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I was just wondering the same thing? Especially on the longer pulls on the roadway. It seemed to go very smooth the way they did it though. Definitely have a great crew that works great together.

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The truck will sink in the gravel and leave ruts causing paver to lose level. Also have to shovel the back of the dump truck if you pop the gate, Ours at work hold a ton easy you have to hand shovel to close the gate. It’s also easier to gauge how much asphalt you need towards the end of the job you don’t want a full paver of material left over because you have to empty it

@@thomasbissett3273 If that base is compacted properly, the truck won't sink at all. If you are concerned about the truck sinking, then you don't have a proper base and you will have road issues. The paver won't lose level from ruts. The level isn't determined by the tracks, its determined by the screed as is the crown. It isn't hard to estimate how much asphalt you need for a job. There are literally a ton of apps you can use to estimate the amount of mix and most paving companies will give you a slide rule if you prefer the old fashioned method. You don't have to shovel to close the gate if you diesel the gate prior to dumping. Do you even pave? Because judging by your comment you either have no clue what you're talking about or you are pretty ignorant in paving.

Well, at the time I was a lot more comfortable with the Puckett. Now, I’m very comfortable with our Mauldin paver. The heavier screed on the Mauldin yields a much better result. So, to answer your question. Could I do this entire project with the Puckett? Yes, 100%. If I knew then what I know now. I would have done that project much differently, and I would have only used the Mauldin. But, I guess that’s the entire point of life. Grown, learn and keep trying. If your not leaning, your not growing.

Honestly, the trucks at the time of the video we’re not properly set up to be pushed by the paver. Moving forward next year on all large painting projects we will be using our paper to push the trucks. It’s a great question and when I get asked often. Thanks for watching!

@@capitalasphalt . Yes I understand that we had a truck was not set up for pushing. Once you get set up you can empty a truck less than two minutes with the equipment you have very nice equipment.

That little paver is better taking a dump truck out pave repeat

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That’s a great question, we get asked this all the time. The simple reason is that the majority of our projects do not require the dump truck being back up to the paver. For reasons such as, the driveway being too small (although not in this case), wires overhead, steep hills & turns etc. We normally use a skid steer to excavate, grade and make pads for the paver. We often find it’s just as simple to use the same skid steer to load the paver. Why? It’s easy to control, you do not have worry about having enough room for the large dump trucks out on the street, we use it to make the pads and clean up the road anyway. In a word, it’s often convenient. All that being said, it would have worked great to push the trucks on this project and if I did it over, I would have if I’m being honest. The last thing to note: Our dump trucks all pull tag trailers daily and the way the hitch is set up they do not line up properly with our paver. The way to correct this is 1 of 3 things. 1. Lower the rollers on the paver. 2. Remove the hitch on the truck. 3. Remove the thick hard rubber/plastic compound mat that helps hold the asphalt in the paver hopper.. this way the hitch will fit. Any one or all three of these options come at a price or inconvenience. We have a very special paver on order for next year and the intention with this paver is to be able to push trucks with out having to do any additional set up work. Hope this answers your question, thanks for watching. I hope you continue to watch and enjoy the channel.

Sorry to hear that! Hopefully the general opinion isn’t the same. Either way, thanks for watching the channel.

Definitely a good idea, my only issue is the end of the pad gets cold and doesn’t blend as nice. Maybe do it in 1/3 sections?