Loadout

Maintain scales properly to avoid scale breakdowns during the height of paving season.

There are a number of new fleet management tools on the market to track haul trucks traveling to and from the jobsite and asphalt plant. AsphaltPro compares some promising new solutions.

To deliver mix with minimal material segregation, drivers—and plant operators—are instructed to load haul trucks in a three-drop method under the silos. You’ve see this illustrated in AsphaltPro before. The driver pulls the truck under the designated silo to receive one drop in one end of the truck bed. Then he moves the truck back […]