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DaveDCB
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The Hamm 100 is a 80 roller just wider drums. Haven’t checked the spec on others yet
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Smiffy
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Bomag do a 100 at 1.7t and one at 2.5t.
It's a shame there aren't more single drum rollers with bolt on pad foots as that would be the ultimate tool.
Twin drums are tarmac tools really
doobin
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Handy for large areas of type 1 though and do a pretty good job?
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DaveDCB
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120 generally have more KN , is theyll bang harder! But need bigger area to work In etc.. my mate has a 135bomag circa 4ton , which is ideal for big yards etc. but day to day it’s a pain to get on site as it’s a plant lorry job, 80 is small/cheap enough to keep in a shipping container and just use as and when - which is my thinking80 v 100 v 120 ?
If you could move whatever you wanted whats the one that packs down best ?
80 due to smaller contact patch ?
Are too big to trailer cheaper ?
Not having that after your recent announcement
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Smiffy
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Not as good as a single drum. Or as manoeuvrable. And they gan have pad foots bolted on to compact clay aswell.
Whereas we tend to just hire a rammax
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DaveDCB
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Your on about the bw100ad-5? So rare they aren’t even worth mentioning , just searched eBay RBauction and euros never been one though either in the UK!
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Smiffy
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100s are rare in general in the UK though. Bomag also do a range of 90s but I can't recall ever seeing one in the flesh.
I only know one firm running a 100 and that's just for tarmac.
A couple of hire firms offer them but often cheaper to get a 120.
And some of the 120s are barely heavier than an 80. Depending on the model
doobin
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How are they not as good if not better than a single drum? You’ve got basically two passes of a single drum roller in one, and you get to sit in comfort rather than wrestling the bloody pedestrian roller. I’m talking long driveways of type 1 etc.
You do more of this than me- what am I missing??
Regy53
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we stock 100's too if we can find the right one, not many about based on the 80 frame so still compact. And when somebody needs one they need one.
Rollers are generally good news, all sizes. Quite often find a weepy drum but nothing out the norm. We had a JCB once that had spat its bearings out internally in the drum. My lads made light ish work of it but it was a bit painful
Rollers are generally good news, all sizes. Quite often find a weepy drum but nothing out the norm. We had a JCB once that had spat its bearings out internally in the drum. My lads made light ish work of it but it was a bit painful
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DaveDCB
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Your missing nothing, pedestrian rollers are horrible end of 
CPS
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I have a bomag 90
hiluxman
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Cat rollers, what's people's thoughts on them.
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Smiffy
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I didn't mean the ped rollers I mean the ones with pneumatic rear tyres and single drum roller on the front.
They are optimised for aggregate and soil. Smaller ground contact area. Can have sheep foot plates bolted onto the drum with soil and clay. And I think they have a vibration frequency optimised for soil and aggregate.
Alot of people don't realise that the extra compaction from vibration doesn't come from an increase in the static weight of the machine. But the vibrations reduce the friction between the particles allowing them to compact further. Therefore vibration frequency is quite important. And alot of the asphalt rollers like 80s actually seem a bit disappointing on aggregate.
Single drum roller BW 124 DH-5 for soil compaction
BW 124 DH-5 single drum rollers are used for minor works and medium-size compaction duties in road construction, car parks, trenches and backfill.
www.bomag.com
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6feetdown
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I tried to find a roller attachment that would maybe fit on the Avant. It must be doable it'll lift nearly 2 ton so a roller being pushed with a hydraulically driven vibrating drum should be possible. Mind you I know nothing 
CPS
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doobin
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Ah I see. Yeah lovely but not towable!I didn't mean the ped rollers I mean the ones with pneumatic rear tyres and single drum roller on the front.
They are optimised for aggregate and soil. Smaller ground contact area. Can have sheep foot plates bolted onto the drum with soil and clay. And I think they have a vibration frequency optimised for soil and aggregate.
Alot of people don't realise that the extra compaction from vibration doesn't come from an increase in the static weight of the machine. But the vibrations reduce the friction between the particles allowing them to compact further. Therefore vibration frequency is quite important. And alot of the asphalt rollers like 80s actually seem a bit disappointing on aggregate.
Single drum roller BW 124 DH-5 for soil compaction
BW 124 DH-5 single drum rollers are used for minor works and medium-size compaction duties in road construction, car parks, trenches and backfill.
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Smiffy
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They do smaller ones. A site locally had an 80 version on it. Looked like a kids toy and the operator was enormous, literally spilling out the cab, must have near doubled the compaction. Just can't remember what make it was, I think it was like Makita blue in colour.
pettsy
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Saw this in Canada
Furniss
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