A road shoulder working, grooming and compacting apparatus is configured
to demountably cooperate with self-propelled operator-controlled
machines. The apparatus comprises a first component for controllably
working an outer portion of a road shoulder region to urge granular
aggregate materials therefrom toward and onto a road surface, a second
component positioned posterior to the first component and vertically
movable between disengaged and engaged positions for controllably
transferring granular aggregate material from a road surface to a road
shoulder region, and a third component positioned posterior the second
component for controllably distributing, grooming and compacting granular
aggregate materials contained within the road shoulder region. The first
and third components are movable between raised retracted positions and
laterally-deployed lowered positions for engaging and working road
shoulder regions while the self-propelled operator-controllable machine
travels along a road surface. A fourth component is optionally provided
interposed the second and third components for brushing road surfaces.