First time using rock salt for tires frozen down in 9" deep ice?

I have super singles. 22.5's.
I was out of town fixing the sisters car. The temp up here hit 4o ish degrees and then came the melt and refreeze.
The truck sank what im guessing to be two inches. It just sits and spins.

I bought a 25 lb bag of rock salt.
Do I spread it as wide as the tire and as long as 4 or 5 feet long? How much time do I need to give it to work?
Would a coulpe hours do the trick or more like 10 to 15 hours?

The truck sank about 2 inchs deep in about 9 inchs deep ice.

 

Lock axles and differentials if you can.throw some sand,gravel or kitty litter in the front and back of the tires.If you have tire chains you can put them on the ground in front of the tires and and see if the tires can get some grip on the chains.

 

I have super singles too.If I park on packed snow or ice they will sink in a little.After parking a few minutes move the truck a few inches forward and back to melt a longer hole.Easier to get rolling the next morning.Those tires hold a lot of heat .

 

Ice that thick will not just disappear with rock salt.

Be prepared to apply force to chunk it up if you can.

Abrasives [cinders or wood ash] will help but over use makes a mess. [salt will too]

Old tire chains spread out or 4x4 traction mats, in desperation newspaper...

Hard work but you will get out.

 

Bust up the ice between your axles and chip some away from in front of your front axle. Then spread salt and whatever else you have to help with traction. Busting the ice up will make it so you don’t have to spin up out of the holes.

 

Trade your Rock salt for a cheap bottle jack and some wood blocks or 2x4’s.

 

All good suggestions above.
Be careful if you spin the tires and catch traction. You could bust a u-joint or worse.
First thing I try, is to chip the ice away from the front and the back of all the wheels, so the truck can roll at least 6 inches both directions. Usually that is enough to get going. Putting salt down creates water, which makes it harder to get traction. Unless you have the time for the salt to melt all the ice and dry.
If you use chains (cargo or snow) laid down tight to tires, Be careful if your tires catch and spin the chain out.
Good luck

 

Too early in the AM when I read this

I thought it said. Trade that rock salt in for a bottle of Jack!

Sounded plausible to me!!!

 

Like others said bust up ice front and back. Put salt down and try to rock truck until you have enough area to get a decent start. Takes me about 1 hour to 2 hours when it happens to get out.

 

I carry a small bag of cheap clay kitty litter in the sidebox during the winter time. A few handfuls scattered in front of the wheels always did the trick but I've never been sunk down into ice before.