Pavement performance depends on many factors. Mix designs, ambient and mix temperatures, rolling methods, joints, and types of equipment used can all be analyzed and tweaked to deliver a better ...

Often, one of the last and most critical steps in building roads is when compactors roll down that last mile. Accurate compaction can be overlooked in the rush to finish that last pass before the ...

Regardless of what you’re growing, spring is an exciting time of year. But it doesn’t come without challenges. Compaction can lead to wet soil that makes it difficult to get in your fields on time for ...

Karen Jones is the machinery executive editor at Successful Farming and Agriculture.com. She joined the Successful Farming team in 2023 following a 19-year career on the communications team of an ...

When burying drainage pipes underground, it is important to consider not only the material and slope of the pipe, but also ...

Volvo's Intelligent Compaction relays pass mapping and surface temperature mapping. “Even though the compaction of soil is a process [that] began hundreds, if not thousands, of years ago,” Luke Sevcik ...

Strategic equipment management is one valuable way to protect soil structure and preserve yield potential when wet conditions ...

In the spring many agricultural producers are anxious to get into the field and perform tillage, planting, and chemical applications. However, if field operations are done when the soil is too wet, ...