Asphalt paving tonnage
Hot-mix tons, truck loads and tack coat for a paving area and thickness.
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90.6 tons in 5 loads, 2 passes at 16.5 ft a minute, 5 trucks on a 65-minute cycle, $8,750.39
- Area
- 800 sq yd
- Hot-mix asphalt
- 90.6 tons
- Truck loads
- 5
- Tack coat
- 40 gal
Paving plan
- Passes across the width
- 2 passes of 12.0 ft for 24.0 ft; 1 longitudinal joint
- Paver travel
- 600 ft in all (2 passes of 300 ft)
- Mix per foot of travel
- 302 lb (12.0 ft wide, 2.00 in, 110 lb per sq yd per in, plus waste)
- Paver speed to match
- 16.5 ft a minute at 150 tons an hour
- Yield check
- each 20.0-ton load should cover about 132 ft of a 12.0 ft pass
Also on the sheet
- Trucks and schedule · 5 lines, starting with “Truck cycle”
- Cost sheet · 5 lines, starting with “Hot mix”
The plain-words read of this example
The job takes 90.6 tons of hot mix in 5 loads, laid in 2 passes of 12.0 ft. At 150 tons an hour the paver runs about 16.5 ft a minute and paving takes 36 min, so plan 1 day. A 65-minute truck cycle needs 5 trucks to keep the paver moving. Each load should cover about 132 ft of a pass; check it every load. Mix, tack and trucking come to $8,750.39, or $10.94 a square yard.
3 cited sources
- Longitudinal Joint Construction and Density, Tech Brief FHWA-HIF-21-023 (Federal Highway Administration, Asphalt Pavement Technology Program)
- Asphalt Paving Handbook, 7.6 Establishing Paver Speed (National Asphalt Pavement Association (AAPTP handbook))
- Asphalt Paving Handbook, 7.5 Layer Thickness (rolldown and spread rate) (National Asphalt Pavement Association (AAPTP handbook))
Plus 5 step-by-step checks, a print layout and a link that reopens it with your numbers.