Evaluation of 6 modified salt spreaders.

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• Creators:
  Colson, Stephen
• Corporate Creators:
  Maine. Dept. of Transportation. Transportation Research Division
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Brines Cost Effectiveness Equipment Tests Evaluation Salts Snow And Ice Control Spreaders Winter Maintenance
• Publication/ Report Number:
  71
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Maine
• Corporate Publisher:
  Maine. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  In the Summer and Fall of 2006, the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) began a retrofitting
  
  process on six of their conventional salt spreaders. MaineDOT contracted with H.P Fairfield of
  
  Skowhegan, Maine to complete this work.
  
  The intent of the retrofit
  
  was to modify the spreaders to allow for a 70 percent granular salt/30
  
  percent salt brine application. MaineDOT’s previous experience with the SchmditSTRATOS
  
  Spreader
  
  (Report Available – Evaluation of the SchmidtSTRATOS
  
  Spreader, July 2005), which is manufactured
  
  in Germany, showed much promise using this combination of materials. Preliminary results from the
  
  STRATOS spreader evaluation indicated that the potential for material and monetary savings exists when
  
  using the 70/30 mixture. The theory behind significantly increasing the amount of liquid used to treat the
  
  granular salt is that the salt begins reacting faster with the presence of additional liquid and the material
  
  stays on the roadway better with the increased saturation.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:130ae32d232b479b7b36845d59432c902eb5dd8b6ec0cf7e867a3ae9dbad5017
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28027/dot_28027_DS1.pdf
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