Grader

This program covers some of the safety hazards you'll find on typical grading sites, from clearing and grubbing to final grading. Emphasis is on personal responsibility for safety and awareness of the hazards.
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This video is designed to be viewed by contractors, State, County, or other cooperating agencies and Force Account Road Blading operators for the purpose of sharing the Forest Service philosophy and practices when maintaining forest roads.

Demonstrates how to attach various plows and how to operate the motor grader for snow removal.
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Designed for motor grader operators, this tape shows step-by-step procedures of patching and maintaining asphalt roads.
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Demonstrates techniques and cost evaluation of upgrading rural gravel roads. Directed at the problems that low maintenance budget counties face in keeping the roads in good condition. Techniques for some types of maintenance are also discussed.
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What dust is, and the problems it can create. How liquid calcium chloride controls dust. How to repair and improve an unpaved road by blading.
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The need for proper drainage; the goals for ditch maintenance; procedures for performing the maintenance with motor grader and excavator.
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Proper procedures for smoothing and reshaping gravel roads. Techniques for intersections, railroad crossings, driveways, bridges, hilltops and valleys, and super elevation in curves.
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Detailed discussion of three types of operations that may be performed during shoulder maintenance: reshaping, low shoulder repair, and high shoulder repair.
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Includes ideas on identifying (marking) construction signs, fire hose cone hold down, traffic control guidebooks, motor grader blade changing, measuring aggregate lost, 'innovative tools' from Iowa, and a public relations flyer on snow removal.
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