environmentally friendly solution, but it's the most widely available and cheapest. Especially if you stock up at the end of Winter / beginning of Spring when the stores clear them out for cheap.

And I think salt (or sand) is absolutely necessary if you shovel your sidewalk. Otherwise you end up with a slippery walk where people can easy fall.

[roodd279]

Salt is mainly useless below about 10 degrees, certainly below zero.



Since Grand Forks is routinely below zero in the dead of winter - yep, no use for salt.

[Seguinite]

Originally Posted by roodd279

Salt is mainly useless below about 10 degrees, certainly below zero.



Since Grand Forks is routinely below zero in the dead of winter - yep, no use for salt.

Here in Nebraska the Walmart carries a couple of magnesium chloride ice melt products that state good to -10, and online they show colder than that.

[MKTwet]

Unless you have a ton of sand, putting just a bit of sand over ice quite possibly the worst combination.

[jcp123]

I don’t yet really know what you’re supposed to do about ice. It’s not a skill I’ve acquired. I’m not exactly up in snow country voluntarily, and I’m not that motivated to put much time or effort into learning skills I deliberately and specifically do not want to ever use again.

[SkyLark2019]

I prefer salt, but be warned, if you have a nice car or truck....You're gonna be staring at some rusted out panels on your vehicle.

[MickIlhenney]

Originally Posted by SkyLark2019

I prefer salt, but be warned, if you have a nice car or truck....You're gonna be staring at some rusted out panels on your vehicle.

This is why I get the truck sprayed with Krown rust inhibitor every fall We use a lot of salt/salt slurry in Canada. The rust inhibitor not only keeps your vehicle looking new, it prevents electrical gremlins caused by corroding electrical contacts as well.

[sluggermatt15]

Yeah good points about corrosion on your vehicles during winter. Very important to get it washed every week or two weeks!