A bucket truck with a firehose is exactly what they used. I should have
taken a picture because it really was a funny sight. JK

John Roncallo wrote:

Brooks Hagenow wrote:

By the way, I did ask how much it was going to cost. They told me
$12.50 a


gallon. My stupidity was thinking that it would take 5 to 10
gallons max.
Even then $12.50 for a 50% mix of glycol and water is pretty damn
steep (I
thought so anyway).

So they used 37 gallons? How many gallons does it normally take to
de-ice
Cessna sized aircraft? I just checked the local airports pricing and
it is
$50 +tax to "defrost" the plane in a heated hanger and/or $20 a
gallon for
type I aircraft deice.

But wow, if it really took 37 gallons you would have been charged
$740 at my
local airport.


I gererally use about 2 gallons when I do it with a bug sprayer. I
have seen small aircraft deiced with large equipment (Fire Hose). I
dont doubt 37 gallons could be used becasue it comes out so fast it
just doenot have time to work. Such equipment is really too bigg for a
small aircraft.

John Roncallo