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I lived in Wisconsin for 10 yrs and seen some towns use sand. \r\n \r\nGlass plants also need sand, why couldnt they use 100 mess. \r\n \r\nJust a thought!", "thumbUrl": "", "dateAdded": "2015-09-08T20:02:44Z", "lastPost": "2015-09-13T00:49:23Z", "views": 4897, "likes": 1, "dislikes": 2, "messageCount": 8, "premiumOnly": 0, "isfeatured": 0, "showInDays": -100, "showDate": "", "forumLink": "", "youtubeVideoId": "", "approved": 1, "active": 1, "alias": "winter-months-are-coming-why-not-use-sand-instead-of-salt", "forumUrl": "https://www.bulkloads.com/forum/winter-months-are-coming-why-not-use-sand-instead-of-salt/", "userId": 63438, "firstName": "DAVID", "lastName": "KRAITZICK", "companyName": "EAGLE TRANSPORTATION LLC", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "Hattiesburg", "state": "MS", "userCommentCount": 4, "userLikes": 1, "replies": [ { "replyId": 32919, "content": "First as for sand and glass..the sand that glass companies use is high in silica..not all sand meets this speck..this is like saying why can't diesel engines burn gas..its all cude oil..as for the roads..all the roads during winter time that uses salt has sand in it..then there is Wyoming who just uses sand and no salt..and today there is also calcium chloride..that is a liquid that is slopped out on the roadway with no sand at all....as for using frac sand while its slow? A ton of frac sand is well over 100 a ton..regular sized sand less than 15 a ton..as frac sand is washed..dried in a dryer..sized ..that dryer costs alot in itself to operate..regular sand is either washed or not and sized to state spec.that they want for roads..now if you want..the States can use only sand...But salt melts the roads down to10 degrees (F)..also the calcium chloride..then everything freezes up..", "contentHtml": "First as for sand and glass..the sand that glass companies use is high in silica..not all sand meets this speck..this is like saying why can't diesel engines burn gas..its all cude oil..as for the roads..all the roads during winter time that uses salt has sand in it..then there is Wyoming who just uses sand and no salt..and today there is also calcium chloride..that is a liquid that is slopped out on the roadway with no sand at all....as for using frac sand while its slow? A ton of frac sand is well over 100 a ton..regular sized sand less than 15 a ton..as frac sand is washed..dried in a dryer..sized ..that dryer costs alot in itself to operate..regular sand is either washed or not and sized to state spec.that they want for roads..now if you want..the States can use only sand...But salt melts the roads down to10 degrees (F)..also the calcium chloride..then everything freezes up..", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2010-11-12", "dateAdded": "2015-09-08T22:15:36Z", "likes": 1, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 3078, "firstName": "JEFF", "lastName": "PEARSON", "companyName": "C & R TRUCKING INC", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "PAYSON", "state": "UT", "userCommentCount": 927, "userLikes": 225, "userDislikes": 94, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 32924, "content": "\n Is Joseph Haskor who use to work for US Transportation?", "contentHtml": "\r\n\tIs Joseph Haskor who use to work for US Transportation?", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2011-10-26", "dateAdded": "2015-09-09T14:57:15Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 5699, "firstName": "Jeff", "lastName": "Pica", "companyName": "US TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC.", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "Vero Beach", "state": "FL", "userCommentCount": 3, "userLikes": 0, "userDislikes": 0, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 32925, "content": "NO WAY JEFF LOL", "contentHtml": "NO WAY JEFF LOL", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2015-07-20", "dateAdded": "2015-09-09T14:58:23Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 63438, "firstName": "DAVID", "lastName": "KRAITZICK", "companyName": "EAGLE TRANSPORTATION LLC", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "Hattiesburg", "state": "MS", "userCommentCount": 4, "userLikes": 1, "userDislikes": 0, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 32951, "content": "what type of trucks you guys have at eagle transport, send me yur contact info yo ucan cover some loads for me, thanks", "contentHtml": "what type of trucks you guys have at eagle transport, send me yur contact info yo ucan cover some loads for me, thanks", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2011-10-26", "dateAdded": "2015-09-11T19:23:10Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 5699, "firstName": "Jeff", "lastName": "Pica", "companyName": "US TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC.", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "Vero Beach", "state": "FL", "userCommentCount": 3, "userLikes": 0, "userDislikes": 0, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 32954, "content": "I noticed when some states switched over to the slop instead of using salt & sand I have a lot more trouble with corroded wiring and rust on equipment.", "contentHtml": "I noticed when some states switched over to the slop instead of using salt & sand I have a lot more trouble with corroded wiring and rust on equipment.", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2012-06-18", "dateAdded": "2015-09-12T13:23:51Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 7792, "firstName": "JERRY", "lastName": "BECK", "companyName": "BECK BULK", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "HANKAMER", "state": "TX", "userCommentCount": 517, "userLikes": 48, "userDislikes": 5, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 32957, "content": "If you pull up the saftey data sheet on calcium chloride..you will start to freak out..that's what these states are slipping out..it loves aluminum,forms a gas with galvanize, loves to rot out wiring,and all metals..its like an sexually transmitted disease..it just keeps giving...you go to a truck wash that recycles..you can't get calcium chloride out..so you go in with it..many behind you will have it on their truck..like I said it just keeps giving..calcium chloride is a very concentrated salt that is very fine..you have a small hole or cut in any wire..it will rot out the wire where all you have is a plastic tube..but the states love it..ohhhh its going to snow in the next day or two..instead of having a crew on stand by..they just slop it out on the road and wait for the snow..but think of this one..a very fine liquid that can penetrate...being slopped out on a concrete freeway or bridge..soaking into the concrete...eating up rebar inside...like I said it's like VD..it just keeps giving..but but but we're saving money...then when it lets the ice form lower than 10 degrees..ice with no grit..does slicker than snot ring a bell?", "contentHtml": "If you pull up the saftey data sheet on calcium chloride..you will start to freak out..that's what these states are slipping out..it loves aluminum,forms a gas with galvanize, loves to rot out wiring,and all metals..its like an sexually transmitted disease..it just keeps giving...you go to a truck wash that recycles..you can't get calcium chloride out..so you go in with it..many behind you will have it on their truck..like I said it just keeps giving..calcium chloride is a very concentrated salt that is very fine..you have a small hole or cut in any wire..it will rot out the wire where all you have is a plastic tube..but the states love it..ohhhh its going to snow in the next day or two..instead of having a crew on stand by..they just slop it out on the road and wait for the snow..but think of this one..a very fine liquid that can penetrate...being slopped out on a concrete freeway or bridge..soaking into the concrete...eating up rebar inside...like I said it's like VD..it just keeps giving..but but but we're saving money...then when it lets the ice form lower than 10 degrees..ice with no grit..does slicker than snot ring a bell?", "parentReplyId": 32954, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2010-11-12", "dateAdded": "2015-09-12T18:39:17Z", "likes": 2, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 3078, "firstName": "JEFF", "lastName": "PEARSON", "companyName": "C & R TRUCKING INC", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "PAYSON", "state": "UT", "userCommentCount": 927, "userLikes": 225, "userDislikes": 94, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 32961, "content": "The liquid they spray on the road before it snows is terrible on equipment, But it also keeps the ice and snow from freezing INTO the road surface and making removal a lot harder than without it. It acts like a barrier. The salt that is spread on the road usually will not work to melt the ice unless it is 10 degrees Farenheit or so", "contentHtml": "The liquid they spray on the road before it snows is terrible on equipment, But it also keeps the ice and snow from freezing INTO the road surface and making removal a lot harder than without it. It acts like a barrier. The salt that is spread on the road usually will not work to melt the ice unless it is 10 degrees Farenheit or so ", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2012-04-07", "dateAdded": "2015-09-13T00:49:23Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 7150, "firstName": "STEVE", "lastName": "JORAMO", "companyName": "DISTRIBUTION SALES OF MINNESOTA", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "GROVE CITY", "state": "MN", "userCommentCount": 63, "userLikes": 2, "userDislikes": 1, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 } ], "userDislikes": 0, "signUpDate": "2015-07-20", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0, "iSubscribe": 0 }

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Winter months are coming why not use sand instead of Salt

Posted on Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 4:02 PM CST in Hattiesburg, MS