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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Phil Voice on July 31, 2010 at 13:15

Hi Robert

Have you looked through the Greentech site?

http://www.green-tech.co.uk/product/white-de-icing-salt-1-tonne-dum...

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Permalink Reply by Classic Gardens on July 31, 2010 at 13:16

Roughly what size is the area you will be covering?

We use broadcast spreaders on our smaller sites at a cost of about £200 

For larger sites we sub it out and they use atvs with hoppers on the back. 

As for the salt we buy in bulk in the summer and store it under cover at the yard 

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Permalink Reply by Robert Cottrell on July 31, 2010 at 13:27

the site we have is a car park which holds around 700 cars. i have look at the Snow ex 6000 which holds about 1 ton. with a 6 /12 meter wide spread. based upon 12 meters wide spred its just over 1 mile long from start to finish. when i spoke to the rep at snowex they said that they had done a demo on a DHL site in london and that was about 1.2 miles long based upon 12 meters wide and there we been told that the contractor was chargeing £700.00 per run

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Permalink Reply by Classic Gardens on July 31, 2010 at 13:47

It's roughly £500 for a job that big round here. 

I've never used or seen a machine like that so I can't really give comment. 

Last winter you could have more than paid for that as we were out every night for two months solid!!

Robert Cottrell said:

the site we have is a car park which holds around 700 cars. i have look at the Snow ex 6000 which holds about 1 ton. with a 6 /12 meter wide spread. based upon 12 meters wide spred its just over 1 mile long from start to finish. when i spoke to the rep at snowex they said that they had done a demo on a DHL site in london and that was about 1.2 miles long based upon 12 meters wide and there we been told that the contractor was chargeing £700.00 per run

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Permalink Reply by Robert Cottrell on August 2, 2010 at 19:25

Thanks Martin for that its a starting point i know we had a good foot of snow for over 2 weeks it just did not want to go !!

Robert Cottrell said:

the site we have is a car park which holds around 700 cars. i have look at the Snow ex 6000 which holds about 1 ton. with a 6 /12 meter wide spread. based upon 12 meters wide spred its just over 1 mile long from start to finish. when i spoke to the rep at snowex they said that they had done a demo on a DHL site in london and that was about 1.2 miles long based upon 12 meters wide and there we been told that the contractor was chargeing £700.00 per run

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Permalink Reply by Boxelder Landscapes on August 2, 2010 at 20:02

I was out gritting everynight for 3 months up in Aberdeen this last winter, It wasn't my contract so not sure about the pricing but one thing I'd think very carefuly about is the ton bag. If any moisture gets in it goes rock solid and has to be chucked so unless you have a bone dry storage facility think about 25kg bags (more expensive but a lot easier to load the hopper). You will need to stock up well in advance, we went through 26t of 25kg bags in 2 days and when all the councils realised that it was going to be a hard winter (a full month in) they took all the salt for themselves. In winter you won't always be able to get salt when you need it.

As for labour I can tell you what deal I was on. I looked after a large storage facility for the oil rigs. With a snow shower it would take me up to 4 hours to plough then salt, no snow and it would take me less than an hour to salt. Every time I was called out I recieved a minimum of 4 hours at what would be (for the full time staff) time and a half, obviously anything over 4 hours would also be paid at the same rate.

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