Trucking

• Ensure trucks beds are clean and coated with an approved release agent.
• Load truck in multiple drops to avoid segregation.
• Tarp all loads prior to leaving plant.
• Use proper ingress/egress traffic control locations for project.
• Stay with truck when inline. Maintain adequate following distance to avoid accidents.
• Ensure truck ticket is provided to contractor/inspector at start of unloading.
• Follow instructions of dump person. Do not bump paver or MTV.
• End Dump/Horizontal Discharge
  • Watch for overhead obstructions.
  • Verify tailgates are locked prior to loading.
  • Prior to dumping, raise bed on end dumps. Open tailgate only when instructed to by dump person.
  • Maintain proper brake pressure to avoid rolling away from MTV/Paver during dumping.
  • Lower bed prior to pulling away and avoid overhead obstructions (bridge decks, wires, etc).
  • Cleanout only at designated clean out locations.
  • Ensure tailgate is locked, mud flaps are down prior to leaving site.
• Belly Dump Trucks.
  • Always overlap previous loads.
  • Watch for cues from dump person – unload at slow steady speed.
  • Only dump one load in front of the paver at a time.
• If any mix is spilled on the roadway in front of the paver, the mix should be removed from the roadway or at least from the paver tracks areas..

Maintain cycle time and order when traveling to and from jobsite.