salt truck
Winter road vehicle
A salt truck is a vehicle that spreads salt or sand on roads during winter to melt ice and improve traction.
Most are modified dump trucks with a hopper and spreader mechanism.
Also called a gritter in British English: The salt trucks were out all night before the morning commute.
- gritterRoad de-icing vehicle
- spreaderTool for distribution
- brineWater saturated with sodium
- winterYear's coldest quarter
- winter stormSevere cold-season weather
snow day · ice · road · highway · plow · blizzard · sand · de-icer · black ice · icy roads · slush · storm · municipal · public works · chains · orange · flashing · blade
- snow removal vehiclessnowplow, gritter, snow blower, snow pusher
- Snowsnowflake, snowfall, snowpack, snowfield, snowbank
- snow transportsled, sledge, sleigh, toboggan, dogsled
- winter woessnowstorm, blizzard, frost, ice, freeze
- deicerscalcium chloride, magnesium chloride, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, ice melt
winter road treatment function
salt trucksnowplow
Vehicle clearing frozen precipitation
plow truck · street sweeper · water truck · front-end loader · snow blower
salt, truck, salts, salted, salting, salty, saltiness, saltier, saltiest