Method for Providing Pavement Degradation Equipment
A method for providing pavement degradation equipment comprises the following steps: a first party providing pavement degradation equipment to a second party, the pavement degradation equipment comprising at least one tool comprising a first end adapted for connection to a motor vehicle and a second end comprising a superhard material for engagement with the pavement; using a rental agreement comprising terms of payment based on use of the equipment; the first party providing a mechanism for measuring the use of the equipment; and the first party charging the second party for use of the equipment according to the terms of the rental agreement.
1 . A method for providing pavement degradation equipment, comprising:
a first party providing pavement degradation equipment to a second party;
the pavement degradation equipment comprising at least one tool comprising a first end adapted for connection to a motor vehicle and a second end comprising a superhard material for engagement with the pavement;
using a rental agreement comprising terms of payment based on use of the equipment;
the first party providing a mechanism for measuring the use of the equipment; and
the first party charging the second party for use of the equipment according to the terms of the rental agreement.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the pavement degradation equipment comprises at least one part of the motor vehicle.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one part is a generally cylindrical mass adapted to receive the first end of the tool, the mass being adapted to rotate proximate a paved surface such that the second end of the tool engages the paved surface.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one tool is secured to the motor vehicle.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one tool is adapted to extend from and retract into the pavement degradation motor vehicle.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one tool is selected from the group consisting of picks, screeds, rippers, scarifiers, and grinders.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the superhard material is diamond, polycrystalline diamond, boron nitride, or combinations thereof.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the superhard material comprises a surface wherein at least a portion of the surface is leached.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the superhard material is bonded to a cemented metal carbide.
10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein an interface between the superhard material and cemented metal carbide is non-planar
11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the use is determined by measuring, selected from the group consisting of volume of degraded pavement, linear feet of degraded pavement, area of degraded pavement, amount of pavement degradation equipment, time that the pavement degradation equipment is in use by the second party, time that the pavement degradation equipment is in the second party's possession, wear of the equipment, number of times the second end of the at least one tool engages the pavement, weight of degraded pavement, or combinations thereof
12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the use is determined by type of pavement degradation equipment, material being degraded, or combinations thereof
13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the rental agreement comprises a description of what the second party will do with the pavement degradation equipment.
14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the description of what the second party will do with the pavement degradation equipment comprises actions selected from the group consisting of the second party changing the tool after a pre-determined time and the second party returning used and/or unused tools.
15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the rental agreement includes a provision providing an incentive to the second party for returning the at least one tool with undamaged superhard material.
16 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first party allows the superhard material to be recycled by the first party, the second party, or a third party.
17 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the mechanism for measuring use of the pavement degradation equipment comprises mechanisms selected from the group consisting of relaying data providing by the second party, job scope, having the first, second, or a third party calculate the use of the pavement degradation equipment according to volume of degraded pavement, linear feet of degraded pavement, area of degraded pavement, or combinations thereof;
providing a mechanism that uses lasers to measure volume of degraded pavement, linear feet of degraded pavement, area of degraded pavement, or combinations thereof; providing software for use with the pavement degradation motor vehicle that measures the distance traveled by the pavement degradation vehicle, the number of times the second end engages the pavement, or combinations thereof; having the first, second, or a third party company to weigh material degraded by the pavement degradation equipment;
using a system to track time the pavement degradation equipment is in the possession of the second party; and
measuring dimensions of the returned tool and comparing those measurements to measurements taken before the equipment was provided.
18 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of providing support to the second party by the first party.
19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein providing support comprises repairing the rented pavement degradation equipment, maintaining the rented pavement degradation equipment, replacing rented pavement degradation equipment that is used or broken, inspecting rented pavement degradation equipment, training operators of pavement degradation motor vehicles in the use of the rented pavement degradation equipment, or combinations thereof
20 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one tool is a pick.