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If the paver doesn’t have a truck lock to grab and hold the truck’s back wheels, you run the risk of spilled asphalt. And wasting the material is a best-case scenario.

You want the paver to move smoothly, towing the screed smoothly in a gentle, flowing, gliding motion down the lane. Let’s look at a couple of problem areas that are easy to keep clean with proper upkeep and best practices.

Here are some suggestions to troubleshoot problems with taking cores for quality control/quality assurance testing.

As it does with new construction or mill-and-overlay projects, the nominal maximum aggregate size in a micro surfacing mix impacts the project’s success. Here are some best practices for stockpiling for micro surfacing jobs.

AsphaltPro shares some best practices that can prevent micro surfacing, or other sealing, problems your crew might experience.

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

Storing liquid AC at temperatures above that particular performance grade
asphalt’s temperature design range will burn off the material’s light ends. When this happens,
not only will the tank release blue smoke, but you will also be damaging the liquid AC.

Winter brings a few difficult situations that asphalt contractors must face.