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Left to Right: Ken Talley, President, Daniel
Ogan, Master Operator and Technician, Dan
Costa, General Manager of Distributors and
Transportation, Delton Cullins, Equipment
Maintenance and Repair Superintendent
RaynPumps that are uniquely designed
for high-viscosity, often modified, as-
phalt emulsion. For Talley, this feature
is key when the project needs more
friction as it allows for finely crushed
aggregate designs.
Talley said after a demonstration
from Rayner, he and his team were con-
vinced they’d found exactly what they
were looking for.
"We don't even own a buggy; when
we saw what it was capable of, we went
for it," said Talley, who added that
purchasing a RaynMaker has allowed
his company to expand its business by
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working with new product opportuni-
ties.
“The RaynMaker is built smart by
people who understand the materials
they are designed to apply. With very
minor adjustments the truck was doing
its job a few days after purchase. Other
distribution equipment can apply clay-
based sealers, but at the cost of acceler-
ated wear and tear. This machine was
born out of the sealcoat world, and we
are joining the effort to put that tech-
nology into a higher-production sce-
nario.”
Breaking the seal
Gordon Rayner began working in
pavement maintenance in 1974 before
his brother, Rich, joined him in 1979.
Much like Talley, the brothers strug-
gled with slurry equipment that was
constantly slowed by clogs and breaks.
But instead of accepting the industry’s
common obstacles, Gordon and Rich,
a retired Air Force pilot and a former
trouble shooter for General Motors,
respectively, used their mechanical
backgrounds to engineer a solution. In
1982, the pair released their flagship
product, the RoadSaver – a slurry and
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micro-surfacing machine.
Since then, RES has evolved into a
worldwide industry leader with hun-
dreds of machines in 34 countries. In
2004 it began design on its first seal-
coat machine, which the RES team
affectionately nicknamed the “Franken
Buggy” thanks to its constant state of
modification and improvement. Final-
ly, in 2006, the PavementSaver II was
born.
Gordon Rayner said while the in-
creased reliability and capability of his
sealcoating equipment has since earned
a loyal customer base, his competitors
doubted the payoff would be worth the
trouble.
“Other manufacturers thought we
were crazy building a high quality,
high-performance sealcoat machine,
saying the market wouldn’t support
it,” explained Gordon. “But we needed
machines for our own use, and others
began to see the value in a high-per-
formance machine, as well. Soon, the
who’s who of high-end sealcoat con-
tractors were buying PavementSavers.”
Before long, the PavementSaver’s im-
pressive performance and production
capabilities prompted a few contractors
to turn to the street and road market,
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