Maintaining Canadian roads in tough conditions

A number of units from the FAE Group are playing an important role in Canada, helping to maintain dirt and gravel roads. The MTH units are said to be performing well, despite the tough conditions, with hot weather in the summer and extremely low temperatures in winter. The units are being employed by Rural Municipality Wilton, a company that specialises in maintaining dirt and gravel roads. The company has a fleet of 130 machines that operate and maintain 700km of roads.
September 27, 2017 Read time: 2 mins
The MTH units from FAE are proving their worth at helping to improve roads in Canada

A number of units from the 8067 FAE Group are playing an important role in Canada, helping to maintain dirt and gravel roads. The MTH units are said to be performing well, despite the tough conditions, with hot weather in the summer and extremely low temperatures in winter. The units are being employed by Rural Municipality Wilton, a company that specialises in maintaining dirt and gravel roads.

The company has a fleet of 130 machines that operate and maintain 700km of roads. The FAE MTH models were selected for the job as the units allow the customer to carry out the work in three passes, covering the 7m width of the road. The units allow for preparation and full depth reclamation of the road base. The two machines were supplied by GB Equipment, an authorised FAE distributor for central and eastern Canada. The FAE MTH machines are able to crush rocks, stabilise and carry out full depth reclamation. This is a step forward for Rural Municipality Wilton as its previous work method consisted of picking up rocks from the road, moving them to a plant to be crushed and bringing them back onsite. The firm says that using MTH machines allows it to carry out the same task in one pass onsite, providing a better final result. Using the equipment requires less work, less time and gives a better result according to the contractor.

Rural Municipality Wilton owns two of the MTH units, which are equipped with full options and water spray systems and towed by 176 Case Rowtrac 380 tractors. The units offer working speeds of 0.3 - 0.5km/h, working depths down to 400mm and final product sizes of 25.4mm.

Recycling

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Highway widening project for the US
    April 19, 2018
    A highway widening project in the US state of New Hampshire is being assisted by the use of a gravity-fed asphalt paver. The widening work is being carried out as part of an upgrade for a 32km stretch of I-93, which was started eight years ago. The work is being carried out for the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) on a section of the highway between Exits 1 and 5 from the Massachusetts Stateline to Manchester, NH. According to NHDOT, the project involves widening I-93 from two lanes in
    Read More
  • Vögele sets paving record in German capital
    September 16, 2015
    Material transfer vehicles and remixing systems are crucial to delivering quality paving. Using material transfer vehicles (MTVs) can play a major role in delivering high quality road surfaces. These units can help boost quality by minimising the risk of material or thermal segregation. A major road paving project has been carried out in Germany using innovative paving methods. For the first time ever, binder and surface courses were paved over a width of 15.5m. This paving job was carried out on a 4.2km st
    Read More
  • Peru’s Oyón -Ambo Highway presents challenges
    August 30, 2022
    Peru’s Oyón-Ambo highway project represents a landmark in construction for the country, while facing significant technical challenges – Paula Chapple, editor of Carreteras Pan-Americana (CPA), writes
    Read More
  • Bridge formwork solutions complete big bridge picture
    July 2, 2014
    Advanced bridge formwork solutions are allowing contractors to complete vital major highway infrastructure projects covering Norway, Sweden, Estonia and Poland. Guy Woodford reports Building the Labbdalen bridges in Norway is a key feature of the E6 highway improvement programme. Main project contractor HÆHRE tasked RMD Kwikform and Teknikk with supplying a complete formwork and shoring solution that could tackle the challenging Norwegian terrain, whilst preserving the environment. Situated two hours
    Read More

Highlighted Content