I dont like this salt business.

 

They need a new product already.

The counties have used the saline solution down here.....

I dont like this salt business.

 

They need a new product already.

I'm in Middlesex and Somerset county and most of the towns around here treat the roads with a liquid solution as JT mentioned.

Interdasting. 

I dont like this salt business.

 

They need a new product already.

 

It's called Florida.   Sodium Chloride is the only mineral that you can wantonly dump on the roads that A: is economical, B:isn't poisonous. 

That it corrodes everything not designed to resist it is immaterial. 

 

They use a 50/50 gravel/salt mix where I live.  

 

I think brine is worse on cars, but it does seem to keep the roads clear longer.

they brine and salt in Morris County......

 

why GTO stays off road until after 1st soaking rain in spring

Howell/Monmouth brines... but did a piss poor job with any sort of cleanup this storm. County roads were done somewhat early. Town roads, the tire marks were what cleared up the roads.

 

I was glad the picked up the leaves yesterday. Less of a mess to worry about.

Brine can be applied before the storm when the roads are dry.  Water evaporates and leaves the salt residue, which then reacts with the frozen precipitation and stop initial road icing.  Beet juice does the same thing, non corrosive and works better than salt so I am told.

 

Not only salted but plowed today. About 4 inches on the roads before turning to sleet.  No icing though.

Brine before the storm, salt during the storm and plowing and salt after the storm. When my wranglers frame rusts bad it's a good excuse for me to get a new one and powder coat the frame and suspension lol

Brine before the storm.

Brine and brake lines ... Perfect together

Brine

I'm on the border of Somerset, Morris and union. They all brine and then salt. We just salt the properties we do

 

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Morris county Brines before, and salts during and after.  Alot of the local towns also have a "brine truck" rolling around in anticipation.

 

I will say that on my way to work yesterday at 7:30am, the roads were absolutely terrible from southern morris to northern morris.  It was like they never treated it.  Lucky for me I let a county plow truck by me and just followed him all the way.

Morris county Brines before, and salts during and after. Alot of the local towns also have a "brine truck" rolling around in anticipation.

 

I will say that on my way to work yesterday at 7:30am, the roads were absolutely terrible from southern morris to northern morris. It was like they never treated it. Lucky for me I let a county plow truck by me and just followed him all the way.

Same. I rode from our office in Whippany down 287 to the Branchburg area between 7 and 8 AM and the road was completely untreated going in both directions other than the pre-brining that was done on Friday. I suppose they were hoping it would simply warm up and the rain would wash it away, but those couple hours of freezing rain in the late morning caused plenty of spin outs that I saw on the way back up several hours later. I was shocked at the condition of 287, it was basically one lane in both directions and that one lane wasn't even plowed.

 

I had a fun day on my way to work on Saturday morning.  I cut the seat belt and climbed out the tailgate.

 

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I had a fun day on my way to work on Saturday morning.  I cut the seat belt and climbed out the tailgate.

 

 

 

Ouch. No serious injuries I hope.

Ouch. No serious injuries I hope.

 

Negative.  Managed to walk away relatively unscathed.  The expected ouchies, but nothing busted.  My Carhartt jacket prevented the glass from getting to my vitals.

Glad to hear your are okay. The roads were really bad in morris/somerset county during the commuter hours. I'm assuming an ice patch?

 

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Yes sir.  I was doing 5 mph under the speed limit, mile marker 56.5 on the parkway southbound.  Slush everywhere on the highway, no plows or salt trucks in sight.  Was minding my own business, when my back tire hit a slush pile, sending the truck into a fishtail.  Collided with the guard rail, which then sent the truck rolling and sliding on its roof until stopping in the left shoulder.  I cut the seat belt off, and crawled out the tailgate.  Trooper told me I'm a dead man walking.  He didn't write me a ticket (not other vehicles involved).  Nice guy, out of the Galloway barracks.