Manhattan, KS is known as “The Little Apple”, but a runway project at the Manhattan airport was not so little. Pavers, Inc. out of Salina, KS recently built a section of runway that was 3,250’ long. There were three transverse joints that required 3/4″ x 20” bars to be drilled and epoxied. According Neal Saskowksi with Pavers, they had both an E-Z Drill Model 210-3 SRA and Model 210B-2 SRA on the job. They were able to drill 8,775 holes in less than seven days.
Model 210-3 SRA at the Manhattan, KS airport
There was also turnaround to complete, 250’ in the safety area against the main runway, and 1,000’ on the other side of the main runway.