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<span style="font-weight: bold;">With the help of various attachments, Bobcat Skid-steer loaders provide cost-effective solution in rural road construction.</span><p></p><p> Roads form the backbone of a country's infrastructure. Economic growth has a direct correlation to the network of roads in the country. India's successive governments have taken this seriously and have been focusing on the aspect of developing the country's road network. While in the initial stages the focus was more on developing the national highways, state highways, and corridors, the interesting fact is that maximum road network is made up of the rural roads.</p><p>With the change in the kind of vehicles plying on the rural roads, it becomes important for the quality of rural roads to be revamped. The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) scheme is squarely focused on this to improve the rural roads quality and the network. Bobcat being the market leader in India in Skid-steer loaders has also been working on developing solutions to play its role in contributing to this important aspect of building the rural road network.</p><p> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Importance of rural road construction </span><br />Forms 90 per cent of India's total road network <br />Development of rural road network is one of the key focuses of India government.<br />PMGSY is a nationwide plan in India to provide good all-weather road connectivity to unconnected villages. <br /></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rural road width varies from 3 m to 7 m.</span><br />Due to the limited space of narrow roads and the higher investment involved, use of conventional road construction equipment has limitations in rural road construction. Most of the rural road construction jobsites uses manual labour and substandard methods, resulting in poor quality of roads, higher construction time and repair cost.</p><p> <span style="font-weight: bold;">A perfect fit for rural road constructio</span>n<br />Conventional road construction equipment like graders and excavators are expensive and not ideal for rural road construction. These equipment are also meant for specific jobs, and the contractor has to have multiple equipment for one jobsite. Their utilisation would be less, thereby increasing the overall cost of operation. Besides, these machines are large in size and cannot be used in rural road construction sites. Bobcat solutions are primarily the Skid-steer loaders and attachment which are low investment solutions and a perfect fit given its compact size and versatility.</p><p> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Skid-steer loaders - The prime mover</span><br />Bobcat Skid-steer loaders can be used for multiple applications including material handling, grading and levelling, road cleaning, erection of road crash barriers, pavement repairs, brush cleaning in road sideways and many other jobs. This versatility of Bobcat skid steer loader increases the utilisation of machine at road construction job sites and helps in covering a wide range of jobsite requirements with a single machine.</p><p>Most of the rural roads are between the width of 3~7 m. Maneuverability of large equipment in this narrow road is limited and this results in traffic congestion and reduces the pace of road construction. Bobcat Skid-steer loaders are compact which can turn 360o within their footprint and has excellent maneuverability to work at tight spaces. Compactness of Bobcat skid steer loaders also makes it most preferable equipment for road widening jobs of existing roads.</p><p> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Attachments for versatility</span><br />The versatility of the skid steer loader comes from the way it has been designed to handle and power different kinds of specialised attachments which are unique and meant for specific jobs.</p><p> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Key attachments for road construction<br />Grader: </span>Bobcat Skid-steer loader offers compact grader attachments suitable for rural road construction. There are two models available based on the width of blade - 7 ft and 9 ft wide. Similar to large graders, it comes with various operations including grading angle change, height adjustment, and blade angle control which can be operated through easily accessible control switches on steering levers. The 9 ft grader attachment is also equipped with hydraulic extension of blade that makes it more suitable for grading narrow roads.</p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bucket attachment: </span>Bucket is the basic attachment that makes Bobcat Skid-steer loader a compact loader suitable for material spreading and basement preparation in road construction. With bucket, a variety of jobs including spreading of aggregates, loading of soil and aggregates on truck, cleaning jobs etc can be performed. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sweeper: </span>Bobcat Skid-steer loader with sweeper attachment can be used for cleaning compacted base surface before laying the asphalt. This can replace use of manual labour, compressor air etc, for cleaning jobs. The result is saving cost and money for surface cleaning jobs.</p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Auger:</span> Fitted with an auger attachment, Bobcat Skid-steer loader can be quickly turned into to an earth drill equipment for various jobs, including drilling for pole erections, crash barrier erection, signage erection etc, at road construction. Planer attachment: Milling of existing pavement surface is an essential process in modern road construction. Bobcat Skid-steer loader offers compact planer attachments for ease of road repair jobs and milling of narrow roads.</p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brushcat rotary cutter: </span>Handle tough brush clearing on road sideways with the Brushcat attachment. This attachment easily cuts through the toughest grass and brush. </p><p>Using these various attachments, various jobs of road construction application can be effectively done using Bobcat Skid-steer loaders that are cost-effective and at the same time without compromising on quality. Bobcat India continues to study various applications and comes out with appropriate solutions. Through its dedicated workforce, it continues to educate the customer.</p>