Re: [CGUYS] Snow Removal and disposal.

Dulles airport is using snow melter machines to dispose of snow. I thought I had read somewhere that DC had a snow melter machine, too, but it was broken. I can't find a reference now. -- Roger Lovettsville, VA * ** List

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When I lived in St. Louis, I found out they had no specialized snow equipment. Now they are far enough north to get a foot or two of snow over the winter. One year we lived there they got dumped on similar to what DC got, a couple of feet overnite. They would attach the snow plows to the fr

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Interesting. However, that doesn't mean it makes economic sense. Normally the DC area might get one good snowfall a year; nothing multi-purpose equipment like plows and loaders can't handle. And they can be used year round. Arlington's snow melter(s) would basically sit in the garage 363 days a yea

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On Feb 12, 2010, at 8:30 PM, Tony B wrote: Oh yes, in northern climes they often invest in this type of heavy machinery. The latest craze is snow melting machines, which can eliminate the need for trucking it away. But the OP was talking about Washington, D.C., a southern city. Nobody this f

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Two Words: Flame Thrower - Original Message - From: "Ranbo" To: Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 8:22 PM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Snow Removal and disposal. *Why can't they come up with a way to simply melt the snow in place? I see they have a device some places used called a Snow Dra

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Tell me about it. We are out of town, but it snowed today where we live. They shut down the region starting last night. Total snowfall? 3-5 inches. Of course they only get a snow like this every 12-20 years. We flew into Dallas today, still slush all over the tarmac where they have the jetw

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Extremely slow. The main concern with snow removal is get it out of the way fast. Stewart At 07:22 PM 2/12/2010, you wrote: *Why can't they come up with a way to simply melt the snow in place? I see they have a device some places used called a Snow Dragon which does this but still requires sn

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Oh yes, in northern climes they often invest in this type of heavy machinery. The latest craze is snow melting machines, which can eliminate the need for trucking it away. But the OP was talking about Washington, D.C., a southern city. Nobody this far south invests in dedicated snow removal devices

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*Why can't they come up with a way to simply melt the snow in place? I see they have a device some places used called a Snow Dragon which does this but still requires snow to be shoveled into it (like feeding a furnace). Why not, though, some sort of heating device (I'm picturing a giant solderin

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When I lived in Canada they did pick up the snow. he banks would get too high and they would then cut down the banks and use a huge show blower to load it up in trucks and haul it to an empty field where it cold stack over winter, and then melt off in Summer. (the two months it would melt)

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>From CNN, RTFA from 2003: >http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0303/01/smn.14.html "BILL STREET, CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION: It bypasses any type of filtering that you might get on the land and just sort of accelerates that runoff going through the rivers. And what that polluted runoff th

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First, plows don't pick up snow, they only push it, so your idea won't work for plows. Shopping centers often go to the extra expense of trucking out snow, but it's sure not cheap. Usually they just find a far part of their own parking lot to take it to. Would you really expect a truck to drive fro

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I heard this morning on TV that the MD Dept. of Natural Resources told the city of Baltimore that it's OK to dump snow in the Inner Harbor. Apparently the environment impact is no worse than what you get with a heavy thunderstorm. Sorry I can't substantiate this. On 2/12/10, Fred Holmes wrote: >

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What you missed is than it's not environmentally sound to dump snow in the river. Ask the greens for the logic. Has to do with the sand and salt mixed in with the snow. Fred Holmes At 07:55 AM 2/12/2010, Rich Schinnell wrote: >FWIW: > >I still can't figure out why the local leaders are missin

[CGUYS] Snow Removal and disposal.

FWIW: I still can't figure out why the local leaders are missing the best place to dispose of all of the snow removed from streets. There appears to be some sort of River running between VA/DC/MD that carries a lot of liguid to the sea that might possibly accept all the snow that is being dumped