

Go Green with the
Gravel Doctor®
With the ongoing awareness of the need to “go green”, more businesses are doing their part to reduce, reuse and recycle. THE GRAVEL DOCTOR® subscribes to the same principles of “green” technology by reducing the environmental impact of surface restoration. The rationale is explained below.
Recycling Reduces Environmental Impact
Consider this scenario: a 450 horsepower dump truck takes 1.5 hours to complete a roundtrip delivery of a load of gravel to a homeowner’s driveway. In total the truck uses approximately 675 horsepower to accomplish the service. To complete a one-hour surface restoration to repair the driveway, THE GRAVEL DOCTOR® will use approximately 32 to 35 horsepower. Based on this scenario THE GRAVEL DOCTOR® used just 5% of the power required just to deliver the stone.
Now consider the energy requirements it takes to acquire that new stone from its original location, most likely from a remote rural location:

