6.1 Introduction
Mix transport involves all actions and equipment required
to convey HMA from a production facility to a paving site, including
truck loading, weighing and ticketing, hauling to the paving site, dumping
of the mix into the paver, windrow, or material transfer vehicle
hopper, and truck return to the HMA production facility (Roberts
et al., 1996). Ideally, the goal of mix transport should be to maintain
mix characteristics between the production facility and the paving
site. Transport practices can have a profound effect on mix temperature
at the paving site, aggregate and/or temperature segregation of
the mix, and mat quality. This section will discuss the types of
trucks used for mix transport and the various considerations involved
with mix transport.