Hi,
Yes, that was the plan today. We'll get weather all night tonight, freezing rain and snow, that will freeze on my driveway and turn it into an ice rink if I don't take preemptive measures. This is the stuff I use.
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I'm getting accustomed to all the winter hacks around here. As much as I love the desert, I love the snow too.
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Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
yeah, i use "safe salt', that will not damage part of my parking area, that has concrete...i use a garden fertilizer spreader as well....kinda expensive (about $60 when i bought it), but does a nice job of making sure i do not throw more in one area than another. got mine at Home Depot, some years ago.
i don't do it often, only as needed........i still have like 5 bags of salt in the basement....
usually, i buy the salt ASAP when its in the stores like around early november.
i also buy "speedi-dri", or "zip-zorb", which if no one reading this knows, is the stuff you lay down on the ground to absorb oil spills.
its pretty much untreated cat litter.
i get 40 pound bags at any auto parts store........in the spring, i sweep it into a pile, let it dry, shovel it up and back into the storage bin for the next winter.......
i also sweep up any salt/sand combo the city lays down in front of my house, let that dry, and i shovel that up......but there is never really an appreciable amount to save, but it helps, when i mix it with the speedi-dri.....
also here at least, if i go to the city "salt barn", and provide proof of my residency..??
i can get pails of "free rock salt"...but, that is road salt and can damage parts of my driveway.
does your city/town allow you free rock salt..???