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Calcium Chloride
Stabilization and Dust Control
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Winter Use

 Stabilization & Dust Control:

YOUR GRAVEL ROADS ARE YOUR MOST EXPENSIVE ROADS TO MAINTAIN

ALL STATES believes that a gravel road need not be muddy, dusty, bumpy, potholed, poorly shaped, or a public relations nightmare. Ask our sales staff to detail a gravel road maintenance program to help you reduce and eliminate many of these problems. Spring and fall spray application of liquid calcium chloride (CaCl2) when grading will work for you year round. CaCl2's unique properties, the key to its effectiveness, yield many benefits.

By nature, calcium chloride absorbs moisture from air and road surfaces, assumes a dissolved state resistant to evaporation, is environmentally safe, and migrates minimally in soil.

 

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CALCIUM CHLORIDE'S BENEFITS

  • Research has shown that untreated gravel roads can lose an inch of aggregate a year, or about 500 tons of material for every mile of untreated road. That means your gravel replacement costs can be as high as $2000 per mile per year.
  • Liquid calcium chloride slows erosion on gravel roads by holding onto roadway "fines" (better known as dust). Treated fines bond strongly with larger gravel particles to prevent aggregate loss.
  • With fines intact, the calcium-bonded gravel stabilizes the road crust into a dense, compacted surface. Improved stabilization increases load bearing capacity, firmness and resistance to potholing and other forms of deterioration.
  • Calcium enhances the compaction process by maintaining proper moisture levels. Optimal moisture content yields maximum density and uniformity for a stronger, harder roadway.
  • CaCl2 applied to gravel roads is environmentally safe because of its low toxicity to plants and animals, its resistance to migration in soil, and the small quantities needed.
    • The enhanced properties of a calcium chloride-treated road translate into a gravel road needing less frequent grading and rebuilding and therefore lower total maintenance costs.

     

    A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR YOU

    Your gravel road maintenance program need change only slightly to incorporate liquid calcium chloride. As usual, spring means checking and repairing gravel gradation, road crown and drainage. This is also the time for an initial application of about 1/3 gallon of CaCl2 per square yard of road. Call for ALL STATES' specially designed liquid calcium distributor trucks to uniformly spray your roadway. You will quickly notice the improved riding surface and the lack of dust.

    By implementing CaCl2-based gravel road maintenance, your revised program will be cost effective and will reflect positively on you.

     

     

    Winter Use

  • MELT SNOW AND ICE DOWN T0 5° F
  • USE SALT AND SAND MORE EFFICIENTLY
  • CONTROL APPLICATION USING THE SADDLEBAG SYSTEM
  • REDUCE SODIUM CONTAMINATION
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     WHY YOU SHOULD BE USING LIQUID CALCIUM CHLORIDE

    ALL STATES knows that severe winter weather, shrinking budgets, limited resources, and higher expectations make your job of snow fighting a challenge. Once you learn about the benefits of using liquid calcium chloride (CaCl2) in winter, you'll see how your job of snow fighting can be made a little easier. Our saddlebag application system for liquid CaCl2 provides maximum application control and flexibility to activate your salt/sand mix quickly and efficiently while minimizing material use.

     

    THE NATURE OF THE MATERIAL

    Calcium chloride's properties make it especially useful for effective winter road maintenance. Used alone, it's a powerful deicing agent. When coupled with rock salt, it's unsurpassed for keeping roads cleaner and safer in winter. Liquid calcium chloride:

  • Releases heat to help speed rock salt's melting capacity
  • Attracts moisture and dissolves quickly to activate rock salt's melting action
  • Begins brine formation immediately to break the pavement/ice bond
  • Delays future pavement/ice bonding
  • Melts snow and ice effectively down to 5° F
  • Reduces sodium pollution in wells, aquifers, and other environmentally sensitive areas.
    • Safety, performance, the environment, and cost are the benefits that many New England communities cite when asked why they added liquid calcium chloride to their salt and sand arsenal.

     

    MORE ABOUT BENEFITS
    As a successful snow fighter, you try to make roads safer more quickly, at lower temperatures and with less money. Research has shown that:

  • At 15°F liquid CaCl2 treated rock salt undercuts packed snow and ice in 33% less time than rock salt alone
  • Salt lost to bounce during spreading is reduced by up to 40%
  • Up to 90% of the CaCl2 wetted salt stays on the road surface, compared to only 70% for dry rock salt.
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    All the above help to offset the additional cost of CaCl2 because less rock salt is needed. Less salt means less damage to the environment. Since wetted rock salt is more effective over a wider temperature range, road crews need not go out as often.
     
    Fewer trips out means cost savings on labor, fuel, and equipment maintenance.
     

    THE APPLICATION SYSTEM

    All States believes that our truck-mounted saddlebag system is the best type of application method. The directed spray flows exactly where you want it, when you want it. Liquid CaCl2 is pumped from a 70 gallon triangular tank mounted on the spreader body to a spray bar positioned above the conveyor. A measured amount of calcium chloride is sprayed directly onto the salt/sand mix. A cab-mounted on/off switch lets the driver control when and where it's applied. Wasted materials and truck corrosion are minimized, the mix is uniformly treated and the road becomes safer sooner.

    Call the ALL STATES professionals to provide you with details about our truck-mounted saddlebag units, storage tanks and liquid calcium chloride.