Road repair equipment is present in several varieties. These range from portable lighter to heavier equipment. Many of the latest road repair equipment are designed to make the construction duties quicker and easier for any working personnel. Today, it is common to find heavy machineries doing good quality work as compared to the technology a decade ago. Now there is a plethora of road repair equipment at any repair site. The heavy machineries are also capable of undertaking many complex tasks in a safe manner, which cannot be done manually. Though heavy road repair equipment always require the attention of two or more persons. The repair and construction work is performed by three categories of machineries, which are:
1. Lifting machinery
2. Earthwork machinery
3. Road Works machinery
Lifting Machinery
The purpose of this road repair equipment is to lift weighty materials and objects at any repair site. Some of the common machines of road repair equipment are as follows:
• Truck-Mounted Crane
This road repair equipment is commonly used because of its ability to easily move on the roads.
• Tractor Crane
This road repair equipment is used for carrying and lifting heavy materials and has the benefit of moving easily at the site because of their compact structure.
• Tower Crane
This machine is used to lift building materials such as steel and concrete.
Earthwork Machinery
This machinery is used for heavy lifting of building materials such as rocks and soil.. Some of their examples include:
• Loaders
The purpose of such road repair equipment is to perform digging.
• Excavators
Such road repair equipment is used wherever deep digging is required. They are commonly found at the construction sites.
• Dozers
These machines prepare the new surface by changing and moving the soil. This machine spreads the soil at the repair site in order to even the surface.
• Graders
The function of these road repair equipment is similar to the dozer, but is mainly used to smooth out any construction work done on the repair site.
• Scrapers
The purpose of this road repair equipment is to scrap properly scrap a lean layer of soil and afterwards carry it to another place.
Road Work Machinery
The main purpose of these types of machineries is to assist with heavy construction work and repair functions. Some of these machineries are:
• Paver
These machines are used to spread concrete layer or asphalt on roadways.
• Compactor
This road repair equipment is used for the purpose of ‘compacting’ several layers of roads after they have been spread. These machines are great for compressing the materials at roads.
• Milling Machine
This road repair equipment is utilized for the removing of any unwanted layer from roads so that any new layer is created.