To optimize the pothole repair process with greater efficiency, the Patch Pro Heavy Duty, a new patching truck, entered service as part of the Mérida City Council’s Zero Potholes program this week.
The machinery is in charge of personnel from the Public Works Directorate, and weekly uses 300 liters of diesel and 120 kg of LP gas, in addition to daily using 1,800 liters of quick-break emulsion (65% hot mix) and 7 cubic meters of third-grade clean gravel.
The equipment has a performance to cover between 280 to 300 square meters per eight-hour day, which allows for speeding up repairs and improving the quality of the pavement.
One of the main advantages of Patch Pro equipment is that it eliminates the need to transport hot asphalt to the patch site. The emulsion is poured directly onto the gravel deposited in the pothole, which simplifies the process and reduces waiting times, it was reported. Its operation requires only a crew that is made up of a truck operator (Pedro Adrián Ramírez Ruiz), an equipment or steering wheel operator (Adrián Ramírez Arias), two dirt drivers, and an area supervisor, as well as cleaning personnel.
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