Featuring operating frequencies of 3,400 to 4,000 vibrations per minute, the C784 can achieve working speeds up to 4.5 miles per hour while maintaining 10 impacts per foot. This performance allows the roller to work faster and more efficiently, which, in turn, allows the paving train to maximize productivity.

The C784 can provide good compaction at higher speeds so we can pretty much run the paver as fast as possible.

"With an 84-inch-wide drum, the new roller covers a lot of ground," said John Besgrove, Becco paving superintendent. "It can provide good compaction at higher speeds so we can pretty much run the paver as fast as possible and the roller can keep up with it."

The job required placing an inch-and-a-half overlay on the entire road surface, including five, 12-foot lanes and two, six-foot shoulders. With a paving train consisting of a paver, matte smoothness machine, a HYPAC C784 tandem-drum vibratory roller, C530A pneumatic roller and a C778 steel wheel roller for finishing, the 10-person Becco crew placed about 2,500 tons of hot mix per day and finished paving in nine days.