The Road Reclamation Process

Linear Crushing is a highly mobile process that economically addresses secondary county, typical remote forest, or recreation type roads. Many of these Low Volume Roads tend to be in a poor state of repair and their limited usage can not justify the high costs for resurfacing. Since Linear Crushing can cost approximately ½ of conventional methods, many private, county, state, and federal agencies have come to recognize the cost benefit's of this process. To date, 1000's of miles of roadway have been reconditioned with this technology.
Below are pictures of various techniques we have used to address specific issues. Not all roads require every step outlined below but most require at least part of the process. The most important requirement for any road to function correctly is .... DRAINAGE! Each step of the process is focused towards improving drainage performance.
Typical secondary road in very poor condition. NO drainage, No shape, impossible to maintain.
Extensive reshaping with ripping maybe required to recover crushable material, improve alignment and establish drainage.
Drainage features such as in-slope to ditch, out-slope, rolling dips and cross drain culverts are necessary for a road to perform correctly, regardless of surface.
Aggregate can be recovered from outside shoulder from years of improper maintenance or extensive snow plowing. Reclaiming this material also improves drainage.
On steeper ground mini-excavators are used to recover side-cast materials and improve drainage.
Compaction is MANDATORY to interlock both the subgrade and running surface. Properly processed road profiles have drainage!
For sections void of suitable rock, imported oversized material from nearby cut-slopes or borrow pits can be crushed directly on the roadway.

The linear crusher is the key to making reclamation possible. All of the oversized materials are cost-effectively reduced to 2" minus (or less) for a new maintainable wear-surface.
The finished roadway after two years has shape, alignment, site distance, and DRAINAGE!

 

 

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