Compaction Equipment

Thu April 26, 2007

Big Reclaimer Serves Up Stabilized Tennis Courts in Iowa

In May a WR 2500 road reclaimer — predecessor to today’s WR 2500 S — of Manatt’s Inc. quickly stabilized a 4,200-sq.-yd., multi-court tennis facility being reconstructed at a city park in Ottumwa, Iowa, in the southeast part of the state....

Mon March 12, 2007

Allied Construction’s Skid-Pac Puts Compaction in Motion

Allied Construction Products LLC’s added the Skid-Pac Model 1000 to its full-product line of attachments. The Skid-Pacs have taken the Ho-Pac vibratory compactor technology and put it into motion....

Wed March 07, 2007

Liftech Hosts Asphalt Laydown, Compaction Seminar

More than 150 working professionals in the asphalt industry convened on Feb. 5 at Liftech Equipment’s Rochester, N.Y., facility for a fact-filled, one-day seminar about best practices in asphalt....

Tue January 16, 2007

Ingersoll Rand TC-13 Offers Remote Trench Compaction

The Ingersoll-Rand trench compactor — the TC-13 — is a 1.3-ton (1.18 t) compactor that has a heavy-duty battery and is designed to operate with a standardized remote control. The TC-13 eliminates the need for an operator to enter the trench while compacting....

Wed February 21, 2007

S&S Paving’s Move to New Model Pays Big Dividends in California

A California paving contractor who traded in his model 880 WB paver from Vogele America Inc. for its successor, the 2116W, had documented improvements in productivity and profitability of the new model over the old....

Tue January 09, 2007

Hamm Compaction Offers Line of Three Asphalt Rollers

The HD O120V is Hamm Compaction Division’s largest oscillation roller. This 78-in. (198 cm) wide, double drum roller has an operating weight of 26,345 lb. (11,949 kg) with oscillation in the rear drum and conventional vibration in the front....

Wed February 14, 2007

Halifax Crew Raises Daytona Runways Above Water Table

In the shadow of the famous Daytona International Speedway, the Wirtgen Group’s “Three Amigos” of Hamm oscillation “Ozzie” rollers, Vogele America paver and Wirtgen mills were helping Daytona Beach International Airport in Florida to beat rising groundwater that was threatening its paved surfaces and operations....

Jeff Cronin - Mon January 29, 2007

Workers Roll Out the Green Carpet for Super Bowl XLI

Well before anyone knew which two teams would battle to become Super Bowl XLI champions, Ed Mangan and his team took to the field at Dolphin Stadium. Mangan, the field director of the NFL; Alan Sigwardt, director of grounds at the stadium; and a team of 25 to 30 workers, from both the NFL and the stadium, laser graded and resodded the playing field on which the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts will play....

Thu January 18, 2007

Blalock, Wirtgen Mills Return to the Smokies

Once again, Charles Blalock & Sons Inc., Sevierville, Tenn., has returned to Great Smoky Mountains National Park to work on U.S. 441, the spectacular scenic highway that traverses the park. In May, Blalock was using its Wirtgen W 2000 and older 1900 DC to mill asphalt ahead of paving contractor APAC Inc....

Lori Lovely - Wed January 03, 2007

V3 Companies Builds Tollway Through Illinois

Winter won’t stop work on the Illinois Tollway’s construction of a 12.5-mi. (20 km), three-lane extension of the North-South Tollway from where Interstate 355 ends at Interstate 55 (the Stevenson Expressway) through Will County to Interstate 80....