About the Authors

Andy Trent is a project engineer at MTDC. He received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Montana State University in 1989. Before coming to MTDC in 1996, he worked as a civilian engineer for the U.S. Navy. Andy works on projects in the nurseries and reforestation, forest health protection, and watershed, soil, and air programs.

Dick Karsky has been program leader for forest health protection since the fall of 1999. Dick has been a project leader at MTDC in the resource areas of global positioning system, range, cooperative forestry, engineering, fire, reforestation and nurseries, residues, recreation, and forest health protection. He obtained a bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering from North Dakota State University and a master's degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Minnesota. He worked for private industry before coming to the MTDC in 1977.

Chuck Harding is a mechanical engineering technician in MTDC's equipment fabrication shop. He came to the center from the U.S. Air Force Reserve where he worked as a metals technology technician. He has been with the center since 2000.

Scott Gilmour has been a mechanical engineering technician in MTDC's shop since 2001. Scott worked as a submarine tender for the U.S. Navy on nuclear subs in the San Diego area and as a machinist for the aerospace industry in Utah before returning to Montana in 1992 to work on mechanized logging equipment.

For additional information about MTDC Portable Vehicle Washer, contact MTDC:
USDA Forest Service
Missoula Technology and Development Center
5785 Hwy. 10 West
Missoula, MT 59808-9361
Phone: 406–329–3900
Fax: 406–329–3719

Electronic copies of MTDC’s publications are available on the Internet at:
http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/pubs

Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management employees can search MTDC’s documents, CDs, DVDs, and videos on their internal computer networks at:

http://fsweb.mtdc.wo.fs.fed.us/search/