road roller
Heavy asphalt compactor
A road roller is a heavy construction vehicle with large cylindrical drums instead of wheels, used to compact soil, gravel, or asphalt during road building and paving.
The weight of the machine, concentrated through its smooth or ridged drums, flattens and densifies surfaces to create a stable foundation.
The road roller made several passes over the fresh asphalt before it cooled.
Also called a steamroller, though modern versions are diesel-powered rather than steam-driven.
Causing rapid oscillation
- drumStruck percussion cylinder
- tampingCompacting by repeated pressure
- densificationIncreasing mass per volume
- soilGround matter for planting
padfoot · sheepsfoot · pneumatic · tandem · static · dynamic · earthwork · grading
Paved airport surface
- bitumenViscous hydrocarbon mixture
- blacktopDark paving material
- macadamCrushed stone paving
- hot-mixHeated asphalt mixture
resurfacing · chipseal · paving · binder · aggregate · tar · bituminous · pavement
Large powered industrial apparatus
- operatorOne who works machinery
- dieselCompression-ignition fuel
- caterpillarMoth or butterfly young
- earthmoverHeavy digging machinery
bulldozer · grader · excavator · dump truck · backhoe · crane · loader · crew
Alternate path around obstruction
- traffic controlRegulating road movement
- conesTapering geometric solids
- barriersThings blocking access
- jackhammerPower tool for breaking concrete
gravel · safety vests · flaggers · signage · lane closure · excavation · cement · mixer
vibratory
Causing rapid oscillation
- drumStruck percussion cylinder
- tampingCompacting by repeated pressure
- densificationIncreasing mass per volume
soil · padfoot · sheepsfoot · pneumatic · tandem · static · dynamic · earthwork · grading · embankment
tarmac
Paved airport surface
hot-mix · resurfacing · chipseal · paving · binder · aggregate · tar · bituminous · pavement · driveway
heavy machinery
Large powered industrial apparatus
- operatorOne who works machinery
- dieselCompression-ignition fuel
- caterpillarMoth or butterfly young
earthmover · bulldozer · grader · excavator · dump truck · backhoe · crane · loader · crew · equipment
detour
Alternate path around obstruction
- traffic controlRegulating road movement
- conesTapering geometric solids
- barriersThings blocking access
jackhammer · gravel · safety vests · flaggers · signage · lane closure · excavation · cement · mixer · surveying
- rollersbrayer
- construction equipmentbackhoe, bulldozer, excavator, crane, forklift
- heavy vehiclessemi truck, semi-truck, eighteen-wheeler, 18-wheeler, big rig
- work vehiclesdump truck, garbage truck, tow truck, utility truck, fire truck
- heavy equipmentexcavator, excavators, bulldozers, loader, backhoe
- flattenersiron, mangle, plane, compactor, calender
road rollerexcavator
Machine that digs earth
ripper · scarifier · backhoe · trencher · cultivator
roll, road, rolling, roller, roadway, rollers, steamroller, paver, steamrollers