Sidewalk Paver Places Stone Path in German Forest
BY Ammann Group
Andreas Kortendiek’s crew has built multiple stone walkways. The process has taken much handwork in the past: place material by hand, then compact with vibratory plates. The German landscaper is open to new ideas, which recently led his crew to place gravel with an Ammann AFT 300-2 compact paver, then use an Ammann ARX 26-2 light tandem roller for compaction.
The equipment completed the job in about three hours. Placing the material by hand and compacting with plates would have taken at least a full day, Kortendiek said. The quality of the final path impressed him, with material evenly distributed by the auger and leveled by the screed.
“The paver could save a lot of working time, but that is secondary to the nice, level placement of the material,” Kortendiek said.
GaLaBau A. Kortendiek was hired to place a natural stone path in Fresenburg, Germany. The AFT 300-2 tracked paver was small enough to work on the 5-foot-wide (1.6-meter-wide) walkway and placed the stone (waterbound 0-16 mm) in difficult terrain. The material was placed at a depth of 2.75 inches (7 centimeters) and compacted to 2.36 inches (6 cm) along an 820-foot (250-meter) path. The walkway is located in a forest, so space was tight.
Compacting the gravel behind the paver, the ARX 26-2 light tandem roller worked in static mode.
What was even more impressive is the fact the GaLaBau A. Kortendiek crew had no experience operating a paver prior to this project. The company doesn’t work with asphalt and had never used a paver for gravel placement. They began the day with a 1.5-hour training session, followed by the smooth project operation.