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Backhoes:
Hydraulic Controlled and Operated 2
Large Bucket 53
Yardstick 54
Bag:
Litter 57
Ball Bearing Purger 39
Band Clamp:
Metal Pipe 48
Bank Repair:
Bank Slopers 7, 10
Compaction 4, 40
Slopes 7, 10, 40
Stabilization - Erosion 190
Banks:
New Method of Streambank Protection 153
Stabilization 190
Barbed Wire:
Carrier Modification 89
Fences, Repairing 85
Pipe Crossing Barrier 31
Barrels:
Buoys for Swimmer Protection 36
Hooks, Safety 74
Liquid Removal by Air Pressure 42
Barriers:
Bollards - Roadway/Access 194
Canal/Livestock 194
HDPE - Geomembrane Wall 186
Pipeline Crossings 31
Posts, Hinged 44
Bars:
Antiroll, Tractor 43
Baseplates:
Current Meter Rod 29
Bats:
How to Get Rid of Bats 157, 193
Real Worth of Bats 157
Batteries:
Car Battery Explosions 101
Care 28
Care and Storage 22
Charging 30
Maintenance 21
Rejuvenator 4
Remote Radio Repeaters, VHF 73
Reverse Current Protection 30
Starting Aids 55
Beams:
Railroad Car for Bridges 33
Bearings:
Failure - Radial Gate - Spanish Fork Dam 194
Fewer Pump Bearing Failures 129
Maintenance 39
Marking Races, Shafts and Housing 42
Noise Detector 43
Preventing Clogging of Water Cooling Lines 30
Purger for Ball Bearings 39
Reducing Damage to Wheel Bearings 27
Belle Fourche Ditcher 17
Bells:
Electrical Sounding 6
Belt Replacement:
Vehicle Fans 38
Benders:
Reinforcing Steel 42
Bentonite 103
Berm Prevention:
Canals 39
Bikeway 99
Binding Loads With Winches 48
Birds:
Buzzard Be-Gone Wire Barrier 188
Discouraging Nesting Swallows 5
Preventing Defacement of Posts 30
The Answer for Pesky Pigeons 165
Blade Spreader Box:
Dozer 29
Blades:
Snowplow, Made From Old Tanks 46
Blended Earth Canal Lining:
Construction 9
Blocks:
Hardwood Protection on Radial Gates 38
Precast Concrete 23
Blowback, Beware of 159
Blowoff Structures:
Insulation 43
Board of Control:
Project Operation 48
Boards:
Portable Tools 17
Boating:
Floating Breakwater System 113
Golden Rule 84
Safe Tips 91
Watersports Laws 57
Boats:
Boston Whalers, Special Use 93
Clearing Logs From Reservoirs 29
Modification for Weed Spraying 61, 97
Towbar and Fair Lead 66
Bolt:
Loosening, Using Paving Breaker 17
Steel Stud 114
Bonding Agents:
Concrete 29
Epoxy Resins 34, 35
VR-3, VR-6, and Coal-Tar Epoxy 52
Boom Supports:
Wire Rope Troubles 55
Booms:
Diversion Dam, Boat Boom 83
Hoist, Pickup Mounted 28, 84
Hydraulic, Pickup Mounted 33, 97, 97
Lifting and Hauling 33
Log 4
Portable Hoist 84
Safety Shield 27
Trash 4
Trash and Log Deflectors 4, 97
Universal Joints for 1
Weed Burner 9, 97
Weed Burner, Counterweighted 21
Weed Disk 97
Weed Spray, Hydraulic 97
Weed Spray, Manual 97
Weed Spray, Truck Mounted 97, 97
Booths:
Daylight Movie Projection 7
Boundary Lines:
Corner Monuments 29
Markers 2
Boxes:
Delivery 126
Spreader, on Dozer Blade 29
Weir 99
Weir, Yakima Type 2
Brackets:
Floodlight on Vehicle Bumper 9
Tailpipe 7
Walk Plank on Weir Structure 38
Brake Motors 185
Brake Systems:
Air Loss in Vehicles 1
Brewster Flats Unit 119
Powersaw, Electrodynamic 1
Bridges:
Dry Mix Cement in Bags Anchors Down Approach Slopes 109
Farm Type, Redecking 34
Highway Crossing Pads 27
Overcoating Bridges Containing Lead-Based Paints 165
Pesky Pigeons 165
Prestressed Concrete 33, 48, 52
Protection, Structural Concrete 56
Railroad Car Beams 33
Replacement Program 119
Resurfacing Walkways With Epoxy 109
Sealant 112
Surface-Tolerant Coatings - Myths and Realities 162
Broadcast Seeders 97
Brush Control:
Cutter 27, 97
Drag 27
Mowers 97
Removal Criteria 150
(See Weed Control, Prevention, and Disposal)
Brush Cutters 27, 43
Brushes, Contact Cement, Preservation 4
Bubbler Gages:
Improvement 3
Water Level 35, 178
Bucket Seats 128
Buckets:
Demossing 4
Dredger Raising Assembly 31
Gradall Attachments 4
Weed Disposal 97
Building, Utility:
Pole Type 52
Bulkhead:
Using Floating to Dewater 162
Bulkhead Gate:
Conveyor Belt Material Provides Sealing Surface 161
Bulkhead, Temporary, Affords Repairs in the Dry 159
Bulldozers:
Blade Spreader Box 29
Radial Gate Installed With 15
Track Sealants 31
Bumpers:
Floodlight Bracket 9
Buoys:
Marking, Self-Adjusting 71
Mooring 66
Swimmer Protection 36
Bureau of Reclamation:
Centennial History - June 2002     200
Concrete Dam Evolution     201
Buried Asphalt Canal Linings:
Evaluation 53, 66
Hot-Applied Membrane Repair 15
Buried Pipe Stops Agonizing Water Losses 83
Burners (Weed Control):
Booms 21, 97
Butane 97
Dry Weeds 97, 97
Fuel Oil Types 97, 97
Land-Type Weeds 97
Lightweight, Aluminum 4
LP Gas 97, 97
Spray Unit Converted 24
Trailer Mounted 97
Truck Mounted 9, 97, 141
Weed Burner Head 9
Burrow Builder:
Rodent Control 51
Burrowing Animal Control:
Filling Burrows 52
Shotcrete Canal Linings 17
(See Crayfish Control)
Bypass Channel:
Plastic-Lined 31
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