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METRIC--Are You Ready
Reprinted from USDA Newsletter
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October
35
No.
1976
Revision
of
the
Specifications
Signs
Weller
Charles
1977
17
FN
Vol.
High Hazard Clause in Powerline Special
Construction of Roads and Bridges
for
L.
FN Vol.
8
No.
10
October
1
1976
8
No.
10
October
Use Permits
Geometronics
Strickland
Service Center
Harold L. FN Vol.
8
San Dimas Forest Residues Machine
Taylor Heyward T. FN Vol. 8 No.
No.
10
October
1976
Completes Field Tests
10 October 1976
Observations on Low-Cost Roads in New Zealand
Lund John W. FN Vol. 8 No. 11 November 1976
Vertical
Curves and Their Influence on the Performance
FN Vol. 8 No. 11 November 1976
of Log
Ohmstede Robert
Federal Aid Plots
McCall Ron FN
for
Vol.
8
Percent Abney Level PAL
No.
11 November 1976
Liability of Government Employees
Harold L. FN Vol. 8 No. 11
Strickland
Trucks
Surveys
Civil
New
RDS
Taylor
Solar
Data File System
Heyward T. FN Vol.
Energy Update
Charles R.
Weller
FN Vol
8
8.
November
No.
11
November
1976
No.
11
November
1976
A Transportation Planning Workload Analysis
Groven Allen C. Gomez Juan Martin William
December
R.
FN
Vol.
8
1976
Comments About
Bump
1976
Gary
F.
Computerized Programs at Fort Collins
FN Vol. 8 No. 12 December 1976
Engineering
Resources
Fire
Aviation
Safety and Forest Insect Disease Management
Taylor Heyward T. FN Vol. 8 No. 12 December
1976
Aerial Tramway Seminar--Electromagnetic Testing of Wire Rope
Weller Charles R. FN Vol. 8 No. 12 December 1976
Management Handbook
Driver-Operator Handbook
Forest Service History
Harold L. FN Vol.
Strickland
Fleet
What
Bugs Engineers Most About
Smith Terry C. FN
Vol.
9
No.
8
No.
12
December
Report Writing
1 January 1977
2
1976
No.
12
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
Weller Charles. FN Vol. 9 No. 1 January 1977
New Mapping
Strickland
A Pavement
Program Affects Forest Service
Harold L. FN Vol. 9 No. 1 January 1977
Design and
Model
Taylor
Heyward
T.
Management
FN
Energy From Water
Jerry M. FN Vol.
Hyde
Vol.
9
No.
9
2
No.
System for Forest Service Roads--A Working
2
January 1977
February 1977
Forest Service Safety of Dams Studies
James A. FN Vol. 9 No.
2 February 1977
Wolfe
Low-Volume Roads Bibliography
Harold L. FN Vol.
Strickland
9
No.
2
February 1977
Region 5 Fire Equipment Committee
Multiregional Anchor Project Steering Committee
Cooperators From the University of California-Davis
Ad Hoc Slash Equipment Group
Steep-Slope Stabilization Group
American Society of Agricultural Engineers ASAE Winter Meeting
Taylor Heyward T. FN Vol. 9 No. 2 February 1977
Buildings Handbook Update
Alternate Energy Sources
Weller Charles R. FN Vol.
No.
9
2
February 1977
The Problems of Using Standard SpecificationsWithout
Adjusting for Specific
Conditions
Design
FN Vol. 9 No. 3 March 1977
Coghlan Gerald T.
Skip
Polypropylene
Construction
Fabric as a Reinforcement of Muskeg Subgrade in Road
Lively Morris Vischer William
Documentation
Taylor
of Road
Heyward
T.
Design
FN Vol.
Compatibility of Electrical
Weller Charles R. FN Vol.
A.
System
9
No.
3
FN Vol.
No.
9
9 No.
March
RDS
March
1977
Equipment With Electric
9
No.
3 March 1977
Emergency Relief Funds
Harold L. FN Vol.
Strickland
3
3
3
March
1977
Service
1977
Use of Reinforced Earth Companys Retaining
National Forest
Erwin Dave FN Vol. 9 No.
April 1977
Structures on the
Olympic
4
The Brownhouse
B.D.
Franklin
Study Road
FN Vol. 9 No.
4
April 1977
New Forest Service General Provisions and Specifications
Roads and Bridges
Cadastral Engineering
Weller Charles R. FN Vol. 9 No.
April 1977
for
Construction of
4
A Standard
Strickland
Forest Service Scale
Harold L. FN Vol.
The American
Taylor
Society
Heyward
T.
9
for Resource Aerial Photography
No.
April 1977
4
of Agricultural Engineers
FN Vol. 9 No.
April 1977
4
Career Counseling for Engineering Personnel
E.
Duane FN Vol. 9 No. 5 May 1977
Davey
A Mathematical Programming Approach for the Analysis of Transport/Logging
Systems for Timber Sale
May 1977
Cox Wallace R. Wong Peter FN Vol. 9 No.
5
Energy Conservation
Harold L.
Strickland
Traffic
Surveillance
Taylor Heyward
T.
FN Vol.
Survey
FN Vol.
9
9
No.
No.
5
5
May 1977
May 1977
Progress in Consultation and Standards
More About the Press-Lam Bridge
Weller Charles R. FN Vol. 9 No.
May 1977
5
Presidential Statement on the Metric Conversion Act
June 1977
FN Vol. 9 No. 6 Part
I
Metric Conversion Act of 1975 Public Law
FN Vol. 9 No. 6 Part I June 1977
America
FN Vol.
Joins a Metric World
6 Part
June 1977
9 No.
I
The Metric System of Measurement
June 1977
FN Vol. 9 No. 6 Part
I
Brief History of Measurement Systems
FN Vol. 9 No. 6 Part
June 1977
I
4
94-168
of
1975
onthe
Impact of Metrication
Vol. 9 No.
6 Part
I
FN
Development
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Vol.
9
Metrication
FN
Vol.
9
American
FN Vol.
of Metric
No.
of
No.
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6
Society
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No.
6
Standards for Wire
June 1977
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National Standards for Traffic
Part
June 1977
the
6
Construction Industry
June 1977
I
for Testing
I
Part
and
Materials
Control Devices
Instruction on Metric
June 1977
Metric Education Guide for Employee Training
FN Vol. 9 No.
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June 1977
I
Metric Editorial Guide
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June 1977
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Whats
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Part
June 1977
Next
I
Part
June 1977
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FN Vol. 9 No. 6 Part II June 1977
Concrete
Larson
Tinker Toy
Ed
A Method
9
Bridge
No.
7
July 1977
of Marking Boundary Lines Using
Dennis Vol. 9 No.
July 1977
7
Moonier
Minimum-Cost
Wong
FN Vol.
Peter
Network Design
FN Vol. 9 No.
the
HP 25 Calculator
for Timber Transport
7
July 1977
International Conference on Low-Volume Roads
Taylor Heyward T. FN Vol. 9 No. 7 July 1977
Review
Weller
Road and Bridge Preconstruction
Activity
Charles R. FN Vol. 9 No. 7 July 1977
of
Resource Information Display System RIDS.
Harold L. FN Vol. 9 No. 7 July 1977
Strickland
Wiring
Mutch
Systems for Sewage Lift Stations
Frank FN Vol. 9 No.
August 1977
8
5
Conversion
Skycrane Saves the Day In Alaska
Gregory L. Muchmore Frank
Vol. 9 No.
August 1977
May
8
of
Directory
Vol.
9
8
No.
W. Williams
Geotechnical/Materials
August
Russell
J.
Personnel
1977
Report on the Status of Safety Design Standards
Sign Specifications and Sign Catalog
Furen Walter Vol. 9 No.
August 1977
for
Low-Volume Roads
8
Study of Service-wide Engineering Computer Systems
Harold L. Vol. 9 No.
Strickland
August 1977
8
Field Tests
Taylor
at
San
Heyward
T
Dimas Equipment Development Center
Vol.
Research Publications
Colley A.L.
Vol.
No.
9
No.
9
9
8
1977
August
September 1977
Slope Inclinometer Data Reduction
Kaufman Robert E. Vol. 9 No. 9
September 1977
A History of Explosives Use by the Forest Service Rocky Mountain
Adolphson
Ray Vol. 9 No. 9 September 1977
Geometronics
Strickland
Region
Application of Digitizing Techniques
Harold L. Vol. 9 No. 9 September 1977
FRT
Study on Transportation Investment Decision Policies and
Furen Walter Vol. 9 No. 9 September 1977
Noise Pollution Prediction
Method
Taylor Heyward
No.
T.
Vol.
9
9
Analysis
September 1977
Benefits of Computer Models for Transportation System Analysis
Vol.
9 No.
10 October 1977
DeKalb Victor
M
Native Log
Muchmore
Stringer Bridge Research
Frank W. Tuomi Roger L. Wolfe
Ronald
1977
Highway
Safety Traffic
Furen Walter
Geometronics
Strickland
Vol.
9
Control
No.
10
Service Center
Harold L. Vol.
9
October
No.
10
1977
October
6
1977
Vol.
9
No.
10
October
1
Road
Design
System
Taylor Heyward
T.
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No.
10
October
ENGINEERING
1977
TECHNICAL REPORTS
The Engineering Technical Reports ETR series are detailed
specific engineering topics or closely-related subjects.
discussions of
Material
published in the ETR series prior to the period included
listed in Field Notes Vol. 7 No. 10 October 1975.
Measurement of Soil
Ziemer Robert
Creep by Inclinometer
September 1977.
ETR 7100-4
Status Report of Emulsified Asphalt Pavements
Williamson Ronald March 1977.
ENGINEERING
herein is
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MANAGEMENT
6
ETR
7700-10
SERIES
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publications serving a special
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purpose or reader and those involving
to a specific problem.
publications have such interest for readers outside of the
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Study Policy Team Report--Transportation Investment Decision
Policies and Analysis EM 8320 June 1977
Topographic
Translated
Analysis System
in Spanish
Albee William Mahan
TOPAS
Richard
EM
7140-1A
Mahoney Robert August
7
1977
FS
General Provisions
Roads and Bridges
Standard
Specifications
7720-100
Unruh Marion Badger David A.
GPO Stock No. 001-001-00425-1 Price $5.65
Road
and
Johnston
EM
Bridge Preconstruction
Beryl July
1977
Engineering
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AND
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EM 7730-3
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materials
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of
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Equipment
Equip Tips
TITLE
The SPH-4
helmet
flight
Orthographic
AUTHOR
DATE
projector
Chemicals and support equipment
reduce friction in hose lays
January 1977
SDEDC
October
MEDC
1976
to
July 1976
SDEDC
June
1976
MEDC
reports
June
1976
MEDC
Resource publications
February 1976
MEDC
February 1976
MEDC
1976
MEDC
New slide insert for physical
fitness calculator
Traffic
surveillance
Equipment-mounted
system
New
equipment
air
filtering
Safety Fuse Igniter
Jaunuary
September 1975
MEDC
September 1975
MEDC
September 1975
MEDC
September 1975
MEDC
equipment
August
1975
MEDC
Comfort station interior finishes
August
1975
SDEDC
Oil-recirculating waterless toilet
August
1975
SDEDC
Plastic tops--picnic tables
benches
July 1975
SDEDC
June
MEDC
Firefighters equipment
Belt
Two
first
new
aid
fire
pack
kit
camp
kits
shelter
Lighter forest
fire
Date available
on earth sciences
Trail equipment
publications
and
and
films
Automation of
Safe
the
versatile
seismic work
ISCO water sampler
1975
May 1975
MEDC
May 1975
MEDC
firing set for
9
Tractor light
Making
New
kit
culverts
fish
good
porcupine-resistant
Safer
detonator
passages
signs
available
May 1975
MEDC
January 1975
MEDC
January 1975
MEDC
October
MEDC
1974
Aids for battery selection
September 1974
MEDC
GSA hardhats
September 1974
MEDC
Road
August
MEDC
traffic counters recommended
Protect your
hearing
Crossbow tree
trees
up
to
New
1974
SDEDC
marking system for
90
Firefighters
July
1974
feet
tall
trousers
lgok in 2- and
4-quart canteens
for
Hearing protection
vehicle operators
June 1974
MEDC
June
MEDC
1974
March
1974
MEDC
March
1974
SDEDC
off-road
Microphor model H-12 flush toilet
treatment unit
February 1974
SDEDC
January 1974
SDEDC
September 1973
MEDC
September 1973
MEDC
Trail traffic counter now available
on GSA contract
September 1973
MEDC
Nomex
July
1973
MEDC
June
1973
MEDC
June
1973
MEDC
Helicopter-serviced
Improving the
wood signs
durability of routed
Caution Electric
fabric
Emergency
Improved
toilet system
power converters
firefighters
jacks
for
light
trucks
emergency ration
A minimum water toilet
the
shirt
fixture
Duner 509
Gloves
for
forest
workers
10
March
1973
SDEDC
March
1973
MEDC
EDT
Reports
Catalytic converter
temperature tests
Clearing
of
road
exhaust system
and disposing
grubbing
construction slash
January 1977
SDEDC
October
SDEDC
1976
Development of the Forest Service
trail traffic counter
September 1976
MEDC
Iodine dispenser
disinfection
January 1976
SDEDC
for water
supply
Pickup truck slip-on equipment for
cleaning recreation facilities
July
Slash-equipment and methods for
treatment and utilization
April
Surfacing
rock
1975
1.975
SDEDC
SDEDC
forest trails with crushed
January 1975
MEDC
Roadside slope revegetation past
and current practice on the
National Forests
June
1974
SDEDC
Functional evaluation of
Deere 570 motor grader
June 1974
SDEDC
Sound propagation and annoyance
under forest conditions
March
SDEDC
Snowmobile noise
January 1974
SDEDC
Flexible downdrains
January 1974
SDEDC
June
SDEDC
the
John
1974
Flight evaluation of Short Brothers
and Harland Limited SC7 Military
Skyvan--series
3M
1973
Project Records
Static-line load
anchor cables
requirements for
Development of specification for
painted metal signs
Survey of high-production grass
collectors
January 1977
MEDC
January 1977
MEDC
January 1977
SDEDC
seed
11
Parameters for the design of efficient
forest
residues reduction machinery
December
1976
SDEDC
Remote sensing for big game
December
1976
MEDC
counts
A case history
Traffic
service and repair
counter
Controlling stinging and
insects
at campsites
biting
October
1976
MEDC
October
1976
MEDC
October
1976
MEDC
October
1976
MEDC
program
October
1976
SDEDC
Liquid concentrate fire retardant
blenders for ground tankers
October
1976
SDEDC
Chemicals and support equipment
reduce friction in hose lays
October
1976
SDEDC
Results of
equipment
two timber management
needs surveys
Orthographic
projector
Trailer tractix equations and
for curve widening
computer
to
Helicopter noise and its effects on
personnel--a preliminary survey
September 1976
SDEDC
Evaluating precision seeders
Forest Service nurseries
August
1976
MEDC
Developing and testing a shear/plow
for fireline construction
August
1976
MEDC
Evaluating the Bowie Industries
Vac-U-Seed harvester
August
1976
MEDC
for
Chain-flail barker development
Roadside
ditch-cleaning
development
June
1976
SDEDC
machine
April 1976
SDEDC
Mobile equipment for servicing
recirculating chemical toilets and
pumping vault toilets
March
1976
SDEDC
Chemical fire retardant
test methods
March
1976
SDEDC
corrosion
12
Evaluation
of
backpack
March
frames
1976
MEDC
Evaluation of the Vermeer Model
TS-44A tree spade for transplanting
trees on surface-mined land
February 1976
MEDC
An analysis of substrates
inks and
paints for improving outdoor posters
February 1976
MEDC
Mechanically harvesting seeds
southern orchards
February 1976
MEDC
Investigation of equipment needs for
chemically treating hardwoods and
conifers
February 1976
MEDC
Evaluation
November
MEDC
of
the
wayfinder
in
360
system
1975
Wildlife habitat management needs
results of the 1975 followup survey
October
1975
MEDC
Surveys on the use of fire retardants
in ground tankers
October
1975
SDEDC
Night helicopter
July
1975
SDEDC
July
1975
SDEDC
Survey of portable wheel and axle
load scales
and State statutory
limits
weight
June
1975
MEDC
An evaluation of two-man backpacking
crews for trail maintenance
June
1975
MEDC
An operational system for constructing
fireline with explosives
June
1975
MEDC
operations
Impact of off-road vehicle noise
a National Forest
on
Firefighters exposure to carbon
monoxide on the Deadline and Outlaw
Fires
May
1975
MEDC
Qualifications test of two fire
retardant chemicals Fire-Trol 931-N
Fire-Trol 931-P
May
1975
SDEDC
Small check
April 1975
-
dam energy dissipator
13
SDEDC
Analysis of reflective overglow and
readability of the Forest Service
National Forest
logo
April 1975
MEDC
Comfort station interior finishes
February 1975
SDEDC
Experimental blends of dry liquids
February 1975
MEDC
May 1975
SDEDC
Test
and
evaluation of model
Evaluation
of
Development
of
70 tanker
the Vari-Dozer
marking systems
Limited accuracy tests of
inductive loop counters
Earth sciences equipment
an introductory plan
the
SDEDC
December
1974
MEDC
November
1974
MEDC
November
1974
MEDC
November
1974
SDEDC
needs
Wildlife habitat management
results of 1973 survey
of
1974
two
Ignition time vs. temperature for
selected forest fuels
Investigation
December
needs
October
1974
MEDC
need and
feasibility of improving ground
detectors
September 1974
MEDC
Investigation of equipment needs
in United States
nurseries
September 1974
MEDC
September 1974
MEDC
Equipment
for
in
sale
timber
Fuel
orthographic projection
layout
treatment systems for partially
August
1974
MEDC
August
1974
MEDC
Weather Measure Corporation Model
WS750 Automatic Weather Station
August
1974
MEDC
All-terrain vehicle noise
August
1974
SDEDC
cut
stands
Investigation small seed
processing equipment
Firefighters
lot
physiological
study
July
14
1974
MEDC
An investigation
survey and
Forest
Service
posters
analysis
July
1974
MEDC
Linear fireline explosive system
July
1974
MEDC
incendiary grenades
June
1974
MEDC
of fish passage
Investigation
problems through culverts
May
1974
MEDC
aircraft tracking/guidance
system A concept
May
1974
MEDC
Fire detection systems for seed
orchards or small high-value areas
May
1974
MEDC
Site preparation machine phase
investigation
May 1974
MEDC
May 1974
MEDC
April 1974
SDEDC
shoes
April 1974
MEDC
Snowmobile survival kit
March
MEDC
A field
evaluation
helicopter-mounted
grenade dispenser and
Spray
I
preparation machine phase II
development
Site
Vault toilet
pumper vacuum
interruptors
Federal
prison industries safety
non-surfaced
Treatment of oversized
1974
rock on
February 1974
SDEDC
February 1974
SDEDC
Motorcycle noise
February 1974
SDEDC
of selected problems
Investigation
in range habitat improvement
February 1974
MEDC
January 1974
SDEDC
February 1977
MEDC
roads
Bridge
inspection equipment
Retardant
bases
flowmeter for airtanker
Other Reports
Equipment
land
for
reclaiming strip-mined
Handbook
15
Fitness and work capacity available
from Supt. of Doc.
U.S.
Govt.
Printing Office Wash. DC 20402
February 1977
MEDC
Summary--smokejumper injuries
parachute malfunctions
1975
January 1977
MEDC
December
1976
SDEDC
December
1976
MEDC
Potential for heating western tree
seedling greenhouses with geothermal
energy
November
1976
MEDC
Nursery equipment
October
1976
MEDC
October
1976
SDEDC
October
1976
MEDC
Implement hitch
operations
for
forest
Fireline explosive use and
instruction
Steep-slope
and
purchase
catalog
scarifier/seeder
maintaining
specifica-tions
Forest Service Equipment
Reviewing
at
and
the
Development
Center Missoula
Vegetative rehabilitation and
equipment workshop annual report
September 1976
MEDC
Evaluation of interregional travelway
closure and rehabilitation problems
and techniques
June
MEDC
Evaluating the need for environmental
monitoring to predict timber
harvesting impacts
May
1976
MEDC
100-man medical treatment kit
May
1976
MEDC
May
1976
MEDC
Emergency
medical field
station
road-tire
1976
Lessening energy waste in the
vehicle-driver system copies
are available from
Univ.
of
CA-Berkeley
Instit.
of
Transp.
Studies
McLaughlin Hall Berkeley CA
for $6.50/copy
94720
$0.40 handling
charge--CA residents add sale tax
April 1976
SDEDC
Rating method--chain
March
MEDC
109
saw hazard
16
1976
Vault toilets
maintenance
design and
considerations
February 1976
SDEDC
Machine for row-mulching logging
slash to enhance site--a concept
December
1975
SDEDC
The San Dimas slash
November
1975
SDEDC
November
1975
MEDC
November
1975
SDEDC
machine
Purchasing description
trailblazer
for Morrison
international conference on noise
from recreational off-road vehicles
copies available from Univ. of
Montana Missoula MT 59801 Attn
1st
Dr.
to
R.
the
Chaney Jr. for $10
of Montana
payable
Univ.
service-wide
Progress report for the
conference on planting
product
Greenhouse instrumentation
Traffic
surveillance
Night helicopter
stock
September
study
publications
operations
Summary--smokejumper injuries
1974
parachute malfunctions
Catalytic converter
1976
MEDC
August
1975
MEDC
August
1975
MEDC
August
1975
SDEDC
August
1975
MEDC
eight
temperature tests
preliminary
July 1975
SDEDC
percent
June
1975
SDEDC
Night helicopter operations steering
committee a chronology of the
project
June
1975
SDEDC
Cassette traffic recording system
brochure
May 1975.
MEDC
May 1975
MEDC
Feasibility study of self-contained
tether cable system for operating
equipment on slopes of 20 to 75
Equipment for processing
lots
Catalog
small
seed
17
Automated classifier for analyzing
traffic data
March
1975
MEDC
Distribution of particles by number
and size in Micro-cel E and HI SIL
233 dry liquids data report U.S.
February 1975
MEDC
January 1975
MEDC
January 1975
MEDC
Engineers
December
1974
MEDC
A survey of nursery practices and
equipment needs presented Winter
Meeting American Society of
Agricultural Engineers Chicago IL
December
1974
MEDC
Evaluation of power requirements and
blade design for slash-cutting
machinery
December
1974
SDEDC
Relating operational variables
tire wear
October
Army Dugway
Proving Ground
An engineering approach to the
problem of maximizing Zectran
particle capture on spruce budworms
in a dense coniferous forest.
U.S.
Army Dugway Proving Ground Technical
Note
butter-fly
Aerial spray evaluation
pine
test Bitterroot National Forest
MT Data Report U.S. Army Dugway
Proving Ground USDA Forest Service
R-1 Division of State and Private
Forestry and Missoula Equipment
Development
Center
Greenhouses for forestry seedlings
Ekblad 1974 Winter Meeting
American Society of Agricultural
to
Night helicopter operations for
fighting wildfires
Off-road vehicle noise
operators and
1974
SDEDC
September 1974
SDEDC
September 1974
SDEDC
effects on
bystanders
18
raising containerized trees
United States--a computer
program paper presented at North
American Containerized Forest Tree
Cost
in
of
the
Seedling Symposium
Denver
CO
August
1974
MEDC
August
1974
MEDC
Systems engineering for greenhouse
operations proceedings of the North
American Containerized Forest Tree
Seedling Symposium
Denver CO
Great Plains Agricultural Council
Publication No. 68
Field trails with Super 8 movie
cameras for traffic classification
Crosscut saws
description
July
MEDC
1974
sharpening
reconditioning
April 1974
MEDC
Application of meteorological
prediction models to forest spray
Workshop aerial application
problems.
of insecticides
against forest
defoliators
Missoula MT
April 1974
MEDC
History Range Seeding Equipment
Committee 1946-1973
January 1974
MEDC
Evaluation of brushcutters
and Kershaw
December
R-8
Hydro-Ax
at-ear noise exposure
Operators
off-road recreational vehicles
1973
for
October
1973
SDEDC
October
1973
MEDC
Application of dry liquids to
insecticide dissemination
October
1973
MEDC
Civilian needs and case studies
for
the USDA Forest Service technical
transfer colloquium
American
University
September 1973
MEDC
Relation of noise measurements to
temporary threshold shift in
users
June
SDEDC
Using
heat
for
sagebrush control
snow-mobile
19
1973
particle ignition
character-istics.
Cooperative study between
Exhaust
USDA Forest Service SDEDC
of
Calif.
Riverside
Dept.
CA
of
and Univ.
Statistics
February 1973
SDEDC
A field experiment on the impaction
of Zectran particles on spruce
larvae.
Technical Report. USDA
R-1 Division of State and Private
Forestry and Missoula Equipment
Development Center
February 1973
MEDC
The CL-215 summary of its
anca.as an airtanker
1973
SDEDC
undated
SDEDC
bud-worm
perform-
FFSAR
Developmental model chain-flail
barker/cleaner
Limited evaluation Canadair CL-215
Amphibious Airplane. Cooperative
study between SDEDC and Edwards
AFB
CA
October
1972
SDEDC
A guide to cleaning recreation sites.
Cooperative project between Rocky
Mountain Region and SDEDC
1972
Implement-carrying hitch
use
December
1972
SDEDC
December
1972
SDEDC
for
SDEDC
forestry
Efficiency and economy of an air
curtain destructor used for slash
disposal in the Northwest
20
FWWAASHHINGTON
CONSULTATION
OFFICE
AND
NEWS
STANDARDS
Walter E. Furen
Assistant Director
PRACTICES
AND EQUIPMENT PROBLEMS
Equip-ment
IN ROAD MAINTENANCE
In FY 1975 the Forest Service
through the San Dimas and Missoula Equipment
Development Centers initiated a study to assess road maintenance equipment
needs and to identify equipment problems that might be solved
by the
Development Centers.
An interview technique was used to gather data
from 38 National Forests.
Many of you participated in this process and
willingness to provide
This
No.
so
input
was greatly appreciated.
your
study identified as EDIT 2521 has been completed and Special Report
7771-2813 was published in September 1977.
If you have not already done
obtain a copy of the Special Report to review it in depth.
The study did not identify new highly significant areas of improvement of an
equipment development nature.
27 different
Although this situation existed
project ideas were determined to be useful and they are shown in table 1.
These projects will be included in the EDT program as time and funding
permit.
The major issue identified by this EDT study was that road maintenance
personnel are dissatisfied with maintenance management direction and emphasis
as it existed at the time the field interviews were conducted.
The Special
imple-mentation
Report contains
discussion of 17 problem statements to support
The Chief has written a letter to the Regional Foresters
expressing his concern and emphasizing the importance of appropriate
of the maintenance management system.
A copy of his letter is
included in the Foreword of the Special Report.
the
EDT
a listing and
finding.
The Transportation System Maintenance Handbook FSH 7709.15 published in
October 1975 outlines the maintenance management system that has been
adopted for use in the Forest Service.
We have had approximately 2 years to
become acquainted with and to begin using this system.
In order
to evaluate
recommen-dations
problems in implementing this system and to develop
we have scheduled a Road Maintenance Management
improvement
Each Region will be
Workshop to be held the week of January 9-13 1978.
Please communicate
represented by its Regional Road Maintenanance Engineer.
your comments and recommendations to your Regional Maintenance Engineer so
that he can present them at the January workshop.
from the ground
Input
progress and
for
21
Table
1--Promising project ideas arranged by value
engineering staffs
to Regional
Regional
Project
Project
Priority
Techniques
1
2
if
for surveying
2
Road
3
Training
4
Impact of road design
5
Pavement maintenance
6
Maintenance
7
Traffic
8
Transportation
9
Grader cutting
maintenance
2.8
lifetime costs
7043
New
2.8
-
New
2.8
7048
New
2.8
-
New
2.8
on road maint.
support
2.6
user instructions
2537
Completed
2.6
cost study
2285
Continuing
2.5
edges
7052
New
2.5
reflective signs
7068
New
2.5
2609
Continuing
2.5
7019
New
2.4
7070
Continuing
2.4
7067
New
2.4
7053
New
2.4
7071
New
2.4
2677
Renew
2.4
2683
Continuing
2.4
-
New
2.3
-
New
2.3
2674
New
2.3
7065
New
2.3
-
New
2.1
Continuing
2.1
-
Renew
2.1
-
New
2.0
-
New
2.0
control
equipment
surveillance
Rock
rakes
13
Road
grader operator
14
Reduction
15
Culvert
16
Reducing equipment
17
Roadside
18
Slope
19
Outfit
20
Project
signals
21
Culvert
cleaning
22
Motor
23
Redundant
24
Maintenance
25
Ditch
26
Backhoe
27
Grader blade
little
New
Continuing
12
rated
7066
2685
deterioration
of
studies
maintenance
for road
work
safety belts
of sign theft
devices
inlet
brush
vandalism
equipment
control
equipment
revegetation
sign trucks
and signs
devices
grader substitutes
brakes
systems
for treatment
of oversized
2055
rock
cleaner
accessories
each
value
conditions
and construction
traffic
Road
1
Status
signs
of
11
staffs
No.
title
aids
Low-cost
unsure
road
equipment
10
Regional
proposal
extensions
project
value.
for rock
idea
1
Scores were
to
3 based on
averaged
to
its
rank
benefit
project
22
to
the Region
ideas.
3
if
it
would
benefit
opera-tional
level will assure that significant problems be addressed at the workshop and
will provide guidance as we proceed from the implementation to the
phase of the maintenance management system.
SERVICE-WIDE
1.
PROBLEM
STATEMENTS
IN ROAD MAINTENANCE
A
sound
base for actual maintenance needs does not exist on
National Forests due to a lack of documented conditions and
traffic using the transportation system and road user
Without this base
safety is not adequately considered.
planning and budgeting procedures for road maintenance
activities cannot accurately describe the work to be done
with associated cost or evaluate results when activity has
been complete.
2.
3.
4.
frus-trated
Most Forest personnel are aware of needs and dedicated to
efficient performance
but in some cases
they are
of
a clear and concise means of implementing
by lack
the maintenance management system.
Roads even some constructed recently
are substandard and
need reconstruction or completion effort to be put into
a maintainable state.
Some
in-house maintenance
organizations are not of a size
and equipment
to maximize management and manpower skills
or to allow for flexibility.
utilization
5.
6.
opera-tions
The required skills at various organizational levels
not been totally identified in either road systems
of road maintenance.
or specialized areas
effec-tively
Some
Service-wide programs in road maintenance training and
information dissemination are lacking in order to
main-tain
carry out
7.
have
The
operations.
Forest Service lacks equipment
and techniques to
paved roads which are being constructed in increasing
numbers.
8.
9.
accom-plished
Timber
maintenance is not being uniformly
in accordance with the contracts or with applicable
maintenance standards.
sale
road
Increased costs are reported because inappropriately sized
local parts availability and local
downtime
equipment
service are not considered when decisions about available
Fleet managers and users feel they are
equipment are made.
involved
in the equipment selection process.
not adequately
23
They have
12.
proper
equipment
to
that
the
is not
local
being used
to be
job
in
done.
ap-praised
ad-dressed
i-ciencies
Where
Development Centers have made available
equipment and materials the maintenance staffs at the
Forest level often are not fully in agreement with or
of the goals and are left on their own to integrate
the use into their operations.
Equipment managers feel the
projects have been too narrow in scope and have not
the
the
11.
expert opinion
special-ized
matching
10.
some
the
problem in many cases.
Transportation
planning design and construction def
continue to adversely impact maintenance procedures
and costs.
Maintenance
activities frequently do not consider problems
by contaminants interfering with regular maintenance
For example
contaminants such as grass leaves
procedures.
have an adverse effect
pine needles and rocks
on motor
grader performance.
caused
13.
Current timber
not
defin-itive
and
14.
sale agreement procedures and clauses are
all cases compatible with existing road management
maintenance standards and directions.
in
Roads
under questionable jurisdiction and lacking
maintenance agreements continually create maintenance
performance responsibility problems..
main-tenance
15.
The
16.
manage-ment
enforce-ment
historic emphasis to increase contracting
is receiving limited acceptance.
of
Road
closure is an important part of maintenance
locked gates are vandalized or bypassed
is felt to be lacking by maintenance personnel
and
as an effective tool
there is a reluctance to use closures
to balance available capabilities with road use.
but
17.
does not give the
Management
road maintenance.
necessary emphasis
to the
job
of
CONSULTATION AND STANDARDS
PERSONNEL
CHANGES
9
October
1977 Jim Wolfe was assigned to the WO as the Hydraulic
Jim worked for the
A
Engineer.
graduate of New Mexico State University
to the Forest
Bureau of Reclamation and Corps of Engineers before coming
Service in 1971 as the Water and Sanitation Engineer for R-3.
Effective
Jim was responsible for providing direction and guidance concerning dams
related water resource developments such as reservoirs canals ditches
24
and
ponds
erosion control structures.
This work involved
feasibility
design construction and maintenance of structures
preliminary engineering
built on or affecting lands administered by the Forest Service.
and
Engi-neer
4c
ýk
ýe
4
1977 George Lippert became the new Structures
his
George is a graduate of South Dakota State University
Forest Service experience includes
assignments on the Snoqualmie NF at the
R-6 Regional Office and most recently in R-8 where he was the Facilities
Engineer in the Regional Office.
Effective
in
December
the WO.
design
George is the technical specialist responsible for the planning
and appurtenant facilities.
construction of building structures
25
and
OPERATIONS
Harold L. StickZand
Assistant Director
The budget process has resulted in many ramifications to the way we conduct
business in the Forest Service.
Direction is often given by Congress to the
and in committee reports.
For
agency as footnotes to our appropriations
three
such
footnotes follow which apply for FY 1978.
your information
1978 ITEMS
OF INTEREST--DIRECTION
FROM CONGRESS
House Appropriations Committee Report
1.
The
Committee expects as a result of fund increases that
special attention be given to the establishment of realistic
output goals by Region individual National Forests and
Ranger Districts for the various activities administered by
the Forest Service so maximum results are achieved for the
benefit of the American people.
The Forest Service is
to
monitor
the
of the Regional
expected
closely
success
individual National Forest and Ranger District Managers in
meeting these goals and to include the goals and actual
max-imum
accomplishments
Our goals
in
in
future budget
justifications.
be related to the RPA program.
Beginning
1978 special attention will be given to achieving
results.
This will include
close scrutiny of
should
accomplishments..
2.
The
Committee cannot state too strongly that if significant
increased resources are going to continue to be provided to
the Forest Service a management system must be implemented
so that the productivity of the forestry personnel and
managers can be adequately determined and improved as
The Committee will expect a full report on the
achievement of the Forest Service in this the fiscal year
re-quired.
1979
We
budget
Italic added.
hearings.
are taking management actions
1.
minimize the need
2.
develop
for
a workforce
to
additional Federal
planning
26
process
and
employees
develop
3.
These
efforts are
management
3.
It
a new
and
work measurement system.
expected
to
further improve Forest Service
productivity.
the attention of the Committee that timber
construction
costs are significantly less
purchaser
than the road construction costs under direct funding from
the Forest Service.
The Forest Service indicates
this cost
has
come
to
road
deter-mine
differential is merely one of bookkeeping and accounting
The Committee has directed its Investigative
techniques.
Staff to review the Forest Service roads program to
the reasons for the cost differential and validity of
This investigation will also
the Forest Service assertion.
review whether the roads constructed by the timber
established by the Forest Service.
meet the standards
pur-chasers
investiga-ting
publica-tion.
the
The investigation of road costs is underway
Forests in Regions 1
staff visited several
Normal procedure is
are now preparing a report.
the report to the House Committee for review and
This will probably be done
appropriations hearings.
27
just
2
to
and
6
submit
prior to the FY
1979
and
TECHNOLOGICAL
IMPROVEMENTS
Heyward T. Taylor
Assistant Director
DATA
A new system for storing
Collins Computer Center.
STORAGE
SYSTEM
road
design data is being implemented at the Ft.
system uses an individual file for each
the designer or the Forest control of individual
gives
project
old system in use since 1970 placed all RDS
project data in a
per Region which necessitated
Regional job directories
direc-tory
project and
files.
The
This
re-ducing
single file
and RDS file backup routines.
support routines
That method caused
considerable maintenance support activity
both at the Regional Office and
FCCC.
The new system uses the data file maintenance capabilities of the
Central Computer Operating System and interfaces
them to RDS thereby
input at FCCC and Regional levels.
More user control and
should
reduce data files so that only those necessary files will
remain on the system.
at
responsi-bility
elim-inates
flex-ibility
terminal transmission time
Storing data at the central site reduces
data format conversion
and improves
user aids such
as Interactive
Road
Design
of
System.
Online/onsite storage capabilities enhance
the
and economic processing through slow-speed
rapid response
terminals.
Region 2 pilot-tested the new system and afterward Region
By January 1 1978 all Regions should be using the system.
9
began
using
it.
Another significant advantage of the new system is that training adjustments
are needed when using either RDS or IRDS.
This system minimizes overall
costs
to the Forest Service allocates costs closer to the actual user and
minimizes overall Forest Service data support activities.
The
concept for
the system is a direct result of suggestions
and documentation
work done in
cooperation with Colorado State University.
28
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