Gravel Roads

Basic procedures for maintaining granular roads with a motor grader and, if needed, drag.  Also, daily pre-work checks of motor grader.

A set of 5 videos titled: Forest Roads and the Environment (18min), Reading the Traveled Way (16min), Reading Beyond the Traveled way (16:30min), Smoothing & Reshaping the Traveled way (17:30), & Maintaining the Ditch and Surface Cross Drains (16min).

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.

One of 3 PASER (Pavement Surface Evaluation and Rating) videos for rating and evaluating pavement surfacing; each deals with specific surface: Asphalt, Gravel, Sealcoat.

-Establish the relationship beween stream quality and the maintenace, construction and repair of road crossings.-Identify conditions and practices which may degrade water quality and fishery resources, and repair of road crossings.

Three part tape discusses the gravel road environment and material selection, problem identification, correction and prevention, and maintenance equipment and techniques.

Demonstrates the steps involved in hardsurfacing a gravel road using pre-mix asphalt on a county/city road in Missouri.

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.

Case histories and various conditions in which geotextiles improved low volume roads.

How to take measurements for, and record, seven different kinds of unsurfaced road distresses.