Super Duty + Salt....
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From: Lake Charles, LA
I feel for you guys that have to drive in that stuff. There is a plant down here that makes all that stuff and ships it up north, i have worked in that place and it rots everything. Go from brand new hot dip galvanize metal to rotten metal in just a few years. Their maintenance costs must be thru the roof cuz they have to constantly fix rotten stuff. I can only imagine what it does to your vehicles.
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I live in lower Michigan the roads are white here, not with snow but salt. I wish they would do it like they do in northern Mi they use a sand/salt mix, still makes your truck look bad but at least there using less salt!!
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From: Frederick, MD
that seems like way too much of that stuff. They are starting use a mix of something here. Not sure what it is but less salt.
wish they would use sand instead.
this salt business just makes everything ice on the re-freeze...then they need more salt. What a waste.
I know back home it was sand in the intersections and that was basically it.
wish they would use sand instead.
this salt business just makes everything ice on the re-freeze...then they need more salt. What a waste.
I know back home it was sand in the intersections and that was basically it.
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From: Isanti, MN
I don't agree.
They use a lot of sand up here, and I really wish they wouldn't. They can't get away with not using salt at all, so there's always a mix of both nearly everywhere we go.
So the underside of my truck gets sandblasted, and then salted. NOT cool.
Something else to think about is how salt generally won't scratch your paint...sand will.
They use a lot of sand up here, and I really wish they wouldn't. They can't get away with not using salt at all, so there's always a mix of both nearly everywhere we go.
So the underside of my truck gets sandblasted, and then salted. NOT cool.
Something else to think about is how salt generally won't scratch your paint...sand will.