carlotpilot Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 in the late 80s a contractor building the new I-10-I-17 freeway through phoenix az had a paving train set up that was laying 4 12 foot concrete lanes at once. the rig was set up in such a way that double bottom dump trailers could drive right on to the rig while it was moving to unload has any one seen or have pictures of that set up? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46462-paving-train/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead204 Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 that would be a sight to see 48 feet at once WOW, I worked at Pane Field in Everett Wa. in 92, we were building a flight line expunction for Boeing put 40+ acres under concrete we used a walking form setter and did I believe 20' panels. we had a portable batch plant set up about 7 miles away and hauled the mud in 3 axle dump trucks 5yds. at a time and just dumped the mud in front of the machine and then they filled the gaps using a cat 950 loader to keep it tight to the machine. coming straight from the farm at that time it was pretty awesome to watch. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46462-paving-train/#findComment-342444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted August 15, 2016 Author Share Posted August 15, 2016 7 minutes ago, gearhead204 said: that would be a sight to see 48 feet at once WOW, I worked at Pane Field in Everett Wa. in 92, we were building a flight line expunction for Boeing put 40+ acres under concrete we used a walking form setter and did I believe 20' panels. we had a portable batch plant set up about 7 miles away and hauled the mud in 3 axle dump trucks 5yds. at a time and just dumped the mud in front of the machine and then they filled the gaps using a cat 950 loader to keep it tight to the machine. coming straight from the farm at that time it was pretty awesome to watch. I watched this rig in action and did`nt have sense enough to take pictures back then .they had a drive on platform alongside that fully loaded belly dumps could just drive on stop- dump first trlr move up dump second then drive off . the machine was a least a 130 ft long ` trucks dumped into an auger emptied bin without getting into the wet concrete at all 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46462-paving-train/#findComment-342447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead204 Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 we had to run mud locks on our tailgates to keep them from blowing open when we would hit a bump, depending on the style of belly dump gate I would guess they would have to do the same, Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46462-paving-train/#findComment-342448 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted August 15, 2016 Author Share Posted August 15, 2016 1 hour ago, gearhead204 said: we had to run mud locks on our tailgates to keep them from blowing open when we would hit a bump, depending on the style of belly dump gate I would guess they would have to do the same, I didn't pay that much attention to the trucks them selves but they were all part of the company doing the job so they were likely set up to work with all that mess Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46462-paving-train/#findComment-342449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Picture borrowed from Google. Said that it was 52 feet wide. Didn't see a picture where the truck was on the machine. This was dump and screed. Certainly putting the truck on the machine would add a lot of technical factors to the operation. 2 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46462-paving-train/#findComment-342469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 not sure the manufacturer of that ^^^concrete paver. the bidwells i worked with were all dump and screed machines 1 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46462-paving-train/#findComment-342490 Share on other sites More sharing options...
m16ty Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 About a year ago I saw what could be described as a paving train. I think it was six trucks pulling various equipment, all hooked together. Basically what it did was took up the old asphalt, heated it, mixed some new oil with it, and put it back down. It was a huge contraption with a big propane tank to supply the heat. I stopped and talked to one of the flagmen about it. He said it was a experimental project they were working on. I don't know how well it turned out long term but it looked as good as any coming right out of the machine. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46462-paving-train/#findComment-342583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 did some snooping and found that at least part of the rig I am talking about was built by cmi corp out of okla. not sure if the dump system was theirs or not. but it worked there was a steady stream of trucks feeding that thing Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46462-paving-train/#findComment-342585 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 1 hour ago, m16ty said: About a year ago I saw what could be described as a paving train. I think it was six trucks pulling various equipment, all hooked together. Basically what it did was took up the old asphalt, heated it, mixed some new oil with it, and put it back down. It was a huge contraption with a big propane tank to supply the heat. I stopped and talked to one of the flagmen about it. He said it was a experimental project they were working on. I don't know how well it turned out long term but it looked as good as any coming right out of the machine. asphalt reclamation operation `works quite well and is fairly common now . does`nt work at all with concrete Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46462-paving-train/#findComment-342586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 16 hours ago, j hancock said: Picture borrowed from Google. Said that it was 52 feet wide. Didn't see a picture where the truck was on the machine. This was dump and screed. Certainly putting the truck on the machine would add a lot of technical factors to the operation. jim did google give a location for this job? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46462-paving-train/#findComment-342587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 No exact location but it was being done by Michels Corporation with a headquarters in Brownsville WI. It just said US 41 Mainline in WI. https://www.michels.us/heavy-civil-construction/paving/ Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46462-paving-train/#findComment-342613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 When you guys mentioned the truck driving up on the rig it reminded me of the dump platform Frito Lay has in Binghamton Ny near the t.s. You drive your reefer or dry van on a platform and I guess they tie it down.You open the doors and the platform goes up like a dump body and the potatoes roll out into a bin! Pretty slick! There are a couple locations around the country that employ various hydraulic ramps to unload dry vans.At the docks in New Orleans you drop your trailer and they back a tractor with a hoist under it to unload bales of cotton. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46462-paving-train/#findComment-345671 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamsterGrrrl Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Here in beet country they're putting in side lift hoists at the "piling stations", they use a flatbed trailer with hinged sides and drop the side that they're unloading off of. In central Florida I know of at least one orange juice processing plant that uses a spotting tractor with a high lift 5th wheel to dump trailer loads of oranges out the rear of a flatbed with sides. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46462-paving-train/#findComment-345677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Teamster Grrrl there is no end to innovation in the trucking industry! They may be getting wealthy but I pity the folks who sit in an office and never see any of this or build anything with their hands! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46462-paving-train/#findComment-345681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 I don`t know where but somewhere there is a picture of that beast I wrote about sure would like to find one. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46462-paving-train/#findComment-345706 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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