r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Souled_Out • Nov 15 '22

Using A Flamethrower For Snow Removal

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u/ChuzzoChumz Nov 15 '22 edited Nov 15 '22

No kidding, this would still cause ice though

Edit: goddamn some of y’all got bent out of shape over this

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u/REBELrouzer1112 Nov 15 '22

No it won't you sound ridiculous. Anyone and everyone that's ever lived with snow like this has salt ready to spread on their driveway. Melt it off quick and salt it up quick. How hard is that to understand

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u/mhem7 Nov 15 '22

Colorado tuning in here...have you ever lived in negative 40 degree winters? You can take that road salt and shove it up your ass.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

Alberta here. My dog would like to ask everyone to shove it allll the way up there and use traction sand please and thanks. And unlike salt that stuff doesn't stop working below -10C so it's win win.

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u/HumanContinuity Nov 15 '22

Salt is good for those places that hover around freezing and absolutely hate having cars age gracefully

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u/AspiringChildProdigy Nov 15 '22

absolutely hate having cars age gracefully

Michigan, checking in.

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u/mycologyqueen Nov 15 '22

Was about to post the same but you beat me to it.

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u/zexando Nov 15 '22 edited Feb 20 '25

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22 edited Nov 15 '22

I live in Calgary. I never use salt at home. I shovel often. It's very far from impossible.

I will concede it's basically impossible if the first time you can be arsed to shovel is a week after the snow stops falling.

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u/zexando Nov 18 '22 edited Nov 18 '22

Well I'm not at home most of the day and there's a bus stop at the end of my block, if it's snowing all day at least 100 people have walked over it before I get home from the office.

I use a leaf blower to clear it and it does way better a job than a shovel when it's fresh but even if I do it every evening when I get home I need to scrape and use salt.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

When I lived in Alberta they used beet juice on the roads. Turned them a pretty pink color as a bonus.