KANSAS EQUIPMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, KANSAS STARTED REORGANIZING ALL FACTS OF ITS HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE PROGRAM TOWARD THE PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE OF TOTAL MECHANIZATION, THEREBY ELIMINATING ALL HAND WORK. THIS PROGRAM WOULD PROVIDE A "MACHINE-TOOLED" FINISH FOR ALL REPAIRS. BECAUSE MOST WORK IS ACCOMPLISHED UNDER TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, THE NEW MECHANIZED EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE MANEUVERABLE AND SHOULD BE EQUIPPED WITH THE LATEST ACCEPTED SAFETY FEATURES. EQUIPMENT DEVELOPMENT WAS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED ON A TEAM PROJECT BASIS, UTILIZING PERSONNEL OF THE RESEARCH DEPARTMENT. THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT WAS TO ASSIGN EACH PROBLEM, STATE EACH OBJECTIVE, AND FURNISH ALL LABOR AND MATERIALS. THE RESEARCH DEPARTMENT WAS TO DIRECT THE WORK AND RECORD THE RESULTS. /AUTHOR/

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    • Paper sponsored by Department of Maintenance and presented at the 49th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
  • Authors:
    • Delp, LaRue
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  • Publication Date: 1970

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  • Media Type: Digital/other
  • Features: Figures;
  • Pagination: pp 16-22
  • Monograph Title: Manpower, maintenance and studded tires
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  • Accession Number: 00219419
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS, TRB
  • Created Date: May 10 1971 12:00AM