In an effort to encourage the evaluation of products related to winter maintenance and the distribution of those results, Clear Roads conducts an informal Product Experience Survey at the end of each winter season. Member states are invited to share the results of pilot-testing of winter maintenance products and materials that their agencies have conducted that year. Clear Roads compiles all survey results received from 2006 through the current winter season. See below for details.
Clear Roads does not endorse any of the products evaluated. This informal survey is meant to be a tool for states to share experiences with winter maintenance products, not a scientific evaluation of product performance.
Survey Results: 2006-2023 Winter Seasons
- Combined survey results from the 2006-2023 surveys
Products evaluated during one or more winter seasons include:
Blades and Plows
- Built Blades
- Evolution Edges blades
- Henderson reversible snowplow and air foils
- Ironhawk blades
- JOMA blades
- Kuper blades
- Monroe flex plow with trip edge
- Multiple-edge plows
- Nordik Move cutting edges
- PolarFlex blades by Valley Blades
- Power float valves by Cirus (now CPS)
- Tow Plow by Viking-Cives
- Winter Equipment blades
- Wiper Shakers
Brine Makers/Blenders
- Accubrine automated brine maker by Cargill
- Dultmeier brine generator
- Henderson BrineXtreme blending unit
- VariTech brine makers
- Reed Systems brine maker
Cameras
- AgCam by Dakota Micro
- Axis Communications M1065-L plow camera
- FLIR infrared cameras (vehicle-mounted)
- LiveView plow cameras
- Logitech C310
- Pro-Vision camera system
Deicers/Chemicals
- Boost by EnviroTech
- Dowflake Xtra calcium chloride flakes
- Fusion deicer
- Geomelt
- IceBan by Scotwood Industries
- Ice B’Gone Magic
- IceKicker by Saltworx
- Ice Slicer
- Salt Lick detergent/salt remover by Hotsy
GPS/AVL Systems
- Cirus (now CPS) GPS/AVL
- Delcan MDC-004
- Geotab
- LaserLine guidance laser for wing plows
- T-Mobile SyncUP Fleet
Information Management Systems/Sensors
- AccuWeather SkyGuard Online
- High Sierra temperature sensor
- Loadrite loader scale from Trimble
- Lufft USA Multi-Parameter Weather Sensors (WS601)
- MacQueen Equipment liquid chemical tracking software
- MDSS
- PreCise temperature sensors
- Vaisala RWIS and temperature sensor
- WeatherCloud temperature sensor
- WeatherSentry Online from DTN
Lighting Systems
- Driver Industrial whip lights for wing plows
- KC HiLites
- Truck-Lite LED snowplow headlights
- Whelen heated lens covers
- Whelen light bars
- Winter Equipment Virtually Indestructible 36-inch plow marker
Spreaders and Liquid Application Systems
- Bonnell tailgate spreader
- Henderson First Response System
- Henderson zero-velocity spreader
- Monroe salt slurry generator
- Scale-Tec Calibrator IV portable spreader calibration scale
- VariTech liquid application system
Windshields/Wipers
- Clear Fast by Nartron
- SEEVAtherm washer fluid heater
- SlushBuster deicing strips by INRS Ltd.
- Wiper Shaker
If you have questions about the survey, please contact Greg Waidley at greg.waidley@ctcandassociates.com or (608) 490-0552.