Methodical instructions for carrying out laboratory work on determining the strength and deformation characteristics of non-rigid road clothes for the preparation of masters are set out in the part of bending and shearing of the structure. Experimental measurements are performed in the road-test channel of the department of industrial transport using the deflector of the brand P-122, shearing unit, the device of the dense meter-moisture meter Kovalev N . In. and the thumping-thickness of the Union. DorNII . Guidelines are intended for masters of the I course of study in the direction of training 35. 04. 02 "Technology of logging and wood processing industries" .