isn't the whole point of a shuttle buggy to keep the paver paving the road continuously. and to allow the dump trucks to dump there load right away.
so why would the trucks sit there and build a line up like you see when a shuttle buggy isn't being used?
i was watching a crew pave a street the other day and they were using a shuttle buggy.
they paved one lane then backed everything up to the beginning of the first lane, as opposed to just starting the second lane in the other direction.
while the paver was setting up again the 2 dump trucks that showed up were just sitting there. the first one waited until the paver was ready to start moving to dump its load into the shuttle buggy. after he dumped his load the next dump truck waited until the paver and buggy had progessed a little bit to dump his load. then they ran out of trucks and the paver had to stop.
from what i've read i thought the whole point of the buggy was to keep the paver moving continously which creates a better road. by avoiding segregation (i think thats the word) and keeping the screed from settling (think thats word the roadtech website used). it's also suppose to keep the trucks flowing instead of sitting and waiting to dump. because they can dump right away into the buggy.
so why would the trucks sit there and build a line up like you see when a shuttle buggy isn't being used?
i was watching a crew pave a street the other day and they were using a shuttle buggy.
they paved one lane then backed everything up to the beginning of the first lane, as opposed to just starting the second lane in the other direction.
while the paver was setting up again the 2 dump trucks that showed up were just sitting there. the first one waited until the paver was ready to start moving to dump its load into the shuttle buggy. after he dumped his load the next dump truck waited until the paver and buggy had progessed a little bit to dump his load. then they ran out of trucks and the paver had to stop.
from what i've read i thought the whole point of the buggy was to keep the paver moving continously which creates a better road. by avoiding segregation (i think thats the word) and keeping the screed from settling (think thats word the roadtech website used). it's also suppose to keep the trucks flowing instead of sitting and waiting to dump. because they can dump right away into the buggy.