Post by Admin on May 12, 2016 10:03:13 GMT -7
Helpful documents for understanding gravel and paved roads
Download PDF articles about grading, wash-boarding and more.
New articles will be added as they become available so check back often.
New articles will be added as they become available so check back often.
- Pictorial Guide to Basic Grader Operation - good photos of common gravel road problems and how a well trained grader operator can address them.
- Gravel Road Wash-boards. A popular topic covered for the beginner in a two page newsletter.
- Causes and Cures for Wash-boarding. A four page newsletter with photos that goes into more detail than the previous article.
- A University of Toronto paper sheds new details on road wash-boarding. They maintain that ripples are caused anytime a wheel is rolled over any malleable surface. Think of wind blowing over the surface of a still lake or pond. The same ripples form when vehicles roll over moist Glastonbury roads. The Toronto study also concluded that ripples will form even in loose, dry sand and at speeds just above 3 miles per hour.