At 03:38 PM 2/17/2003, David Brodbeck wrote:
>I always used bags of kitty litter, the cheapest I could find, but the
>crushed limestone stuff someone else mentioned sounds like it'd be better.
>
>If you own a water softener, you could just store your extra bags of salt
>in the back of the van.  Anything heavy will work.

Sure -- Some folks with pickups just run a bunch of water in and let it
freeze...I use sand that comes in 60# plastic tubes, easy shape/weight to
handle and doesn't make a mess but still have sand when you need it to
throw under wheels.

d

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