Gravel Road Maintenance Systems
Innovative – Economical – Professional
With HEN AG’s gravel road maintenance systems, you can take care of the maintenance and upkeep of cycle paths and hiking trails, cemetery paths, parks, city parks, golf course maintenance, forest and farm roads, as well as various maintenance work on state and federal roads.
Gravel Road Maintenance Systems
Innovative – Economical – Professional
With HEN AG’s gravel road maintenance systems, you can take care of the maintenance and upkeep of cycle paths and hiking trails, cemetery paths, parks, city parks, golf course maintenance, forest and farm roads, as well as various maintenance work on state and federal roads.
HEN WPF100
Gravel road maintenance machine
HEN WPF200
Gravel road maintenance machine
HEN BKM100
Banquet maintenance and banquet construction machine
HEN BKF1200
Banquet tiller
HEN PVM240
Plate compactor
HEN AG250
Professional Grader
HEN PS250
Mounted dozer blade
HEN PS250L
Mounted ploughshare / Cultivator plate
HEN RBM-LL
Road milling machine for mounting on tractors from 50 to 160 hp
HEN RBM-L
Path tiller for mounting on tractors from 70 to 190 hp
HEN RBM-M
Road milling machine for mounting on tractors from 120 to 250 hp
HEN RBM-S
For shredding of branches, brushwood, stones and more
HEN ASH
Side root tiller for mounting on tractors or Unimog
HEN and Hansa
Path maintenance systems for maintenance and repair
HEN Rear Attachement Plate
for additional vehicle load capacity
PATH MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT FOR PATH MAINTENANCE OF FIELD ROADS, FOREST AND FIELD PATHS
Roads and roadways or even forest paths need to be maintained regularly. Annoying potholes, water that does not drain properly, or overgrown roadbeds are just a few examples of what road maintenance equipment is used for.
The maintenance of roads, including sidewalks and bike paths, as well as larger squares and public spaces, is a regular occurrence in municipalities. They need efficient and cost-effective solutions for this. After all, such maintenance measures can be complex and expensive.
Therefore, it makes sense to maintain these paths regularly and thus prevent major damage. This is where the HEN path maintenance equipment comes into action.
Asphalt roads, gravel roads and their dangers
Excessive road shoulders on asphalt roads and gravel roads can pose a hazard, such as aquaplaning, due to standing water and can cause significant damage to the road surface. When standing water freezes in the winter, it can cause cracking in the asphalt, which grows over the years. The repair costs for asphalt roads and gravel paths are in that case much higher than a regular maintenance and regulation of the roadbed with the HEN BKF 1200 roadbed milling machine.
Damage such as wheel ruts and water holes on water-bound gravel roads are repaired sustainably and economically with HEN road maintenance machines – an important measure to prevent major road damage. Missing wearing courses and grain gradations can be produced with the HEN-RBM milling machines, damaged bitumen and asphalt surfaces can be recycled and returned to water-bound wearing courses.
Conventional path maintenance
Equipment such as the bank milling machine, plate compactor and the like are needed for this purpose. First, the gravel road must be torn up, as a rule, with the help of a professional grader or dozer blade. This is followed by profiling (roof or one-sided water drainage profile) using a grader or cultivator blade, and then everything is compacted using a cultivator vibratory plate.
Four work steps – One machine
When maintaining the paths with the devices from HEN AG, care was taken to ensure, that the path maintenance is economical, environmentally friendly and effective. That is why devices such as the WPF 100/200 should combine the work steps for successful path care and maintenance (milling, mixing, profiling, compacting) in one machine.
If the paths are already damaged by large potholes, ruts or similar, they must be repaired as quickly as possible to avoid high repair costs. For this purpose, the HEN road maintenance machine WPF 200/100 is used. The potholes are milled open and the material is remixed to create a homogeneous layer. The existing gravel material is not changed or broken in the process, but retains its original grain size.
At the same time, a water drainage profile is created by using the integrated dozer blade to drain water as quickly as possible into the embankment in the event of rain. Two likewise integrated vibratory plates ensure recompaction and an optimal result.
Milling, mixing, profiling and compacting can be done with just one machine and professional and economically viable path maintenance or repairs to water-bound paths can be carried out. As a result, the paths are safe to use and drive on again.
Path renovation
In case of large pavement damages or unsuitable grading (large stones or asphalt) at the wearing course, usually no grader or maintenance machine alone will help anymore. Here, among other things, stone milling machines/road construction milling machines are used, which crush the coarse material. It is important that only larger material is crushed in order to produce an optimum grading curve or grain gradation.
With our milling machines, the crushing process only starts from a grain size of 45 mm, all smaller stones are not crushed or broken up. The result after using the milling machine should be a homogeneous gravel layer with an optimal grain size of 0-50 mm. This gravel layer is profiled and compacted after the milling process by means of the HEN path maintenance machine WPF, or grader and vibratory plate.
Effective and powerful devices from HEN AG
Professional maintenance and repair of water-bound paths, embankments and roads. We have developed various devices for sustainable path maintenance of field roads, forest, field and hiking paths.
At HEN AG you can obtain the following path and road maintenance equipment:
- road maintenance and repair equipment (WPF 100/200)
- embankment maintenance and embankment construction machines (BKM 100)
- embankment milling machines (BKF 1200)
- plate compactors (PVM 100 / 240)
- professional grader (AG 250)
- mounted planer blades (PS 250)
- road milling (RBM milling)
- side root milling machines (ASH 110)
- leaf loading blower (S 400 / 600)
- leaf blower (BT 400 / 600)
- leaf container
- systems for leaf removal and disposal
- special machines and prototype construction
WHY IS ROAD MAINTENANCE IMPORTANT?
As preventative measures, road maintenance and path maintenance are cost-effective in the long term. Regular inspections and timely repairs allow potential damage to be identified and rectified at an early stage before it develops into major problems. This avoids expensive renovation work that could become necessary in the event of neglected infrastructure. By investing in the maintenance of roads and paths at an early stage, costs can be saved in the long term while ensuring people’s safety and quality of life. Continuous road and path maintenance is therefore not only a responsible measure, but also a long-term economic decision for the municipality.
Proper maintenance of cycle paths, footpaths, roads, larger squares and forest paths goes beyond mere aesthetics. It is much more about the safety and well-being of the people who use these paths every day. Potholes, deep ruts, standing water after rainfall and overgrown verges are not only an aesthetic problem, but can also pose considerable safety risks.
With the banquet tiller BKF1200 from HEN AG, it is possible to mill off excessive banquets on roads and paths that would otherwise prevent good water drainage. With extremely high performance, the existing material can be thrown up to 30 m away after it has been milled and shredded and thus well distributed or simply placed on the banquet. In addition, the tiller can be mounted very variably on the carrier vehicle. Safe, inexpensive and powerful!
Road maintenance focuses on preventing damage and protecting the environment. Regular inspections allow cracks and other defects to be detected and repaired at an early stage in order to prevent major problems. As carrier of the road construction load, it is necessary to continuously renovate and repair the surfaces in order to ensure the safety of road users and to keep the infrastructure permanently functional. Modern materials such as asphalt are used to carry out road construction work efficiently and sustainably.
PATH MAINTENANCE AND ROAD MAINTENANCE WITH
EQUIPMENT FROM HEN AG
1. An investment in safety and quality of life
Road maintenance is crucial for the safety and quality of life in our towns and communities. Through regular care and maintenance, we help to prevent accidents and ensure the longevity of our road infrastructure.
2. Smooth mobility
Efficient road maintenance is the key to smooth mobility. With modern equipment from HEN AG, disruptions to traffic can be minimized and the flow of traffic maintained. From the removal of potholes to the repair of road damage, the work is carried out precisely and effectively by HEN AG equipment to ensure optimal road safety.
3. Sustainable
Through regular inspections and preventive measures, road maintenance minimizes the need for repairs and extends the service life of the road infrastructure, which saves costs in the long term and reduces the impact on the environment.
Road maintenance and road construction load
The road construction load is closely linked to road maintenance, as it includes responsibility for the planning, construction, maintenance and expansion of public roads and traffic routes. Road maintenance is an important part of the road construction load, as it ensures that the road infrastructure remains in a safe and functional condition. This includes measures such as removing potholes, repairing road damage, cleaning road surfaces and the regular maintenance of traffic signs and markings.
Fulfilling the road construction load therefore also includes the care and maintenance of roads to ensure road safety and improve people’s quality of life. Effective road maintenance helps to prevent accidents, maintain the flow of traffic and support the mobility of the population. Road construction and road maintenance are therefore inseparably linked and together form the basis for a safe and functional road infrastructure.
Advantages of HEN path maintenance equipment:
- ideal for care and maintenance also of water-bound paths (WPF 100 and WPF 200)
- efficient and extremely powerful leaf blowers for fast cleaning and maintenance of forest and corridor roads, large areas, sports fields, etc.
- sustainable path maintenance equipment for typical damages on water-bound paths
- embankment milling machines for regulation for optimal water drainage at the roadside (BKF 1200)
- high performance efficient embankment maintenance and embankment rehabilitation machine (BKM 100)
- power trains for high performance, robust designs
- practical solutions and systems
- receive and discuss customer ideas
- in-house planning and design department (CAD)
The path maintenance systems of the HEN technology are unmatched in terms of sustainability and economy. Our attachments for Unimog vehicles, such as the WPF 200/100 path milling machines, the vibratory plates or RBM-L mounted milling machines, also provide you with many other possible uses for our systems for road and path maintenance.
Also interesting: Road maintenance with the Unimog
Some path maintenance equipment from HEN AG
Road maintenance machine WPF100
The professional path maintenance machine for attachment to carrier vehicles is ideal for the maintenance of cycle and hiking paths as well as cemetery paths and the like. Depending on the degree of damage and condition, the wearing course can be milled up to 15 cm deep, then remixed and compacted. A water drainage profile is also created so that the road will not suffer as much from water that cannot be drained off in the future. This makes path maintenance and renovation easy.
Road maintenance machine WPF200
The WPF200 path maintenance machine offers twice the working width compared to the WPF100. The existing materials are crushed, remixed and recompacted with a water drainage profile in a resource-saving manner, so that water can drain off easily and does not further damage the road and also does not pose a danger to cyclists, pedestrians or motorists. A machine that combines 4 work steps and is therefore unbeatable economically and professionally.
Banquet maintenance and banquet construction machine BKM100
The overgrown banquets on paths and roads keep being a danger to cars and especially trucks when they have to drive on them. This is where the BKM100 should be used. The path maintenance device can mill up the ground, crush and mix existing material. The angle of inclination is easily adjustable with joystick control from the cab and ensures good water drainage so that aquaplaning does not become a risk. Thanks to the BKM100, street banquets can be maintained and processed economically, professionally and effectively.
Banquet tiller BKF1200
With the banquet tiller from HEN AG, it is possible to mill off excessive banquets on roads and paths that would otherwise prevent good water drainage. With extremely high performance, the existing material can be thrown up to 30 m away after it has been milled and shredded and thus well distributed or simply placed on the banquet. In addition, the tiller can be mounted very variably on the carrier vehicle. Safe, inexpensive and powerful!
>>Learn more about the BKF1200
PATH MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT FOR PATH MAINTENANCE OF FIELD ROADS, FOREST AND FIELD PATHS
Roads and roadways or even forest paths need to be maintained regularly. Annoying potholes, water that does not drain properly, or overgrown roadbeds are just a few examples of what road maintenance equipment is used for.
The maintenance of roads, including sidewalks and bike paths, as well as larger squares and public spaces, is a regular occurrence in municipalities. They need efficient and cost-effective solutions for this. After all, such maintenance measures can be complex and expensive.
Therefore, it makes sense to maintain these paths regularly and thus prevent major damage. This is where the HEN path maintenance equipment comes into action.
Asphalt roads, gravel roads and their dangers
Excessive road shoulders on asphalt roads and gravel roads can pose a hazard, such as aquaplaning, due to standing water and can cause significant damage to the road surface. When standing water freezes in the winter, it can cause cracking in the asphalt, which grows over the years. The repair costs for asphalt roads and gravel paths are in that case much higher than a regular maintenance and regulation of the roadbed with the HEN BKF 1200 roadbed milling machine.
Damage such as wheel ruts and water holes on water-bound gravel roads are repaired sustainably and economically with HEN road maintenance machines. Missing wearing courses and grain gradations can be produced with the HEN-RBM milling machines, damaged bitumen and asphalt surfaces can be recycled and returned to water-bound wearing courses.
Conventional path maintenance
Equipment such as the bank milling machine, plate compactor and the like are needed for this purpose. First, the gravel road must be torn up, as a rule, with the help of a professional grader or dozer blade. This is followed by profiling (roof or one-sided water drainage profile) using a grader or cultivator blade, and then everything is compacted using a cultivator vibratory plate.
Four work steps – One machine
When maintaining the paths with the devices from HEN AG, care was taken to ensure, that the path maintenance is economical, environmentally friendly and effective. That is why devices such as the WPF 100/200 should combine the work steps for successful path care and maintenance (milling, mixing, profiling, compacting) in one machine.
If the paths are already damaged by large potholes, ruts or similar, they must be repaired as quickly as possible to avoid high repair costs. For this purpose, the HEN road maintenance machine WPF 200/100 is used. The potholes are milled open and the material is remixed to create a homogeneous layer. The existing gravel material is not changed or broken in the process, but retains its original grain size.
At the same time, a water drainage profile is created by using the integrated dozer blade to drain water as quickly as possible into the embankment in the event of rain. Two likewise integrated vibratory plates ensure recompaction and an optimal result.
Milling, mixing, profiling and compacting can be done with just one machine and professional and economically viable path maintenance or repairs to water-bound paths can be carried out. As a result, the paths are safe to use and drive on again.
Path renovation
In case of large pavement damages or unsuitable grading (large stones or asphalt) at the wearing course, usually no grader or maintenance machine alone will help anymore. Here, among other things, stone milling machines/road construction milling machines are used, which crush the coarse material. It is important that only larger material is crushed in order to produce an optimum grading curve or grain gradation.
With our milling machines, the crushing process only starts from a grain size of 45 mm, all smaller stones are not crushed or broken up. The result after using the milling machine should be a homogeneous gravel layer with an optimal grain size of 0-50 mm. This gravel layer is profiled and compacted after the milling process by means of the HEN path maintenance machine WPF, or grader and vibratory plate.
Effective and powerful devices from HEN AG
Professional maintenance and repair of water-bound paths, embankments and roads. We have developed various devices for sustainable path maintenance of field roads, forest, field and hiking paths.
At HEN AG you can obtain the following path maintenance equipment:
- road maintenance and repair equipment (WPF 100/200)
- embankment maintenance and embankment construction machines (BKM 100)
- embankment milling machines (BKF 1200)
- plate compactors (PVM 100 / 240)
- professional grader (AG 250)
- mounted planer blades (PS 250)
- road milling (RBM milling)
- side root milling machines (ASH 110)
- leaf loading blower (S 400 / 600)
- leaf blower (BT 400 / 600)
- leaf container
- systems for leaf removal and disposal
- special machines and prototype construction
Advantages of HEN path maintenance equipment:
- ideal for care and maintenance also of water-bound paths (WPF 100 and WPF 200)
- efficient and extremely powerful leaf blowers for fast cleaning and maintenance of forest and corridor roads, large areas, sports fields, etc.
- sustainable path maintenance equipment for typical damages on water-bound paths
- embankment milling machines for regulation for optimal water drainage at the roadside (BKF 1200)
- high performance efficient embankment maintenance and embankment rehabilitation machine (BKM 100)
- power trains for high performance, robust designs
- practical solutions and systems
- receive and discuss customer ideas
- in-house planning and design department (CAD)
The path maintenance systems of the HEN technology are unmatched in terms of sustainability and economy. Our attachments for Unimog vehicles, such as the WPF 200/100 path milling machines, the vibratory plates or RBM-L mounted milling machines, also provide you with many other possible uses for our systems for road and path maintenance.
Also interesting: Road maintenance with the Unimog
Some path maintenance equipment from HEN AG
Road maintenance machine WPF100
The professional path maintenance machine for attachment to carrier vehicles is ideal for the maintenance of cycle and hiking paths as well as cemetery paths and the like. Depending on the degree of damage and condition, the wearing course can be milled up to 15 cm deep, then remixed and compacted. A water drainage profile is also created so that the road will not suffer as much from water that cannot be drained off in the future. This makes path maintenance and renovation easy.
Road maintenance machine WPF200
The WPF200 path maintenance machine offers twice the working width compared to the WPF100. The existing materials are crushed, remixed and recompacted with a water drainage profile in a resource-saving manner, so that water can drain off easily and does not further damage the road and also does not pose a danger to cyclists, pedestrians or motorists. A machine that combines 4 work steps and is therefore unbeatable economically and professionally.
Banquet maintenance and banquet construction machine BKM100
The overgrown banquets on paths and roads keep being a danger to cars and especially trucks when they have to drive on them. This is where the BKM100 should be used. The path maintenance device can mill up the ground, crush and mix existing material. The angle of inclination is easily adjustable with joystick control from the cab and ensures good water drainage so that aquaplaning does not become a risk. Thanks to the BKM100, street banquets can be maintained and processed economically, professionally and effectively.
Banquet tiller BKF1200
With the banquet tiller from HEN AG, it is possible to mill off excessive banquets on roads and paths that would otherwise prevent good water drainage. With extremely high performance, the existing material can be thrown up to 30 m away after it has been milled and shredded and thus well distributed or simply placed on the banquet. In addition, the tiller can be mounted very variably on the carrier vehicle. Safe, inexpensive and powerful!
>>Learn more about the BKF1200
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is path maintenance important?
Cycle paths and sidewalks, roads, but also larger squares and forest paths should be maintained regularly, not just for visual reasons. Potholes, lanes, water that does not drain away, overgrown banquets and much more can be dangerous for drivers, cyclists and sometimes pedestrians. The care and maintenance of such roads/paths is therefore very important to ensure safety.
What is a path maintenance device?
A path maintenance device supports the maintenance and renovation of roads and paths, as this work would hardly be possible for people to do by hand. Working with these machines also offers enormous savings in terms of effort and time.
Which path maintenance machines does HEN AG offer?
There are different types of path maintenance machines, depending on the needs of the user. At HEN AG there are, among other things, devices for the rehabilitation of paths with a large wearing course. With the WPF200 device, for example, 4 work steps can be carried out with one device: The path is milled up to a depth of 15 cm, the existing material is mixed and crushed, a water drainage profile is created and the path is compacted again with vibrating plates.
There are also various innovative devices from HEN AG for banquet care, which offer enormous savings in terms of effort and time. The side root grinder ASH can also help here, which can also remove stubborn roots.
Attachable graders and vibratory plates ensure optimal maintenance in different areas of application.
The mounted milling machine, which can mill asphalt without first tearing it open, is also used in a variety of ways, so that an optimal grading curve can be restored.
Path/road maintenance and path repair with HEN AG devices are innovative, economical and professional.
For which areas of application are the devices from HEN AG suitable?
Depending on the user’s wishes and the carrier vehicle, the devices from HEN AG can be used flexibly. Whether streets, paths or larger squares in municipalities, cemeteries, forest paths, cycle paths and hiking trails or busy streets like a highway, the path maintenance devices can be used individually. In some cases, however, there are differences in the width and performance of the devices, which can be adapted to the respective location.
Why should gradation be established when crushing material?
The grading not only ensures that water can seep away more quickly on the road, but also guarantees a good interlocking ability and thus optimum compactibility, which means the road is more resistant to heavy strains.
