NDLTAP
Gravel/Motor Grader

Roadway design, gravel quality and motor grader operation are key factors for maintaining gravel roadways. This section is a one-stop shop for gravel roadway information, providing gravel roadway training and technology ranging from resource publications to hands-on motor grader field training.

• 2020 Motor-Grader Operator Training (PDF, 812K)
• 2020 Motor-Grader Operator Training Introduction (video)
• FHWA Gravel Road Safety (MP4, 342858K)
• Aggregate Roads Dust Control (PDF, 849K)
• Dust Suppressant (PDF, 1363K)
• Quality Gravel's Secret Ingredient is Clay (video)
• Gravel Roads Manual (PDF, 18278K)
• Montana 2000 Gravel Manual (PDF, 4900K)
• Motor-Grader Maintenance Presentation (PDF, 3549K)
• Slope Meter (PDF, 1898K)
• Gravel Road Presentations - NDLTAP Staff
  • Sargent County Township Meeting
  • ASHE - Central Dakota Section
• Montana Gravel Road Video - Flathead County (MACRS/Montana LTAP production)
• Gravel Road Maintenance: Meeting the Challenge (video) (AMK Production Services)
• Answers to Common Questions About Gravel Roads (video) (Local Road Research Board)
• A Day in the Life of a Blade Operator (PDF, 110K)
• Gravel Reclaimer (PDF, 844K)
• Grader Mount Sod Mulcher (PDF, 764K)
• Gravel Roads Maintenance Recorded Video Conference Session - Ken Skorseth, SDLTAP
  • Course Description (PDF, 564K)
• GT Spreader II
  • GT2 in Action (video)
• Local Road Surface Selection Tool
• 12H Grader Pulling Ditch (video)
• Smoothing and Reshaping the Traveled Way (video)
• Unpaved Road Chemical Treatment Selection Tool
• Guidelines for the Selection, Specification and Application of Chemical Dust Control and Stabilization Treatments on Unpaved Roads (PDF, 29038K)
• Unpaved Road Dust Management: A Successful Practitioner's Handbook (PDF, 5897K)
• OXY Study – Calcium Chloride vs Magnesium Chloride (PDF, 251K)
• Improving Gravel Roads: Understanding Design Criteria, TLN Recorded Webinar - Steve Monlux
  • Course Description (PDF, 341K)

With more than 50% of North Dakota's 106,000 mile roadway network relying on gravel surfacing it is imperative that gravel roadway technologies be shared and that technology advancements be an integral part of the state's asset management plan.