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Post by greghopper on Feb 16, 2021 7:29:31 GMT -5
Sold OUT..... Good luck in your search
Find it you better buy it!
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Post by medic22 on Feb 16, 2021 10:35:18 GMT -5
First ammunition and guns, now ice melt and salt.
It's almost like people who need it and don't have it, never pay attention to trends.
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Post by Sasquatch on Feb 16, 2021 11:05:52 GMT -5
First ammunition and guns, now ice melt and salt. It's almost like people who need it and don't have it, never pay attention to trends. Difference is, I was smart enough to buy ammo here and there over the years. Not so with the ice melt! I always think of that when i need it, and by then it's too late. The manufacturers will never make enough to serve a countrywide storm because they can't risk having all that money tied up in inventory if the storm doesn't materialize. Walmart always got in one or two pallets of various melt products at a time and a few snow shovels. Whenever the snow hit we'd put em up front and they'd vanish. Most of the time there wasn't anything after January even in mild winters. When the big snow hit forget it.  |
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Post by esshup on Feb 16, 2021 13:21:32 GMT -5
Just use water softner salt.......
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Post by featherduster on Feb 16, 2021 13:43:26 GMT -5
Just use the same salt you use to bait deer.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Feb 16, 2021 14:38:05 GMT -5
Never used it once. That's what boots and 4x4 are for!
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Post by beermaker on Feb 16, 2021 14:51:52 GMT -5
The local Ace Hardware received a shipment yesterday. There were people, including a co-worker, lined up outside and across the parking lot. I asked her how she heard about it...Facebook. She said the old guys working there weren't very happy.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Feb 16, 2021 21:27:03 GMT -5
I actually couldn't get the Durango up our 600' driveway tonight. Fired up the Ram and made a few sets of tracks in/out, then was able to spin my way up in the Durango.
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 18, 2021 8:32:23 GMT -5
I sprinkle a little salt on 3 steps and 30' of stone walkway. I think I'm on year 3 of a 1 gallon jug of ice melt. Theres enough left for another 2 winters.
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Post by greghopper on Feb 18, 2021 9:09:51 GMT -5
I sprinkle a little salt on 3 steps and 30' of stone walkway. I think I'm on year 3 of a 1 gallon jug of ice melt. Theres enough left for another 2 winters. Exactly.....cheaper then hospital bill and recovery! |
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Post by greghopper on Feb 18, 2021 9:11:14 GMT -5
Just use the same salt you use to bait deer. Let us know how that works out! |
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Post by 36fan on Feb 18, 2021 21:06:12 GMT -5
It's all sodium chloride. If you can't find the bags of water softener salt, go to the grocery side and get some cardboard containers of salt and start spreading it on your sidewalks.
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Post by greghopper on Feb 19, 2021 6:17:41 GMT -5
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Post by 36fan on Feb 19, 2021 7:50:13 GMT -5
True, some of the fancy ice melts contain other salts that lower the melting/freezing point of water lower than straight CaCl. I was referring specifically to water softener salt and saying water softener salt is just big chunks of table salt. |
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Post by beermaker on Feb 20, 2021 11:30:13 GMT -5
Be careful with all ice melting products, especially pure salt. Other than a jackhammer, salt is the absolute worst thing for concrete and even worse for vegetation. We occasionally get a call-back for garage floors. The complaint is always for flaking concrete and it's always where cars are parked and ice build-up melts off. Road salt just sits on the surface and eats it away. I spent this morning washing my garage out. The neighbors probably think I'm crazy since temps are still below freezing, but I wanted that salt and dirt gone.
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Post by esshup on Feb 20, 2021 20:13:30 GMT -5
Be careful with all ice melting products, especially pure salt. Other than a jackhammer, salt is the absolute worst thing for concrete and even worse for vegetation. We occasionally get a call-back for garage floors. The complaint is always for flaking concrete and it's always where cars are parked and ice build-up melts off. Road salt just sits on the surface and eats it away. I spent this morning washing my garage out. The neighbors probably think I'm crazy since temps are still below freezing, but I wanted that salt and dirt gone. Good advice. I will use it to loosen up the ice that is on the concrete, then when I can, I shovel the ice and salt off. |
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Post by 36fan on Feb 21, 2021 10:23:37 GMT -5
Be careful with all ice melting products, especially pure salt. Other than a jackhammer, salt is the absolute worst thing for concrete and even worse for vegetation. We occasionally get a call-back for garage floors. The complaint is always for flaking concrete and it's always where cars are parked and ice build-up melts off. Road salt just sits on the surface and eats it away. I spent this morning washing my garage out. The neighbors probably think I'm crazy since temps are still below freezing, but I wanted that salt and dirt gone. If concrete is not fully cured, salt will damage the surface of the concrete by a chemical reaction and result in pitting. A good concrete sealer will help prevent damage. Salt doesn't affect cully cured concrete the same, but I agree, wash the salt off when you can. |
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