Redneck Hot-tub (salt brine maker)

Thought some of you snow and ice guys may find this interesting! I have my salt brine maker about done. If nothing else I had to install 6 bungs and that’s pwra related lol

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I started talking about the pump being normally $300 and they couldn’t sell it for a couple years and sold it to me for $30 (forgot to meeting the $30)

I have no idea what it does or what it’s for but I love it.

It takes bulk salt (rock salt) and blends it into the water until the salt content is so high that it can be sprayed on snow and ice to melt it.

We are switching over to liquid de-icer this year since we took on Walmart. It’s about 40% cheaper to run liquid than just regular salt and it’s more effective.

When I say 40% I mean that the $300 total I spend building this will save me $11,000 or more a year.

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How much for a redneck hot tub. I know you of all people on here could make one easy​:joy::joy::joy::joy:

Thousand bucks takes you all the way! Lol

Rednecks dont have a thousand dollars for a hot tub. They spent all thier money on beer, lift kits and huge cummin stickers to put all over thier truck windows

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If I get a hot box this winter I could fill the totes quick with hot water. If I do I’ll post a video of me getting in it. Good reason to start a money pool for my hot box lol

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My dad filled our kiddy pool as a kid with his hot water pressure washer. Felt so good always had to add cold water in to cool it down first. I forgot about this just remembered because you said that. Also remember picking his wand up and pulling it one handed. It blew out of my hand. Scared the crap out of me. Lmao.

Thats cool he just gave you those. So many thinks you can do with them.

Why not just dump salt into a tank, stir, repeat until it has proper reading?
Then you know it takes x bags of Salt for x amount of water, always the same mix

what do you mean? only using 1 tank?

Correct, like why can’t you just fill up, throw the pre measured amount of Salt, run a pump to stir/circulate it for a few minutes then spray

you end up with junk on the bottom of the tank that you wont want. It also creates a more even blend if you are using a 2nd tank. Its not as easy as add a pre-determined amount of salt and water and stir when you are loading it with a skid loader lol.

When the finish tank hits 23.3% i shut it off and drain it to my storage tank. Then fill the tank back with water and turn the pump on. There would still be salt mixture in the blend tank so it would start dissolving while I added more. it just speeds up the process I guess.

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Interesting.
So you take exactly what you need for the job? Do you bring a trailer with more mix, or go back to the shop for more?
So you know how much you’ll need for a job or just spray until ice is gone? Or just spray everything and let it dwell/leave?

pre treat at 40 gallons per acre (that’s spraying liquid on bare ground before the snow) This makes it so the ice and snow doesn’t bond to the pavement and the plows scrape it off pretty much down to surface. Just a little more spray after the plows and it melts right off. But the temps have to be right and it cant be super windy and it cant rain before the snow or ice falls. If any of those things happen its useless and wasted. So you really have to watch the weather.

Post treat after the snow is at 80-100 gallons per acre depending on the temps, moisture content of snow, and snow-pack. Surface temps also play a big role. I ordered a brine sprayer that is gps controlled and it adjusts the flow of brine coming out based on the speed of the vehicle. So I set it to 100 gallons per acre and start driving and it adjusts the flow rate to match my speed (up to 21MPH)

I have 2,000 gallons of storage space at home and will be adding 2-3,000 gallons of storage in town, (my shop is 12 miles from where I work and plow)

Spray at the rate you think you need based on observations and let dwell. If it doesn’t melt add a bit more.

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I live in Florida and just learned a crap ton. That was a fun read.

fascinating. thanks for explaining that Orville

Ditto @Dantheman lol

Where’s the electrolysis?

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Snow craves electrolytes

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