North Dakota Local Technical Assistance Program

On-Site Event

Gravel Road Shoulder Pulling Training with Interactive Field Demo

  • Apr 29, 2026 (9:00 - 4:00 pm CT; 8:00 - 3:00 pm MT)
    Veterans Club, 114 1st St NW, Steele ND
  • Apr 30, 2026 (9:00 - 4:00 pm CT; 8:00 - 3:00 pm MT)
    Devils Lake Armory, 417 5th St NE , Devils Lake ND

Registration

STEELE REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, April 24, 2026

DEVILS LAKE REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday, April 27, 2026

There is a $50.00 registration fee. NDLTAP will invoice after the event.

The above resource and more can be accessed by visiting the TLN Learning Management System (LMS).

Description

Participants must wear safety vest.

The live demo will feature the shoulder pulling Ransom County is currently using. Information will be shared so that you can acquire new skills on how to recover material back on the roadway, making the roadway safer.

Topics to be covered in the classroom portion:

  • Operator and equipment safety
    • How, why and where
  • Ditch slope
  • Best practice shoulder pulling
  • What equipment is being used to pull shoulders - what works best

The live demo session will conclude with a debriefing on the shoulder pulling techniques and the equipment used.

Speakers

Mark Krumvieda, Motor grader operator with 18 years of experience, and 6 years providing hands-on motor grader training for the South Dakota Local Transportation Assistance Program (SDLTAP). for 19 years. He is a 3rd generation blade operator who learned from his dad, who operated a blade for