HOW TO RECLAIM GRAVEL SHOULDERS... IN A WAY THAT LETS YOU DO IT AT A REASONABLE COST

At a National Association of Counties' convention three years ago, Jackson County's road commissioners saw the All-American Disk, a new shoulder reclaimer manufactured by Doyle, Inc. This article examines the shoulder reclaimer's ability to recycle gravel. The 6-foot disk, resembling a harrow, is attached behind a tractor. The disk is angled, so the tractor can remain partially on the roadway. As the disk grinds the sod and weeds, it throws the reclaimed gravel and fines a couple of feet back up the slope of the shoulder, eliminating outer ridges as ruts are backfilled. Anywhere from 50 to 100 yards of gravel can be reclaimed per mile. The Minnesota Department of Transportation tested the disk in one of its districts, and the results were impressive.

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• Publication Date: 1996-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 20-21
• Serial:
  • Better Roads
  • Volume: 66
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: James Informational Media, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0006-0208
  • Serial URL: http://www.betterroads.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Gravel roads; Highway maintenance; Recycled materials; Road shoulders; Truck tractors; Weeds
• Geographic Terms: Minnesota
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00725706
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 5 1996 12:00AM