Salt & de-icing tracking that holds up
Log every application by site, rate, and time — with GPS and photos attached automatically. The documentation commercial contracts and insurers keep asking for, built into the job instead of scribbled on paper.
What every application records
Not a checkbox that says "salted." A real record that answers who, what, how much, where, and when.
Per-site material logs
Record exactly what went down at each property — rock salt, treated salt, brine, sand, or a blend — tied to the specific site and visit, not a shift-wide guess.
Application rates
Capture how much material per area, so you can prove you applied a reasonable rate for the conditions — the number an insurer or property manager actually asks about.
Timestamps
Every application is stamped with when it happened. "We salted that lot" becomes "we applied treated salt at 4:12 a.m." — a defensible fact, not a memory.
GPS location
Applications are tied to the crew's GPS position, so the record shows the work happened at the property, not somewhere on the way there.
Photos
Attach geo-tagged before/after photos to the log. A picture of a treated lot at a known time is the evidence that ends most disputes before they start.
Usage reports
Roll it all up into per-site and per-season material reports — for billing commercial clients accurately and for showing property managers the documentation they require.
Why this is the wedge
GPS and dispatch are table stakes — most snow platforms do them. De-icing documentation is where the category has a hole, and it is exactly what your highest-value clients care about most.
Commercial contracts increasingly require material records. Property managers answer to owners and their insurers, and "we treated it" does not satisfy either. A per-site log with rates and timestamps is what wins and keeps those accounts.
Slip-and-fall claims turn on documentation. When a lawyer asks whether you applied ice melt at a specific property on a specific date, a timestamped, GPS-tagged, photo-backed record is the difference between a defended claim and a paid one. Reconstructed-from-memory notes do not hold up the same way.
Accurate billing is the bonus. Material usage reports mean per-event and per-site charges match what actually went down — no more eating the cost of salt you forgot to invoice.
Go deeper
- Salt application rates cheat sheet — how much product per 1,000 sq ft, by pavement temperature.
- Slip-and-fall liability documentation — what a salt log needs to survive a claim.
Stop logging salt on paper
Icey logs every application automatically — by site, rate, time, GPS, and photo. Free for solo operators, live in about ten minutes.
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