MrEvilPirate
Active Member
I am building a house out in the woods and need a roller for compacting driveway subgrade, backfill against foundation and under slab, stone on driveway, etc. It is a long driveway about 800' and the site is pretty big so I think roller over heavy plate is a better choice. I have a chance to grab a Beuthling B155 vibratory roller. This machine has 2 drums on it, weighs around 3200lbs and the stats I found with vibration on gives 4500lbs of centrifugal force and a total 6550 lbs of force.
The stats I find on plate compactors are all in lb/ft. That 6550 lbs is distributed over (I assume) the length of both drums, and so I'm not sure how to compare apples to apples in terms of actual compaction force delivered. The bigger question is if this machine is even appropriate for soils compaction.
My onsite material is sand, little bit of gravel mixed in, and about 20% fines. Any thoughts?
The stats I find on plate compactors are all in lb/ft. That 6550 lbs is distributed over (I assume) the length of both drums, and so I'm not sure how to compare apples to apples in terms of actual compaction force delivered. The bigger question is if this machine is even appropriate for soils compaction.
My onsite material is sand, little bit of gravel mixed in, and about 20% fines. Any thoughts?