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Iowa DOT Experimenting With Road Salt Application

By Mandy Billings Oct 11, 2023 | 10:21 AM

(Ames, IA)  —   State snow plow drivers are getting equipment ready for the upcoming season.  The DOT’s biggest trucks can carry 900 gallons of brine and up to seven tons of salt.

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Tina Greenfield, Iowa DOT.  Crews are doing some experimenting too, inventing better chutes for the material to get from the truck to the pavement.

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