There are several considerations and best practices when transporting asphalt pavement mixes that we discussed about in our most recent RoadReady newsletter, but we also wanted to provide some additional resources on our blog.

Here’s an animation from our End Dump Truck Exchange course that highlights how to properly back into the paver:

There are two articles on Pavement Interactive on transporting asphalt mix that we think provide great supplemental information:

• Ashphalt Mix Transporting (we really like the close up video of the truck loading):
  http://pavementinteractive.org/index.php?title=HMA_Transport
• Material Trasfer Vehicles, which provides a great overview of the types of MTV’s and when/why they are used:
  http://pavementinteractive.org/index.php?title=Material_Transfer_Vehicles

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