When snow and ice hit, knowing exactly how much deicing material you’re laying down can mean the difference between safe roads and costly overages. FleetPaths’ SnowPaths tracks every plow’s location, speed, and driver activity in real time, while our VISION module captures precise salt, sand, or brine spread rates. Together, they unlock insights that boost efficiency, accountability, and environmental stewardship.
Key Benefits of Spread-Rate Tracking with VISION
- Optimize Material Usage: VISION’s real-time spread-rate data shows application per lane mile so you eliminate guesswork, cut waste, and lower your deicing budget.
- Enhance Environmental Compliance: Precise application helps prevent chloride runoff into stormwater systems, protecting waterways and meeting EPA best-management practices.
- Improve Accountability and Transparency: Timestamped spread-rate logs from VISION, combined with SnowPaths route data, verify every pass, simplify citizen inquiries, and resolve disputes with irrefutable proof of service.
The Pain of Manual Tracking
Before VISION and SnowPaths, crews depended on driver estimates, handwritten tally sheets, and after-the-fact reconciliations to gauge material usage. That approach yields inconsistent data and often hides over-application, since estimates replace hard numbers. Insights don’t arrive until hours or days after the storm ends, leaving no chance to adapt when conditions shift mid-event. The manual grind of paperwork and guesswork also slows down reporting and drives up costs through wasted materials and unplanned overtime.
On-the-Fly Adaptation and Future Planning
With live spread-rate feedback from VISION and SnowPaths’ real-time truck telemetry, supervisors can instantly adjust material rates as pavement temperatures, storm intensity, or priority zones change. This dynamic control ensures you never under- or over-apply salt, sand, or brine. Over the season, every recorded application and route metric feeds trend analyses that guide next year’s salt purchases, budget forecasts, and route optimizations. Armed with historical data, you’ll arrive at each winter fully prepared, knowing exactly how much material you need and where to deploy it most effectively.
Investing in SnowPaths and VISION means every shift delivers precise, defensible salt-application records without the paperwork hassle. Ready to make your next winter season smarter, greener, and more cost-effective?
Request a demo of SnowPaths and VISION by FleetPaths today and see spread-rate tracking in action.
