The Ohio Department of Transportation recently awarded The McLean Company an order for several Lee Boy 8500 Low deck asphalt paving machines and Rosco Maximizer II asphalt distributors due to excellent dealer support and past performance of the machines. As one official put it we purchased the paving equipment from the dealer that is in the paving business. Pictured are the classroom training sessions featuring the 8500 by Scott McLean of the McLean Company and Brian hall of Lee Boy. ODOT trainees actually learned the ins and outs of the machine by paving sand with the instructor’s guidance and help.
Shelly and Sands, Inc: Vogele 2219T
By · CommentsShelly and Sands, Inc recently purchased from The McLean Company their 6th Vogele asphalt paver. The fleet of Vogele America machines consists of 3 wheeled and 3 rubber high speed track units. One of main considerations when deciding on which manufacturer’s machine they were going to purchase was local support and support from the respective manufacturer. The owning and operating costs of all these machines have been impressive according to management. The last two units put into operation are pictured below of which are high speed rubber track units. These units all incorporate Topcon series V dual grade and slope along with Topcon’s SAS averaging ski.
Erie Blacktop Hamm HD120V
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Erie Blacktop put their new Hamm HD 120 V oscillatory roller to work on a 1-1/4” non compacted 9.5mm Super Pave surface course job. This mix was tough to compact utilizing traditional vibratory high frequency machines in the breakdown mode. It was decided by McLean Company representatives with Chris Schaeffer of Erie Blacktop permission to try using the Oscillatory roller in breakdown mode using just the Oscillatory drum only. The density then jumped up to an acceptable number after a 4000 vpm machine would not get the density numbers required in the breakdown mode.
