Imagine the life of a dairy cow, standing for ten or more hours every day on a concrete barn floor that is slippery from bedding and waste. Abrasively finished concrete wears out hooves like sandpaper, and a smooth finish causes slipping and falling. How does the farmer take care of their investment? They contact a slipform operator equipped with a Power Paver, and install a finished, grooved floor that can catch hooves if they start sliding.
JKL Construction Inc., of Plains, Kansas is experienced with this type of work. For over 36 years they have completed a wide variety of jobs throughout the surrounding area, and one of their specialties is agricultural applications. JKL has installed ten to seventeen-foot-wide lanes in dairy farms located in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Additionally, they construct grain storage facilities and offer turnkey construction on dairy farms.
Two of the tools in their belt are the Power Paver SF-2700 and the Power Curber 5700-B. For this job, JKL used a comprehensive paving kit on their SF-2700 that slipformed a full lane in one pass, complete with a finished, grooved floor and integrated curbs on either side. Typical construction of a similar design would require the flat, floor surface to be poured before coming behind later and making separate passes to place the curb. Brian Kroth, Project Manager of JKL, explained “if we were doing 1200′ they would save 300 man-hours using this application versus paving the lane and then going back and hand setting the curbs.”
On this particular site in Western Kansas, JKL installed ten, 1200-foot lanes with widths of ten and fourteen feet. Using the numbers above, the capabilities of their SF-2700 saved them 3,000 man hours on this job alone. It is easy to see why Kroth asserts that the use of their Power Paver led to “savings [that] would double compared to hand setting the entire job.” JKL has been a Power Curber & Power Paver customer since 1994, and Kroth proclaims, “I am really impressed with the support I received and the way I was treated.”
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