PORTABLE HOT MIX TRAILERS SPEED PATCHING EFFORT
A UNIT IS DESCRIBED WHICH HOLDS 4 TONS OF ASPHALT AT A TEMPERATURE OF 265 DEGREES. THE UNIT'S FLAMELESS WARNING SYSTEM IS FUELED BY TWO PROPANE GAS BOTTLES. A 10-GALLON TANK OF TACK COAT MATERIAL IS ALSO ATTACHED. THE USE OF THIS EQUIPMENT HAS IMPROVED THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE MAINTENANCE CREW. MAINTENANCE FORCES WILL PATROL THE STREETS IN A FOUR TO SIX WEEK CYCLE. SEVERAL METHODS ARE USED IN FILLING THE UNITS WITH ASPHALT. THE UNITS MAY BE LOADED FROM 18-TON ASPHALT HAULING TRUCKS. ONE TRUCK CAN SUPPLY FOUR UNITS. LOADING MAY ALSO BE DONE AT AN ASPHALT PRODUCING PLANT OR FROM A STORAGE SILO.
- Publication Date: 1972-11
Media Info
- Features: Photos;
- Pagination: p. 55
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Serial:
- Rural and Urban Roads
- Volume: 10 N
- Issue Number: n1
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Asphalt; Maintenance equipment; Maintenance personnel; Patching; Portable equipment; Trailers
- Old TRIS Terms: Hot patching
- Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00219488
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: May 15 1974 12:00AM