Use water softener salt. It's the same thing. Comes in big bags &
should be readily available. Up here (MN) every gas station sells the
stuff during winter.
Aaron Wyse wrote:
> Jason
> Take a look in the grocery stores.. just get the coarse salt like for
> using in the ice cream makers.. it'll work better than table salt.. but not
> as good as the road salt.. main difference is the size of the salt.. The
> little grains do thier job and are quickly washed off the drive.
> Also.. B4 I moved to the south (South AL) we had what looked like a giant
> wood splitting wedge.. we'd just break the ice off in larger chunks and push
> it aside.
> Or, you could try a garden hose to the hot water heater drain.. melt it
> dow, squeegee it down.. and then salt whats left.
> Aaron Wyse
> 94 RC WS 2.5L 5spd
> 86 Shelby Charger Turbo
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jason Bleazard" <jason.dml@bleazard.net>
> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 8:08 AM
> Subject: DML: Re: Figures
>
>
>
>>From: "andy levy" <andylevy@yahoo.com>
>>
>>>I stowed the snow brush in the basement Sunday. Figured we got through
>>>our ice storm, I didn't need it in the truck anymore.
>>>
>>>A good 2 inches of snow on the ground and we're due for as much as 3
>>>more.
>>
>>Yeah, I'm really enjoying the four-inch thick iceberg in my driveway. I
>>thought I'd pour a bunch of salt on it to soften it up a bit so I could
>>shovel it off. Guess what... I'm out of road salt. And so is every store
>>in the entire city. Apparently they bought all their salt last September
>>and never planned on needing to sell more in April.
>>
>>Anyone have any good tricks for melting ice out of the driveway that don't
>>involve rock salt? I'm really getting tired of trying to chisel through
>
> it
>
>>with the shovel.
>>
>>--
>>Jason Bleazard http://www.bleazard.net Toronto, Ontario
>>his: '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white
>>hers: '01 Dakota Sport 4x4, 4.7 V8, Auto, Quad Cab, black
>>
>>Didn't you read the disclaimer? http://www.they.com/disclaimer
>>
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