Foreman’s Report 12/3/24
Work completed in the last two weeks
- Highway work completed
- Plows and wings pulled out, inspected, fixed and put onto trucks as well as wing plows.
- Winter road maintenance – plowing/salting/sanding as necessary.
- Continued mulching on Potter rd during good weather.
- Road checks more frequently with winter weather storms.
- Put up a few markers to mark culverts that are close to road
- Potter road swail installed and more defined.
- Maintenance
- T3 – replaced plow mount with regular pin style and replaced broken shoe mount, also replaced wing bolt that broke during the Thanksgiving Day storm
- T2 – air leak under dash, lines cracked on end, cut and replaced end.
- T3 valves for spinner and sander cleaned out and freed up.
- T1 – replaced broken wing bolt from Thanksgiving storm.
- T2 – wing slide cracked, currently pulled apart and mostly repaired, will be back on truck for Wednesday’s storm.
- Other
- Replaced hard hats
- Injection pump on chipper leaking, Nystrom ordered seal kit and will repair soon
- Winter clothes for outdoor work, can the Town supply?
- Picked up torch gas and welder gas for the shop
- Greased equipment regularly as needed
- Treated fuel for cold weather
Plan for the next two weeks
- Meet with National Forest forester to mark trees to be cut in right of way on Potter rd.
- Continue brush work on Potter road in between storms
- Finish T2 wing slide and get installed back into truck
- Start on write up for Melis rd project, cutting trees in right of way, widening road and prepping for larger culverts next year.
- Bring a load of tires to Brattleboro for disposal
- Continue winter road maintenance