I got to try out 2 new things this season on friday,first off I got to try the pro-wings i put on my truck at the end of Feb last yr and never got to use them.They are awesome,especially in the light powder we got friday,they hold the snow out front,instead of spilling it off,I found i could take 7 ft on each pass,angling to one side,and not spill one bit,even on 600 ft long passes.Before the most I could of taken was 4ft,about 1/2 the blade.They have almost doubled my productivity in big lots.I am very happy with them,but i bent one slightly,no biggie,i bent it back in 3 seconds with a hammer.Overall,they paid for themselves in one storm for me.I'm going to buy 2 more sets of them for the other trucks.The other thing new to me is Magic salt,I tried the sample bags John Parker gave me(thank you John).I threw a couple 80 lb bags of Rock salt in the spreader,set the gate closed as much as I could,and salted one side of a parking lot at 10 mph,exactly.When I ran out,I turned the truck around,and threw in about 150 lbs of magic salt and did the other side,at 10 mph,and with the same exact spreader setting,same engine speed.Within 10 minutes,the magic side was black-even though I did the other side first,the salt took a minte or so more to become black.The air temp was only about 20 degrees.After 3 hrs,while snow was blowing off the roof onto the blacktop,the magic was still black,while the regular salt was starting to allow buildup in the thin spots along the edges of the pass.I came back at 11pm,the temp was 15 degrees,and it was windy,wind chills well below Zero,the magic was wet still,the reg salt was starting to refreeze,and I had to apply sand to that side to keep it safe.I tried to apply the Magic in the same exact conditions and rates as the regular rock salt,and I am a believer in it now that I have seen it work first hand,it is a definite improvement over the rcock salt Ive been using.Its time for me to order some!
[Edited by John DiMartino on 12-10-2000 at 01:12 PM]
[Edited by John DiMartino on 12-10-2000 at 01:12 PM]