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SAND~~SNAKE

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  1. I'm a heavy equipment operator who has graded for many years. I try to avoid discussing the road as the condition and grading techniques drive me nuts. But what the heck, here goes.

    First, I would regrade with proper crowning and ditches, next I would have the road sprayed with lignosulfonate.

    Lignosulfonate is essentially tree sap suspended in a salt water solution so it can be sprayed. With the road material "roughed up" using button bits, the solution is applied,finish graded, then rolled before it dries.The salt water evaporates leaving behind dried tree sap. After it dries it becomes almost as hard as asphalt and is insoluble. The tree sap sticks the particles of dirt together holding the road shape, stopping the road from wahboarding and holding the dust down to below PM10 standards. That means very little or no dust

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    PM 10 standards:http://www.epa.gov/airtrends/aqtrnd95/pm10.html

    The cost is low because it uses a waste product, and we would be happy with no washboards or dust.

    This is what it looks like being applied. It smells like bbq sauce!

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    I like like bbq sauce! I say your hired!! :thumb: Get er done and send the bill to Ynot..

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  2. Steering couplers I would like to replace. Does ANYONE know what application these came from or were they can be purchased. They are currently being used on a Mustang II steering rack to tie rods. I have looked everywhere and am unable to find them.

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  3. I highly recommend to anyone going out to plan extra time going down Dumont road, Took me aprox 1/2 hour going 5mph, It's washed out really bad, And check your straps at the end of the road. I was afraid my cabinets were going to come off the walls. Also we AWARE there are brown Pacífico beer bottles all over in the dunes sticking out of the sand. Don't know who would have done that but seems like they were everywhere. Dunes, flats, and the entrance road.

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