Posts made in November 2020

Winter is practically here, so break out the winter jackets and snow tires. Many people do not relish the season of cold mornings, snowy days, and even colder nights. With winter comes snow, ice, and everything in between on our sidewalks, front lawns, and roads. Take heart, though, because an effective way to keep your walkways, driveway, and roads clear of ice and snow is salt spreading in Boston, MA. Here are a few of the many benefits that come with salt spreading in the winter.

Safer For Pedestrians

Whether people are walking to work or around the block when sidewalks aren’t clear of snow and ice, it increases the risk of slips and falls. In many areas, it is the responsibility of homeowners to clear the snow and ice from sidewalks in front of their houses.

Fewer Accidents

Salt spreading can be used to help ensure that any snow or ice left behind by shovels and sidewalk plows melts quickly and effectively. This reduces the risk of motor vehicle collisions, helping to prevent accidents and protect pedestrians.

Cost-Efficient

A few bags of salt are often required per season, depending on the number of uses and the surface area you need to cover. If you compare these costs to the cost of a lawsuit from a pedestrian slipping and falling outside of your house, the savings are significant.

An increasing number of snow and ice management professionals that haul large amounts of snow have found alternative methods to avoid high snow hauling costs. Snow melting equipment in Boston, MA, is the trend that is helping some firms save money.

These large machines resemble dumpsters and are hauled to the commercial customer’s site using a semi or a pickup truck. Mountains of snow are loaded into them, and then a heating element melts it all into a liquid, which flows out from the machine. The process can often rid a whole site of snow without a single trip in a dump truck.

The biggest users of snow melting equipment have typically been municipalities, airports, and military bases, but we’ve seen an uptick in their use among private contractors, especially in urban areas that don’t have the areas to dump large amounts of snow.

Avoiding snow farms isn’t the only benefit. Firms that use snow melting equipment have seen significant cuts in equipment and labor costs. A lean snow melting crew needs only one employee plowing and piling and another loading and melting. A hauling crew is similar until you add dump truck drivers. The biggest advantage to consider is how this equipment will make snow removal companies more efficient and save customers money.