Houston's 4th Precinct contains approximately 50 miles of what is commonly referred to as “out-fall” ditches in many of the subdivisions. The purpose of these ditches is to take water from the road ditches and transfer it to the major drain-ways provided to take water to the bayous and rivers and eventually on into the Gulf.
Many of these out-fall ditches have grown up with tallow and other assorted trees, making them impossible to clean out. The only logical method is to grind the trees with special equipment designed for that purpose. Hiring contractors to do this work is very expensive. Such an expense is way beyond the precinct's budgetary means. They investigated different pieces of equipment they could purchase to do the job themselves. Not surprisingly they chose the RDM. Here's what Precinct Commissioner Norman D. Brown had to say:
"Recently, Precinct 4 was able to purchase a special mulching (grinding) head for our new track hoe. This head is designed and manufactured by Mr. Jon Moffet, the president of Advanced Forest Equipment Company, located in Idaho. On the day of this writing, Mr. Moffet was here from Idaho to demonstrate and train one of our equipment operators in the proper use of the machine. You will be able to view some of the demonstration and training in pictures accompanying this article. We anticipate that the mulching head will more than pay for itself in a short period of time."
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