Towed vibrating roller

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I did not find the vibration to be a problem on the larger unit.
Sitting in the tractor seat you can actually feel the vibration of the ground beneath you though. You could also feel the vibration standing on the ground up to about 10 feet from the roller.

I have thought about using belt drive from the engine to the vibrating roller and it is probably a good idea even though the engine rpm should be less than 3000 rpm.

Bill
 
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Can anyone here tell me what sort of total PSI is required to be effective at packing down crusher run in a driveway? THe roller I have access to is 6 feet wide and 24 inches diameter. It is heavy gauge steel, and can be filled with water, for a total weight of somewhere over a ton. What sort of footprint would this have in loosely spread crusher run (spread with a boxblade)? Obviously 6 feet wide by how many inches? Is that adequate with a vibrator mechanism on board?

Also, can someone post a better drawing of how the eccentric weight/shaft is mounted and connected to a drive motor of some sort? I can envision this, but I would like to validate my fantasy/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
 
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Define 'crusher run'. Are you refering to crushed concrete or gravel? Or reclaimed asphalt.
Reclaimed asphalt can be compacted, and the more weight the better.

Crushed concrete or gravel will not compact. You can drive it into the subgrade, and compact voids, possibly even fracture individual pieces with enough weight, but even then.. it would still be loose enough to dig by hand.... just mashed down making a footprint into the subgrade.

Soundguy
 
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Crusher run means different things to different folks, but generally it is the entire output of running rocks through a crusher. I suppose concrete chunks would produce about the same results - we just don't see that around here much, though. Probably because rocks are cheaper and easier to get than concrete chunks. Gravel is the output after it has been washed or screened clean of the fines, or dust and rock bits. When compacting crusher run, the rock chunks are compacted among the fines. Generally a very hard, flat surface can be achieved on top of the layer below (without pressing it into the sublayer). When this is rolled with a large multi-ton roller, the surface is appropriate for paving (assuming you have built the road bed accordingly). Even driving your vehicles repeatedly over this surface will produce a very hard, flat surface. After a few rains (not deluges - that can wash out the fines), the surface can get to be very very hard. I just refinished my 800 foot drive this way, but I could benefit from a roller going over it. That is why I would like to know how much pressure is required to roll the crusher run into the hard, ready-for-paving surface I have described? Can I do it with the roller I have described in my earlier post? I doubt it will work without a vibratory device, but what about with one??
 
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I'm not sure what your local laws are.. but here in florida, we cannot use unconsolodated gravel as a finish grade material. The one conditional exception to this is a slaged road that has captive gravel embedded in tar can be overlayed.
Reclaimed concrete can be mixed into the subgrade as well as asphalt, etc. Incidentially, reclaimed concrete makes decent stabilizer material... very easy to get a high lbr with it.

Some states will let you pave over clay. Not having a sample of you 'crusher run' to examine the fines / silt content, etc.. I just cant say. Here, for instance, we need an lbr of 90+ ( load bearing ratio ).

Keep in mind that a vibratory roller is used for deep compaction, and a static weighted roller like a 3 wheeled steel wheel roller is used for the finish surface. A bituminous (liquid asphalt emulsion generally) product called prime or tack coat is used to treat the finished surface, before laying the asphalt. The tack coat serves as a joining medium from the substraight to the asphalt surface course.
Asphalt can also be laid directly on subgrade ( though much thicker ) and this method is called black base.
Here are some basic ideas, our vibratory rollers are approx. 2 tons, some models are 3. Our static steel wheel rollers are in the neighborhood of 6-8 tons.

I'll attatch a pic of our 3 ton unit. a yellow yardstick is included as reference. ( the 2 ton unit is just a smaller version, and seems to work fine )

"foot drive this way, but I could benefit from a roller going over it. That is why I would like to know how much pressure is required to roll the crusher run into the hard, ready-for-paving surface I have described? Can I do it with the roller I have described in my earlier post? I doubt it will work without a vibratory device, but what about with one?? "

Soundguy
 

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Did you go to school with PatrickG /w3tcompact/icons/clever.gif?

Here in upstate NY we can put any darn thing on our driveways we please (as long as it is not a substance on the EPA watchlist/w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif). Otherwise, we vote out them pollytishuns thats made them stupid rules/w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif.

I have no idea what "unconsolidated gravel" is/w3tcompact/icons/hmm.gif, nor do I think that knowing would help me answer my question in any way.

Soundguy (or anyone else, for that matter), do you know much psi a roller would need in order to compact crusher run if that roller could vibrate? Telling me how to build a road in Florida, or how much pressure a 2-ton roller produces really doesn't help me, or anyone else who wants to build a homemade roller for such a job.

Reminds of a guy I met at work when I first started. I was making the rounds with all of the folks I'd be working with, and he starts out our conversation by telling me that he LOVES to talk, so if I ask him what time it is, I better be prepared to learn how to make a watch/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif. (I have been accused of this tendency on more than one occasion/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif). He is a great guy, and I enjoy shooting the breeze with him when I have some free time.
 
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Paul:

You can rent small self propelled hand steered vibratory water filled drum rollers that are carried around in the back of a P/U. They will do an adaquate job on a driveway so I don't see why your roller would not work. Maybe stop by a rental place and see how the vibrating mechanism is made.

Egon
 
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Thanks Egon, that's a good point. I have seen these things, and I've seen how they work on paved sidewalks, small driveways, etc. The finished product looks pretty good. It would make sense that if these things can compact stuff that well, that the roller I want to make (which should be heavier) should work, too.

Paul
 
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Paul,

I'm no expert, but I think the compaction force is a function of the grade of the crusher-run. If you are using a large grade ( 3" minus ) you'll need more whack to pack it ... a coat of 1 1/2" minus or even smaller should pack well with less force. The stone dust you use under a patio is rock hard with only a bit of compaction. the small stuff just doesn't have the air space to loose !!
 
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Whow, learned a lot more than I originally intended.
I will be using my roller primarily to pack down a 20' wide by 250' long pulling track that is a flat as we can get it.
Very little crown but the track is raised about a foot above the surrounding grade to keep the water off.
The track is about a 40% clay to 60% sand mix about 8" deep over a packed "road gravel" base about 12" deep over the normal Northern Lower Michigan sand base.
The track is normally disced up weekly to a depth of about 4", then watered, and then packed very well.
Bill
 
 
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