Foreman’s Report 2/11/2025
Work completed in the last two weeks
- Highway work completed
- Mulching has continued in Snow Mountain Farms
- Continuous road work (plowing, salting, sanding)
- Pushbacks have begun (leaving a tall enough edge on the bank so the traveling public doesn’t use the bank as a road) as well as cleaning up intersections
- Salt/Sand
- Ordered 500 yds of sand
- Continually ordering salt as needed to keep shed full
- Maintenance
- T2 loose wheel caused broken stud, replaced in house and inspected, adjusted brakes and put back into service
- T1 side dump valves have been replaced
- T3 and T1 bed wear bars will be replaced in the next few weeks as they are wearing thin
- T3 bed chain snapped, shortened and installed master link, put back into service
- Trucks regularly greased and inspected as they’re in heavy use this time of year
- Grader is good to run, United is getting quote on injectors and high pressure pump to hopefully cure excess diesel getting into the oil. They also still need to address transmission leak, will have more info next meeting
- Dump
- Nothing to report
Items not done from last outlook
Plan for the next two weeks
- Continue winter road maintenance
- Cut brush with mulcher if weather allows
- Bring new T2 to Williston to the body shop
- Flush motor oil in grader
- Repair blacktop sink hole in S. Wardsboro rd, cut out blacktop and compact in new material
- Renting equipment (cutter and compactor) from DBC
- Clean up shop bays when weather is in the single digits next week