Dust Off California
What is Dust Off?
Dusty roads can hit pocketbooks hard. Farmers pay the price because airborne dust can damage their crops. Livestock may produce less and suffer more disease when fed in a dusty environment. And dust carries harmful mites and pests through the air, while inhibiting the activity of beneficial insects.
Dust control is a challenge for loggers, farmers and construction workers as well. Their travel is slowed on dusty roads, and that means it takes longer to get the job done. The bottom line is decreased productivity.
The problem, then, is controlling dust. And controlling it as economically and efficiently as possible. The answer is Dust-Off dust suppressant.
Dust-Off® dust suppressant has been used by miners, loggers, farmers, and municipalities for over 25 years to cost effectively control dust and maintain road surfaces.
| Control> | Unlike most dust control products, Dust-Off® absorbs moisture from the air to maintain optimum moisture in the road particles. This hygroscopic effect provides much more dust suppression per gallon than water - multiplying the ability to hold down dust while holding your costs down at the same time. |
| Stabilize> | Untreated road surfaces require more frequent repairs of potholes, washboard and rutting. Dust-Off® helps compact the road surface for long-lasting stabilization - which can lengthen the time between time-consuming and expensive road repairs. |
| Save> | Dust-Off® saves you money in many ways. It helps prevent costly accidents caused by poor visibility and helps reduce health problems related to airborne particles. Dust-Off® helps lower maintenance costs by keeping dust from damaging equipment. |
A study by the US Army Construction Engineers and the US Environmental Protection Agency concluded that dust control with magnesium chloride - the primary ingredient in Dust-Off - is most effective.1 Another report by the Iowa Department of Transportation and the Iowa Highway Research Board showed magnesium chloride to be three times more effective than bentonite treatments in suppressing dust.2
Many businesses already use Dust-Off as an effective solution to their dust control needs. Louisiana-Pacific Corp.'s Sierra Division, for example, uses Dust-Off on their forest roads. They moved 10 million board feet of timber (almost 2,000 truckloads) with just two Dust-Off applications. After that, 5-7 million board feet from another sale was hauled over the same road system.
"For comparable dust control with water, we'd have to run a truck 16 hours a day," said L-P forester, John Marshal.
"And in dry periods, two water trucks would probably be necessary."
Oil treatments weren't the answer either. Louisiana-Pacific found them to cost almost three times more than comparable applications of Dust-Off.3
Another plus with Dust-Off: traffic - even heavy equipment - can drive on the road immediately after Dust-Off is applied. Other products, like petroleum-based suppressants or lignosulfonates, require curing time before vehicles can travel on them.
Its anti-corrosive formula helps prevent rust while it reduces dust.
For your convenience, Mendocino County Farm Supply, an authorized Dust-Off distributor can handle all phases of application.
For more information about Dust-Off call us at (707)462-1492. Mon.-Fri PCT
- "Unpaved Road Dust Study," Fort Carson, CO - Final Report Oct. 1980-Oct.1981
- "Development of an Economic Dust Palliative for Limestone Surfaced Secondary Roads," Highway Division of Iowa Dept. of Transportation and the Iowa Highway Research Board - Progress Report, Feb. 1988
- "Dust Control Compound Makes Fans of Users" Forest Industries June 1988