Uintah Basin Standard | 1960-08-04 | Page 10 | County Buys New Equipment for Road Oiling

County buys new equipment for road oiling Duchesne County has purchased a Flaherty to be used in surface oiling of roads in the county This machine spreads gravel on top of the It was bought at a cost of from the class B road fund Seller of the unit is Parker Equipment of Salt Lake THIS EQUIPMENT will be used on new road surfacing for patching and applying additional coats of gravel chip on the county County believe this machine is the answer to their road construction and repair as it makes it possible for the county road department to save and gravel on roads not yet affords a road surface IN ITS the si reens the gravel so that the bigger crushed rocks are Imbedded in the oil and the fine gravel on the top when applying the armor coat to a road The machine spreads this gravel on top of oil that has been applied on a prepared roadbed This particular type-oil binds the gravel a unc-mch gravel Other counties in a Inch this type equipment has proved and which some were visited by the Duchesne County Commissioners before they purchased the unit for this county are Grand and states Porter county DUCHESNE County plans to use this this summer in oiling nearly 12 miles of county using its allocation of class B load funds the road oiling program started last summer in Uintah Basin