News Articles - Road construction

The basics of backhoe maintenance
2018-02-22 11:12:34

In this second article in the series, we continue to investigate increasing the productive life of any backhoe.

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Research Results - Diesel fuel consumption during forest road construction
2018-02-22 11:08:15

This research looked at calculating the diesel consumed during forest road construction and the resultant carbon dioxide emissions.

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Softree introduces a new version of RoadEng road construction software
2018-02-22 11:04:33

RoadEng, commonly used in forestry roading applications, now appears as Version 7.

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Safety manuals and videos for logging and road construction machinery
2018-02-22 10:56:27

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) produces a series of safety manuals and videos.

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Roads design - Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (DCP)
2018-02-22 10:54:15

The DCP is a practical test used for onsite measuring of road material strength.

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Roads construction and general soil stabilisation - Maccaferri
2018-02-22 10:53:52

Those responsible for the forest road network need to take the time to ensure that make best use of all the tools at their disposal.

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Roads - Low Water Stream Crossings
2018-02-22 10:53:09

A selection and design guide for low water stream crossings.

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Road construction - Road surfacing in Forestry
2018-02-22 10:50:56

A paper in the NZ Journal of Forestry discusses improving forest road surfaces by using good gravel aggregate.

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Road construction tools and tests - what is CBR?
2018-02-22 10:50:10

The Californian Bearing Ration (CBR) is a test that should be known by all roading foresters.

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Using small tools to assess the bearing capacity of forest roads
2018-02-22 10:49:04

Researchers compared three different mobile tools to determine road strength.

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