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Asphalt Pavement Design for Truck parking area
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Asphalt Pavement Design for Truck parking area

Asphalt Pavement Design for Truck parking area

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Is there a guide or info available for truck parking areas?  Is there info avaialble about delayed use of parking area until pavement "sets"??  Anything I can do/use in the pavement design to keep trailer jacks from sinking (other than using concrete or steel plates)???

RE: Asphalt Pavement Design for Truck parking area

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RE: Asphalt Pavement Design for Truck parking area

Try the Asphalt Institute.  They have numerous publications and manuals.

RE: Asphalt Pavement Design for Truck parking area

RMPE...tough position for asphalt only, unless you are in a cold climate.  The condition you describe is a bearing capacity failure of the asphalt, contributed by a condition of the asphalt known as "tenderness".  You can play with the mix design (lower the asphalt content, increase the aggregate size), but you'll compromise the laydown capability and increase the permeability of the asphalt.

I would recommend an aging period for the asphalt; however, it usually takes a complete season cycle for this to work (placed in hot weather, goes through winter, back to hot)....most projects/clients don't have this kind of time to wait.  That's why the usual (and probably the best) solution is to use a concrete "dolly strip".

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