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josh.
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well the snows melting and i want to make it last so can any one give me tips on how to salt and what kind of salt to use etc... thanks
Apr 10 2007 12:41AM
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R.Fahey
Posts: 8602 - Karma: 539
Salt is Salt.... it melts things. Just get Water Softener salt... Mortons.
Apr 10 2007 12:46AM
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bigbuds
Posts: 651 - Karma: 41
I'm pretty sure salting makes the snow melt faster.... not sure though.
Apr 10 2007 12:46AM
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ski_powpow
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i thought salt minced snow
Apr 10 2007 12:48AM
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eheath
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Yes, but it melts, hits the cold snow beneath, and freezes harder.
Apr 10 2007 12:49AM
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SkiMN
Posts: 4005 - Karma: 38
True story, basically its a controlled way of making ice, which melts slower, but its not glare ice so you dont slide.
Apr 10 2007 12:51AM
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GutzyBaby
Posts: 191 - Karma: 11
^yeah. just take hand-fulls and throw it around like, i don't know, your tossing dice while walking on the in run, or on the lip. any kind of sidewalk salt will work fine. just get the best bang for your buck.
Apr 10 2007 12:52AM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 149
so basically salt melts snow and makes ice.

helps for making jumps.
Apr 10 2007 1:20AM
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GutzyBaby
Posts: 191 - Karma: 11
i know it seems a bit counter-productive, but it really works. it's right behind a shovel for spring sesh manditory tool.
Apr 10 2007 1:23AM
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SkiMN
Posts: 4005 - Karma: 38
Or, if your working with a shitload of snow that has the consistency of the salt your going to put on it, like sugar snow that wont pack, dump a lot of salt into the pile for whatever your building, mix it around, and build the kicker out of that. Thats only necessary for snow that behaves like gravel or dry sand and thus wont pack, otherwise do what he said.
Apr 10 2007 7:11PM
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TheButterHashira
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one day it was like 70 and the liftee had a cup of tiny white things and he put it on the snow under where you get on the lift and he told me it keeps it from melting but yeah get some of that stuff if you can figure out where to get it form
Apr 10 2007 7:18PM
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invader7
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that would be salt
Apr 10 2007 7:37PM
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ski_powpow
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just pack down the snow really hard so you dont get ice
Apr 10 2007 7:55PM
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TheButterHashira
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i asked him if it was salt and he said it wasnt
Apr 10 2007 8:28PM
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