Frozen solid ice melt

[hatchmastr]

is there any way to salvage it is litterly oncechuck of solid ice melt

i tried with a shovel to try to break it up no dice

any suggetions thannks guys

[Raymond S.]

Windshield washer fluid. Never tried it but have heard about it

[hatchmastr]

widshield fluid did not work just so you know thanks tho

[hatchmastr]

any other ideas got about 10 bags frozen solid

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[ducaticorse]

Run it over with your truck

Sledge hammer

[1olddogtwo]

RV antifreeze

[Mr.Markus]

Put them in a heated area for a day or 2......

[Raymond S.]

Oh it's in bags?

[secret_weapon]

Let it warm up. I had this happen to a couple bags. use them quick or they will freeze again.

[hatchmastr]

i will ttry and let everyone know the result

[Brian Young]

Sometimes nothing works. When we ran bagged salt we had about 8-80lb bags freeze up and they are still solid as concrete! We use them for weight now.

[tuney443]

Hot bathtub will for sure work.Don't forget the dozen red roses for the wifey!!!

[hatchmastr]

ok so i have been abel to break it in to about 2-3 inch chunks i use a snow ex 1875 will the auger break that up of will i **** up the machine
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i would rather go buy new salt then ruin my machine so pls anyone lmk

[ducaticorse]

Auger won't break it if its that hard. Write it off or go at it with a sledge.

[hatefulmechanic]

Damn, I must be lucky then. Had a dozen bags left outside all season from last year, just slammed them on the ground a bit and they broke up nicely.

Run it over or use it as a brine block lol

[Brian Young]

A related story....the last load of bulk we got delivered had a lot of huge chunks in it, tried to break it up with skid steer but no luck so we left a pile of it sitting. Well, I was being lazy and didn't want to start our skid steer, let it warm up etc. to load about 300lbs of salt needed to touch up a remote area at a lot where we keep our salt at. Any ways, scooped the pile with my plow and drove around in scoop position until most of the salt was gone,lol worked great! and the artwork after it started melting was priceless,lol Hey at least the salt didnt go to waste right.

[Brian Young]

I also think your spreader auger would break or jam or something but it won't break that stuff up.

[hatchmastr]

so i threw the ten bags in the garage all laid out sepretly to thaw out of ten two bags mabey thawd 20% lets see wha happens the next couple of days since it is supposed to warm up to 50 wed here in long island ...

[ygim]

I use a 2x4 when that happens