Re: CULT:damage from salt
- Subject: Re: [iris] CULT:damage from salt
- From: laurief l*@paulbunyan.net
- Date: Thu, 27 Feb 03 22:51:49 -0600
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris/> (Web Archive)
>You know, I always thought it was short sighted to use salt to clear the
>roads
>in all the cold-weather states. Sort of like, "it comes out of a different
>pocket"; but I expect the cost of plowing instead of salting would not exceed
>the cost of replacing all the rusted out cars ans other salt damage.
Plowing and salting is not an either/or proposition up here. Most of the
county plows are equipped with V-plows on the front end and a dump bed
dispensing a mixture of sand and salt on the back end.
Laurie - up in the North Woods where we are expecting sub-zero temps yet
again this weekend ... and it's nearly March!
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laurief@paulbunyan.net
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USDA zone 3b, AHS zone 4 - northern MN
clay soil
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