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Originally Posted by pete3799
Tough call to make. Depends on how much snow was on top,temp, etc.
We usually leave the snow (2 inches or less) if it turns to rain but that also depends on current and predicted temps.
Ice and changing to snow would be a little different. If the storm is over we'd plow and sand the ice then salt it after (black top roads.... we don't salt dirt roads).
If still snowing at some point you have to plow it. Salt takes a while to work ( temp. dependent) and we don't sand until after the storm except hills, corners and intersections.
We've gone through 2/3rds of our sand pile already and the salt delivery trucks are
showing up weekly. We have had 2 delivery's this week.
Snowing right now and i'm out the door. Not a big storm but these little ones use as much sand / salt as the big ones. Ice storms a bit more and we've had quit a few so far this winter.
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It was .5" to 1" of snow on top. They definitely did not use salt, but they did scrape the road to smooth the ice so there is no traction other than a few places they dropped gravel going uphill. The did salt the end near the stop sign and that melted right away. The road will probably melt now that it is in the upper 40s but it was still sheer ice this morning.