Driveway iced up good HACK
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pabloescaban
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Same as table salt but five times the price
I maybe incorrect but I thought you can be prosecuted in the UK for doing that. Grit box’s are meant to be for public roads/footpaths. You only need one do gooder to report you to the local authority.
It's all about stealth
Rexthewolf
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25 kgs of rock salt, the real McCoy £7.50, will do my big driveway about 3 times
steptoe
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I remember as a kid being sent to the salt pile (we didn't have boxes in the sticks then) to get buckets of salt, and being told to do all the elderly neighbours paths as well,
All the kids round our way done it, was a bit of a game to us, see who done the best job.
idle buggers down my road stayed in when all the road was frozen over. They even had the decency to watch me salt the road from the back of my van with the "donated grit" off the local authorities. then they started going out in their cars once it had thawed out. No thanks from them. i just salt my own drive and part of the road now. they can get snowed in and freeze to death as far as im concerned. tossers
Here’s one council making a point
Man who was accused of stealing grit salt from council defends himself
Man who was accused of stealing grit salt from council defends himself
pabloescaban
VIP Member
There's three or four of these grit bins in my area, the nearest one to me is 200 yards away.
If I go to it and spread grit in the road there, I'm doing a public service, if I fill a carrier bag and spread it in the road near my house I'm a thief.
Sounds about right, I mean only the roads near the grit bins get icy.
rs500nutter
TK Veteran
Yeah you go and purchase a grit bin from your local council planning office for business premises and you have to pay for them to fill it aswell and cant use your own product in it ffs 🤔🤔🤔 .
There' s a new row of houses where a local hospital once stood many years ago and the road to it is on a fairly steep incline.
An application was made for a grit bin to be installed and refused on the grounds of there at not been any accidents or collisions ffs WTF is that all about 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔😂😂😂😂😂
In the good old days the gritters used to do all the roads around here not just main roads. The council used to come around and clean drains out. Nowadays they've got plants and other crap in them. Council are a waste of time. They like to keep putting council tax up every year but the services become less and less. Pay extra for policing, street lighting. There's no manned police stations, half the lighting is off, bin collection getting less frequent. Going a bit off topic there.
As I said before, it's about stealth and not being a knob head on tiktok
As I said before, it's about stealth and not being a knob head on tiktok
steptoe
VIP Member
But he is taking it to use for commercial gain,
So ye, he should be done for theft.
