Do I have to buy plowing to get salting and de-icing?
No, salting is its own job and is scoped separately from plowing. It runs on different weather: a freezing rain or a refreeze after a thaw needs treatment before a single plowable inch falls, so the salting plan is built around those conditions rather than snow depth.
Salting is either inside the seasonal number or billed per application, and the proposal says which. Pre-treatment, brine and post-storm applications are all part of the same service.
Plain rock salt slows down once the pavement drops below about 15 degrees Fahrenheit. Below that, calcium and magnesium chloride blends do the work, and brine is a pre-treatment that keeps snow from bonding to the pavement, not a cold-weather fix.
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From JRW Services LLC, commercial snow and ice management across Sussex, Passaic, Bergen, Morris and Warren counties, NJ. All answers
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