MECHANIZATION OF ROADSIDE OPERATIONS
ALL STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO A QUESTIONNAIRE IN 1952 SENT BY THE HIGHWAY RESEARCH BOARD ON ROADSIDE EQUIPMENT USED IN HIGHWAY OPERATIONS. ALL ASTATES REPORTED THAT THE USE OF ROADSIDE EQUIPMENT ENABLED A SAVING OF MAN- HOURS AND MONEY. EIGHT STATES REPORTED USING A TOTAL OF TWENTY THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EQUIPMENT. PICTURES AND DESCRIPTIONS ARE PRESENTED OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT IN WHICH THE GREATEST INTEREST WAS SHOWN BY THE STATES ANSWERING THE QUESTIONNAIRE: BRUSH DISPOSAL EQUIPMENT, EXCAVATING MACHINES, GRADING EQUIPMENT, FERTILIZER SPREADERS, EXTENSION PLATFORM FOR TRUCKS, GRASS EDGER, HOLE DIGGERS, LEAF AND TRASH COLLECTROS, LIME AND FERTILIZER SPREADERS, LOADING EQUIPMENT, MOWERS, LOG GIN, MULCH APPLICATORS, MULCH STABILIZERS, SAWS, SEED AND FERTILIZER APPLICATORS, SHREADER, SOD CUTTERS, SOIL AND AGGREGATE SPREADERS, SOIL PREPARARION EQUIPMENT, SPRAYERS, STONE RAKE, STUMP CUTTER, TRACTORS, TRASH COLLECTORS, TREE MOVER AND WEED CONTROL EQUIPMENT.
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Highway Research Board
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Authors:
- Garmhausen, W J
- Publication Date: 1953
Media Info
- Pagination: 37 p.
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Serial:
- Highway Research Board Special Report
- Issue Number: 16
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Brush control; Cutting tools; Excavating equipment; Fertilizers; Graders; Grasses; Highway departments; Maintenance equipment; Mowers; Mulching; Questionnaires; Refuse; Roadside; Sprayers; Spreaders; State highways; Truck tractors; Vegetation control; Waste disposal; Weed control
- Uncontrolled Terms: Sod
- Old TRIS Terms: Cutters; Mulchers; Shredders; Trash collectors
- Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00219350
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Aug 4 2001 12:00AM