A snow removal device in the form of a three panel scoop or plough includes a center panel with two side panels hinged or otherwise connected to the center panel. All three panels can have hand holes for a user manipulating the scoop when pushing or scooping snow from a driveway or other surface. The panels can be substantially planar and have a lip or scraper on a forward edge to assist in scooping snow. The side panels can be hinged to the center panel in an opposite fashion to allow the scoop to be folded for storage in a Z-shaped folding movement to a substantially flat, three layer configuration. A container can be removably attached to one of the panels. The container can be used to hold ice-melting granules for application by a user to icy surfaces during a snow removal operation.

A salt spreader for distributing a material includes a bucket including a front surface, a rear surface, first and second side surfaces, and a base surface, wherein the front and rear surfaces tend toward one another, and wherein the base surface includes an ejection port, a spinner mount attached to the base surface of the bucket under the ejection port, a spinner rotatably mounted atop of the spinner mount, and an auger positioned in a base of the bucket.

An apparatus for de-icing a pathway, the apparatus comprising a frame including a set of wheels, a salt dispenser, a servo attached to the salt dispenser, one or more motors, the motors attached to at least one of the set of wheels, and a microcontroller communicatively coupled to the servo and the one or more motors, wherein the microcontroller instructs the servo to operate the salt dispenser and activates the one or more motors to drive the at least one of the set of wheels.

A modular boom for attaching to a prime mover and configured to dispense a solution to remove snow and deice a surface. The boom includes a boom shroud having a main body extending from a first end to a second end. The main body of the boom shroud has a substantially wedge shaped portion with an edge configured to engage a snow pile or windrow of snow and cause snow to flow about the wedge shaped portion. The boom shroud includes an opening in a bottom of the main body that provides access to an interior cavity. The modular boom includes a boom pipe positioned within the interior cavity of the boom shroud and has ends that extend beyond the boom shroud. The boom pipe having spaced apart apertures along the length configured to dispense the solution onto the surface. The modular boom also includes first and second end caps configured to support the end of the boom pipe and to connect to the first and second ends of the boom shroud to provide structural rigidity to the modular boom.

A method of operating a brine dispensing system of a brine making system includes connecting remotely to a controller of the brine making system with a control application. A brine transfer from brine storage of the brine making system to an external storage is initiated with the control application.

A material calculator for a truck to deliver a predetermined quantity of brine per mile driven by the truck for a known route of miles independent of and proportional to truck speed, wherein the truck carries a known number of gallons of brine and a known number of pounds of salt. The material calculator has a processor accepting entry values of route miles to be driven, number of times the route of miles is to be driven, number of gallons of brine carried by the truck, and the number of pounds of salt carried by the truck. The processor has software for calculating dispensing of the brine and salt so that each is exhausted when the route is completed. A hydraulic pump pumps hydraulic fluid to a variable flow positive displacement pump to implement the calculated number of gallons of brine per mile to be dispensed for the known route.

A snow removal blade has a rolling body, a snow-removal knife connected to a bottom portion of the rolling body, a plurality of nozzles for delivering a melting liquid on the snow left on the road surface by the snow-removal knife, and a member for mixing together and pressing the residual snow and the melting liquid, which is arranged behind the snow-removal knife in a direction of advance of the snow removal blade, the snow-removal knife and the mixing and pressing member delimiting between them a channel for lateral outlet of the snow, arranged in which are the delivery nozzles.

The salt spreader heating system is a mobile apparatus. The salt spreader heating system: a) contains granulated material; b) heats the granulated material; and, c) distributes the granulated material over a surface. The salt spreader heating system comprises a silo, a pedestal, and a spreader. The pedestal supports the silo. The spreader attaches to the silo. The silo stores the granulated material. The silo heats the granulated material. The silo transports the granulated material to the spreader. The spreader distributes the granulated material over a surface area. The salt spreader heating system is configured for use with a truck. The truck is further defined with a bed and a radiator system. The pedestal raises the silo over the bed of the truck. The radiator system cools the engine of the truck. The silo uses the heat transferred from the engine to the radiator system to heat the granulated material.

A snow plow is pivotally mounted to a tractor by a compound mount allowing for multiple blade positions. The mount has an inner portion pivotally mounted about a first horizontal axis to the front of the tractor and an outer portion pivotally mounted about a vertical axis to the inner portion. The plow blade is pivotally mounted about a second horizontal axis to the outer portion. Deicer nozzles spray liquid and a spreader distributes salt and other materials in front of the front wheels of the tractor.

The present invention takes into consideration all of three factors causing road freezing 1. the temperature of a road surface; 2. the presence of moisture on the road surface (snowfall, rainfall, dew, fog, and melted water from a snow removal operation, etc.); and 3. the concentration of deicing agents (chlorides) sprayed to prevent freezing, accurately measures these factors, considers interactions among these factors, and predicts when the road is going to freeze over. Therefore, the present invention allows for making accurate decisions on whether to perform snow removal, when to perform snow removal, and the amount of deicing agents to spray, and therefore allows a road manager, regardless of snow removal experience, to make an accurate and quick decision on whether to perform snow removal.