Glenn
I'D Rather Be Skiing
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Wallingford, CT
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Re: [INFO] Anyone notice the lines..?
One of my ATVing buddies drives a plow truck for the town of Southington. A lot of towns (and I think the state) have stopped using sand. Allegedly, there were studies that sand was ineffective after it had been run over. The granules would round out and no longer provide traction. And of course, our environmentalist "friends" had a hand in it's demise as well.
Anyways, they're using some stuff they call "magic salt". It's some type of salt that's treated. You may see it on the roads during a snowstorm; it looks green. Instead of the driver controlling the drop rate of the mixture like they used to, it's now controlled via a computer. I believe the computer reads the speed sensor of the transmission and drops at a rate based on speed.
At first, I thought no sand would create worse roads. I can't say I've noticed the roads are any less slippery. I have noticed a much much cleaner garage, motorcycles out enjoying the warmer winter days and the roads in Cheshire are no longer red following a snowstorms.
PS: I love snow.
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