Green Technology

The Gravel Doctor™ - Driveway Repair Made Easy

GO GREEN WITH THE GRAVEL DOCTOR®

With the ongoing awareness of the need to “go green”, more businesses are doing their part to reduce, reuse and recycle. THE GRAVEL DOCTOR® subscribes to the same principles of “green” technology by reducing the environmental impact of surface restoration. The rationale is explained below.

RECYCLING REDUCES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT:

Consider this scenario: a 450 horsepower dump truck takes 1.5 hours to complete a roundtrip delivery of a load of gravel to a homeowner’s driveway. In total the truck uses approximately 675 horsepower to accomplish the service.  To complete a one-hour surface restoration to repair the driveway, THE GRAVEL DOCTOR® will use approximately 32 to 35 horsepower. Based on this scenario THE GRAVEL DOCTOR® used just 5% of the power required just to deliver the stone.

Now consider the energy requirements it takes to acquire that new stone from its original location, most likely from a remote rural location:

  • Clearing of trees……………………………………..500 horsepower
  • Drilling of rock………………………………………350 horsepower
  • Blasting to reduce rock size for crusher……………350 horsepower
  • Loading crushers and conveying 5 times…….……..3500 horsepower
  • Transporting rock to shipping dock……..………..500 horsepower
  • Shipping………………………………….……..……1000 horsepower
  • Stockpiling……………………………………..……500 horsepower
  • Loading……………………………………….……..500 horsepower
  • Final delivery….……………………………………..650 horsepower

TOTAL:                                                                            7700 horsepower

A New Load Of Rock Delivered To Your Driveway Would Ultimately Require 7700 Horsepower:

THE GRAVEL DOCTOR® Requires 0.0045% Of That Total To Complete Your Surface Restoration By Recycling Existing Gravel!

Now That’s GREEN TECHNOLOGY!

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Gravel Driveway Service, Parking Lot Service, Road Maintenance, Trail Maintenance, Gravel Resurfaceing, Pothole Repair, and more! Gravel Driveway Services South West Ontario. Fully restores, compacts and smoothes driveways, roadways, and parking lots. Potholes and ruts are completely eliminated.