Anonymous
Post 01/23/2016 22:21     Subject: Re:Sand the driveway?
Birdseed also works well. You can get it at animal feed stores inexpensively and some hardware stores for more.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2016 21:55     Subject: Re:Sand the driveway?
Cat litter is clay, and turns to mud. Sand stays sand. It washes away eventually.

OP, try to do without. If things ice up tomorrow, then spread some sand for traction. Better safe than sorry.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2016 21:52     Subject: Sand the driveway?
Anonymous wrote:We just bought our first home last month, and the builder sent us an e-mail not to salt the driveway, but to put sand down. How necessary do you think the sand will be? I don't get off work until 3:30.


Sand is worthless. You'd be better off using cat litter.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2016 13:22     Subject: Sand the driveway?
Anonymous wrote:Please, please don't just dump salt everywhere before we get 18+ inches of BLOWING snow. It is POINTLESS and it is not good for the environment. Once everything has been shoveled and you are trying to keep ice at bay next week, I get it. Still not good for the environment, but reasonable.


+1 Salt last winter was the reason Bethesda had red water the following spring.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2016 13:29     Subject: Re:Sand the driveway?
You just need some sand for traction.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2016 13:20     Subject: Sand the driveway?
salt will ruin a new driveway. I have stopped putting salt on anything.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2016 13:04     Subject: Sand the driveway?
Salt is horrible. Kills the grass too. Just let them shovel. No sand either.