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A Road roller (sometimes called a ''roller-compactor'') is an Engineering Vehicle used to compact Dirt , Gravel , Concrete , and Asphalt in Construction for Roads & Foundations . Road rollers are also used in Landfill compaction.

The roller can be a simple drum with a handle that is operated by hand, and weighs 100 pounds, all the way up to a massive ride-on road roller weighing 21 Short Ton s (44,000 lb or 20 Metric Ton s; the landfill units can weigh 59 short tons or 54 metric tons) and costing more than $150,000 Dollars ( U.S. ).


Configurations


  • Rollers

  • --- Manual walk-behind

  • --- Powered walk-behind (electric or diesel/gas powered)

  • --- Trench roller (manual units or radio-frequency remote control)

  • --- Ride-on

  • --- Ride-on with knock-down bar

  • --- Ride-on articulating-swivel

  • --- Vibratory