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Welcome Winter Maintenance Professionals!

One of your challenging job responsibilities is to determine the type and amount of anti-icer/de-icer materials to be sprayed on your roadways. This decision is usually expressed as GPLM (gallons per lane mile). MOST SPRAYERS CANNOT DO THIS, except in a narrow speed range. To manage your equipment effectively, answer these questions:

  • When you set an application rate, would you like to know how well your sprayer can do its job? Go to>>
  • Would you like to know if your sprayer has the capability to meet your application rates at the speeds you want? Go to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
  • Would you like to be sure the spraying equipment you buy will meet your specs? Go to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Dedicated to driving on clear roads all winter!

This website was created as a service to winter roadway maintenance professionals who are dedicated to high standards of service to the traveling public.

It provides methods of evaluating anti-icer/de-icer sprayer performance through actual testing as well as system analysis.

 Additionally, it includes a powerful set of specifications intended for use by wintertime maintenance agencies to ensure that spraying equipment they purchase does, in fact, perform as needed.

NOTICE: This website is free of copyright restrictions. This means you can download and incorporate the test procedure or bid specifications into your agency's or company's own documents, personalizing them as you see fit. These are working documents, meant to be used.