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Brine Application & App Demonstration

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Treating Black ICE with Brine

What happens here

With the brine maker loaded, secured, filled with brine, and engine issues resolved, the crew sets out to apply brine. The video shows the truck driving on a highway, with the narrator explaining that black ice is difficult to spot and often forms on bridges due to cold air circulation. He advises caution on bridges. At the job site (a church parking lot), Alex demonstrates the VSI Legacy Series' smartphone app (VSI Spray Control app). He uses the app to independently control the left, right, and center spray booms. He also shows how the engine throttle adjusts automatically based on the truck's speed to maintain a consistent application rate. The hose reel can also be controlled wirelessly. He highlights the automatic stop feature if the hose reel button is accidentally engaged while driving. Alex then applies brine to the parking lot and sidewalks using both the boom sprayer and a handheld wand connected to the hose reel.

Goal: Apply brine using the VSI Legacy Series unit and demonstrate its smart control features.

Tools and materials

  • Ford F-350 FX4 Super Duty Ford — Transporting and operating the brine maker
  • Handheld Wand — Applying brine to sidewalks and hard-to-reach areas
  • Smartphone Apple — Controlling the VSI brine maker via the VSI Spray Control app
  • VSI Legacy Series Brine Maker VSI — Applying brine and demonstrating its features
  • Brine — Ice control application

What they say

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get going if you're not familiar with black ice it occurs when the liquid comes out of the exhaust of the vehicles and dumps onto the road and that liquid is usually black and when it hits the roads it can refreeze and create real dangerous conditions it's the bridges the bridges are where it's dangerous right here look at this you can see see that the bridges what happens is they get the the cold wind coming up from underneath them and then they freeze they thaw they freeze they thaw they freeze you get more spin outs around Bridges than any other area of the road so if you happen to be you know not native to uh areas like Minnesota or other places like that if you're going down the road just be careful of the bridges another thing about black ice is it Blends in with the pavement so instead of being able to prepare and look ahead and go oh I see a icy patch up ahead it just hits you out of nowhere 3 2 1 everything's working so now I can switch it to Auto and run it so Alex just demonstrated was the ability to control the left right or Center boom independently and this also tracks how much material you put down which is absolutely huge to protect yourself against slip and falls and as he speeds up or slows down you'll notice that the volume of material coming out will change to match his rate of speed the main difference between Brine and rock salt is the amount of material that you actually apply to the surface and how effective that is by taking rock salt and putting it into a liquid solution you are creating brine but that spreads much further than just by laying a rock salt granular down and hoping that the right conditions occur so that that rock salt will spread naturally on its own you're forcing the chemical reaction which means you're using less material and getting it applied right where you want it I like how it has that automatic stop too so if this button accidentally got clicked it wouldn't just rip your head off while you drive it it automatically stopped like right there it just stop for all right Alex you've used it now for a year walk me through this will you this is the Legacy series by vssi uh gas engine right here everything's controlled by your phone you go ahead and flip this on there turn that switch on there we head over to the phone we go right here to details it pops right up on here for connection I connect to it I come over here I can turn the choke up you can see the choke actually coming and electronically going right there…

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