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Run out of road salt ?...
« on: January 09, 2010, 16:45:58 »
Then you could try using ammonium nitrate fertiliser on your paths /driveway,been using it all week in small amounts .
Works just as well as rock salt though the enviroment agency probably wouldnt be too happy about it and is probably illegal to use it on the track up to your house  ;)
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Re: Run out of road salt ?...
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2010, 16:56:34 »
but what is legal is cat litter :D
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Re: Run out of road salt ?...
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2010, 17:32:09 »
Then you get loads of cat poo on your drive...
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Re: Run out of road salt ?...
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2010, 17:34:00 »
i keep a bag in the boot incase i get stuck. cat poo no where near my house! lol
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Re: Run out of road salt ?...
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2010, 17:43:23 »
correct me if I am wrong but I could swear in the USA I seen them using big huge pressure steam machines to clear snow and ice from roads and sidewalks in city areas - big trucks down to small compact pavement sweeper sized machines  - surely better than salt for towns and cities and our chassis.

On salt front, too big bags of budget table salt I been dumping a pudding bowl at a time onto the path I cut into our patio. (just means I haven't passed an isolated road salt bin  :-$)
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Re: Run out of road salt ?...
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2010, 20:39:29 »
Plain old sand is better than nothing. Cat poo and wee may help warm your path up.
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Re: Run out of road salt ?...
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2010, 21:29:32 »
Dishwasher salt is ace !
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Re: Run out of road salt ?...
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2010, 21:34:59 »
Why are you gritting?  You've all got 4x4's !
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Re: Run out of road salt ?...
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2010, 22:17:26 »
Why are you gritting?  You've all got 4x4's !

Well I grit my driveway so the missus can get to work and leave me in peace to go and play :dance: :dance:

Fair play to the council boys, they have given me a tub full each time i've asked.
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Re: Run out of road salt ?...
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2010, 22:22:27 »

Fair play to the council boys, they have given me a tub full each time i've asked.

aye, they probably take bets to see if your truck rusts out into a fizzy blob before u make it out of the yard gates
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Re: Run out of road salt ?...
« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2010, 23:06:57 »
Then you get loads of cat poo on your drive...
yeah,then a divorce settlment,for gettin cat crap all over the house,lol.

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Re: Run out of road salt ?...
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2010, 23:33:02 »
In some countries they use grated cheese.  I heard that somewhere :-k
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Re: Run out of road salt ?...
« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2010, 07:34:15 »
In some countries they use grated cheese.  I heard that somewhere :-k

Thats on the moon isn't it?  Only cus cheese is in free supply.
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Re: Run out of road salt ?...
« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2010, 07:49:32 »
or they could stop gritting on a cloudy night  :roll:
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Re: Run out of road salt ?...
« Reply #14 on: January 12, 2010, 14:51:58 »
In some countries they use grated cheese.  I heard that somewhere :-k

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Re: Run out of road salt ?...
« Reply #15 on: January 12, 2010, 18:05:11 »
you could use ammonium nitrate, but when the spring comes expect your driveway to get totally destroyed by the seedbank you bought to life through the winter!
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