New Use for a Toothbar

[JCA]

I'm sure it's not really new, but I've never heard of it before.

I always figured that in Winter the toothbar would just be a nuisance--make it harder to get all the snow off the drive. So I took it off. Just put it back on again, though, because we had quite a bit of ice (freezing rain) and since I don't have a spreader I decided to try scoring the ice with the toothbar. Just turned the teeth down at an angle, pushed them down against the ice, and backed up. Soon I found it works well going forward, too. A couple of passes and the ice isn't quite so slick any more. Not quite as good as sand/salt, but pretty good in a pinch.

Jim

 

[surfran]

Sounds like a good idea, just have to be careful if you have blacktop /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

I can see it now on the best sellers list..........."101 uses for a Toothbar"

Hope it comes in paperback so we can put it in our tool boxes /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif