From Job Site to Job Site Under its Own Power
Economical pavement rehabilitation with the wheeled VÖGELE SUPER 1603-2 in Germany.
For pavement rehabilitation in urban areas, work often has to be carried out at different locations with widely differing requirements in the same day. When faced with this logistical challenge, the wheeled SUPER 1603-2 fits the bill perfectly, being able to drive from one job site to the next under its own power. Fitted with the AB 500-2 Extending Screed, it is perfectly equipped for all tasks.
The SUPER 1603-2 drives to the job site under its own power at a speed of up to 20km/h.
The following contract from the town of Bad Oeynhausen in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany, is a prime example: roughly 7km of wearing course were rehabilitated on as many as 20 smaller municipal roads and farm tracks. Contractor A. Schneider GmbH & Co. KG Tief- und Straßenbau are specialized in these types of projects and hence opted for the SUPER 1603-2. Like all wheeled VÖGELE pavers, the machine has the Operating Authorization Certificate required in many countries for the issuance of a permit to travel on public roads. The paver was thus able to reach each of the 20 individual job sites under its own power at a speed of up to 20km/h.
Easy manœuvring
One of the challenges that awaited the paving team of Managing Director Michael Tödtmann was a road in a residential area, roughly 500m long. Garden walls, fences, hedges and kerbstones bordered the road. First of all, the team from A. Schneider milled away the old wearing course and filled a gap with bituminous base course mix. The new wearing course was then paved in two strips each 2.75m wide. The paver’s small turning radius (outside) of just 6.5m made manœuvring in the tight spaces of the residential area an easy task.
Side plates hydraulically adjustable in height
The new side plates with hydraulic control for height adjustment, available as options for the
AB 500-2 and
AB 600-2 Extending Screeds, proved especially handy. The team was easily able to work up to just a few centimeters from obstacles, such as walls or fences. Michael Tödtmann was more than satisfied with the paver: “The
SUPER 1603-2 is simply ideal for working on cramped job sites in urban areas.”
Hydraulic adjustment of the side plates in height
is carried out easily and safely from the screed’s footboard.
Michael Tödtmann (on the screed’s footboard)
and his team were able to work up to just a few
centimeters from walls and fences.
