Asphalt Heater

One of many side effects of high price oil is high price asphalt.  Also in an effort to reduce our oil consumption the Road District crew were able to build an infrared asphalt heater to be used for pothole and pavement repair from “like new” and new components.  While investigating into costs of a new machine we decided to [...]

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Mini-Excavator

Prudent shopping on E-Bay enabled us to pick up a 2008 mini-excavator with only a few hundred hours of use at a 40% discount.  This “like new” piece of equipment allows us to replace the roadway culverts wothout closing the road.  This spring we replaced all the metal culverts on the roads to be repaved [...]

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Truck Rehabilitation

Every season the Road District crew puts their talents to work creating or rebuilding equipment. This year’s build was rehabilitating a 1997 utility vehicle.  We installed a new dump box including a spreader, rebuilt the hydraulic system, installed a front snowplow, side plow, replaced the springs and brakes and finally painted the truck to match. [...]

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