USDA, Forest Service, Helena National Forest, 2880 Skyway Drive, Helena, MT 59601

Y -- BEAVER-DRY CR. ROAD NATIVE SURFACING REESTABLISHMENT SOL R1-12-97-040 DUE 090897 POC Contact Point, Contracting, Kathy Kuharski, 406/449-5201, ext. 210 Hourly equipment rental of "state-of-the-art" mobile rock milling equipment, water truck, and dozer to re-establish native surface on Beaver-Dry Cr. Road, Lincoln RD, Helena NF, Lewis & Clark County, Montana. Work involves using state-of-the-art mobile rock milling equipment to manufacture cushion material to a specified depth on a native surface road, including reducing bedrock and oversized rock down to a maximum size of four inches; watering, mixing, rolling, blading and shaping of the manufactured cushion material into a smooth, non-segregated road surface. Minimum requirements for the rock milling machine are: 1) Carrier must be capable of carrying and maneuvering cutting head at required depths; 2) Cutting head weight shall be 15,000 pounds or more to avoid excessive bouncing; 3) Rotary drum shall have at least 184 carbide teeth set in a spiral inward pattern; 4) Rotary drum shall be able to make a 10 foot wide cut and rotate at 94 rpms minimum and exert a force of 5,000 psi; 5) Power plant shall be a minimum 400 hp, have hydraulic pump with reservoir and related hardware; 6) Manufacture date shall be 1990 model or newer. Solicitation will be available approximately 8/18/97. Estimated start work, 9/22/97; Contract time, 14 calendar days. A prebid showing of the site will not be held. Price range, less than S25,000. (0212)

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