2005 report on roadside vegetation management equipment & technology

Abstract

The objective of this report is to provide Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) personnel with recommendations concerning the utilization of new technologies that will enable more effective management of Oklahoma roadside right-of-ways. Industries responsible for technological advances in the roadside vegetation management (RVM) industry segment are increasingly aware of tight of maintenance budgets and environmental issues. Two new technologies that ODOT has access to and could benefit from are 1.) Norstar Industries, Inc. 揕ong Shot� Articulating Boom and 2.) U-Teck 揥eedEnder� Technologies.