Better than grit!

[tangoharvey]

Our yard can get like an ice rink, and my mare,being a clydesdale, slips like bambi as she is so heavy. We have used grit, that works ok, but can be dear for a big yard, sooooo............went to Lidl.....bought 4 containers if table salt for a quid, poured in outside stable, ............amazing, give it a try.....

 

[orionstar]

Been using this tried and tested method up north since time began, but thats only because the council dosent fill the grit bins and were too tight to buy bags from B&Q. -14C on car thermomiter yesterday. Had to start a fire under the pipe in the yard to get water. Its now wearing as thin as it gets!

 

[mulledwhine]

They used to use it on the roads, but now dont, they use rock stuff, I wonder why the roads close soo quickly now????????, oh yeah because the stuff they use now is rubbish

 

[traceyann]

I use cat litter the really cheap stuff

 

[china]

i used mums table salt (not that she knows!) on the drive so i could get my car out in the morning! the frost was everywhere but where the salt went.
we have a large 20kg bag of table salt down the yard that we put on the ice and you can hear it crackling away which you cant hear with the grit

 

[Brontie]

i used mums table salt (not that she knows!) on the drive

I have visions of you wondering around with one of these:

 

[Alice_10]

Used dirty bedding is good.... obviously messy but works and is free!!

 

[tangoharvey]

Used dirty bedding is good.... obviously messy but works and is free!!

think I'd rather fall on the ice! ;-)

 

[Festive_Felicitations]

One of the reasons the councils may have stopped using salt is the massive enviromental damage it can cause.
Alot of plants unless adapted to it (like salt bush) are highly salt intolerant and die from small increases in salt levels in the soil/water. The sudden increase in salinity in waterways as all the salt washes away when the snow melts can seriously affect aquatic life and spread the damage along way down stream.
I know one person doing it isn't going to have much effect but if everyone does it there is potantially quite alot of salt washing away.
If you have any doubts about the effect of salinity in agricultural areas google dryland salinity in Australia.

Or it could just be that the councils are stingy, salt was for a long time more $$$ than gold in places

Sorry for the bore but I've just spent 4yrs studying how to remediate salinity issues....