![]() 10/20/2013 at 21:42 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
Road salt is the bane of our existence up North >_<
Edit: the white states are unknown if they use salt or not. Looking at N. Dakota lol
Would be a good idea to buy a used car driven in those states without road salt.
I've always wondered if there are feasible alternatives to salting the roads during winter...
http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/f76/…
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God I hate road salt. ( I don't have anything to contribute other than that)
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North Dakota says "Y'all mothafuckas need snow tires."
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Oh god I feel you. Salt is terrible for cars...I used to live in Ohio and I go back there every year to visit family in the winter. Its awful how much rust there is on everything. I live in TN now, which although they use salt when its snowy or icy, it usually doesn't get bad enough for them to break it out.
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North Dakota, no fucks are given.
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I like how the state with the coldest winter temperatures on record (ND) is oh-fuck-this-white, and neighboring Montana is solidly a user of grit instead. Sometimes it just doesn't pay to try to melt the snow off the road.
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My poor e36.
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Salt is only effective above something like 10 or 15 degrees, so when it drops to around 0, it's pretty much useless. Sand at least helps give traction.
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Brotip: just float over the road, then you won't have any problems ya know
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Some places use urea as an alternative.
I really hate salt.
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I think this video is appropriate. (NSFW, language)
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Actually the source says white states are unknown. A quick google search shows they use it.
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Da mass in Mass. Good lord that's a lot of salt.
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Yep, which is why a lot of states honestly shouldn't bother using anything but grit. Trying to do the whole job with salt has a bad tendency to waste everyone's time if it's an area with snap temps below that and freeze/refreeze cycles.
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Funny thing is, I had that as my facebook status a few winters ago when I was complaining about road salt.
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Damn, well fuck you to, North Dakota, thinking your better than us and shit with one movie about you.
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It would need to actually freeze in this part of TX for us to use salt. Hell I've never seen more than a half inch of snow on the ground in the entire time I've lived in Houston (about 22 years, give or take).
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4wd: no actual need to use the road when it gets snowed over and is half-salted. Maybe.
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yeah they just let all the dogs go out and play in the snow, which dogs love doing
But to hoon around, get corgis, the official dog of Jalopnik/oppo
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Why not stick heaters underneath the pavement or something? long rods, possibly electrical wire or something, that could be switched on when there is ice and/or snow.
Like those electric heaters with the orange glowing wires but bigger
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They use all kinds of thing's in MN to fight the ice beside's the salt, some bridges have de-icing systems that pop up out of the road, They use a chemical to spray down before the snow hits too to help it not stick.
They are always testing things, but grit is best in my mind too. I will say if you get your vechicle under coated and take care of it, it is really not that bad. I have one spot on my car and that is the spot where all Jetta's get rust, top rear wheel wells. I just found out it was a recall item because this post made me look it up, guess it is time to see if I can get it repaired, sigh. I should still be under the 12 year paint warranty too. Thanks I think I see new fenders in my future.
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They do that on the sidewalks here in downtown area's
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O.o ND doesnt use anything? or is there no Data?
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What about CT?
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It is safer than the alternative, which is an ice sheet. I live in Washington, and I've literally gone ice skating down my road before.
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Table salt?
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Wait, California puts salt on the roads? When did they start doing it?