928G Boy
Senior Member
I've never ran a packer on asphalt before but I'm curious about the different patterns that the breakdown operators use. On a highway job I've seen the first breakdown packer in the middle of the lane for the first pass, then when he catches up to the paver, he turns into either the centerline of the road or the edge of pavement. This is so that the little bump created by stopping in the asphalt runs parallel to the direction of traffic, therefore making it less noticable. Then he makes the next pass the same but instead of rolling the middle of the lane he rolls on one of the edges, but overhangs the barrel of the roller about 3" over the edge of pavement.
What are some other patterns? I'm totally clueless about this type of thing. Asphalt's not really my thing I'm more of a concrete and pipe guy but I'm interested in asphalt.
What are some other patterns? I'm totally clueless about this type of thing. Asphalt's not really my thing I'm more of a concrete and pipe guy but I'm interested in asphalt.
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