Road Widener: Versatile road widener gives contractors competitive edge

Machine Designed as Skid Steer Attachment

May 4, 2009 – Road Widener LLC of Oconomowoc, Wis., has introduced a more flexible road widener that gives contractors and landscapers an advantage for work on road shoulders, driveways, trails and paths.

The new Road Widener saves time, money and manpower based on its innovative design as a skid steer attachment. “Contractors already have skid steers,” noted Devin Wolf, co-owner of Road Widener LLC in metropolitan Milwaukee. “Our Road Widener makes the skid steer more versatile and has the broad range of capabilities of self-propelled or more complex wideners.”

Shoulder work, driveway work and work on paths is now easily accomplished with the Road Widener and a skid steer. “With a skid steer, you can now handle three different aspects of roadwork: shoulder work with the Road Widener, rolling with another attachment, and sweeping with another,” said Duane Neumann, who invented the Road Widener.

“The Road Widener increases my productivity about 10 times. It actually saves me two laborers on a job,” said Mark Thome of Mtec Environmental, a landscaping business in Dousman, Wis. “It’s so easy to use; you can run it and easily adjust it from the inside of the skid steer cab.”

The machine can handle widths of 1 to 3.5 feet and can disperse a 20-ton truckload of gravel in minutes. Width, height and flow are hydraulically controlled, with the operator having precise control over placement of materials.

Its smaller size makes it a preferable machine for many uses.

“We have used The Road Widener with our skid loaders and it has provided us speed in subdivisions without having to mobilize a larger unit,” said Pat Brown of Payne & Dolan, a major Wisconsin-based road construction company. Wolf said the machine would appeal to companies seeking an advantage in the tough economy and beyond.

“In these tough economic times, contractors are looking for another competitive advantage,” Wolf said. “With its versatility and low operating cost, the Road Widener offers that edge.”

That’s what Brent Weiss, owner of Asphalt Associates in Roberts, Wis., found.

“We are always looking for ways to add value to our customers and keep their investment in pavement cost-effective; the Road Widener does that for us,” Weiss said. “The Road Widener provides us with a competitive edge, saving us time, labor and other costs. We can do asphalt patching, protect long driveways with new asphalt by laying down top rock, and then black dirt for seeding, thus protecting new driveways. We are very happy with this attachment; the industry should have had one long ago.”

More details of the Road Widener from Road Widener LLC can be found at the company’s web site, http://www.roadwidenerllc.com.

Contact: Devin Wolf, 414-333-6584