Road Rollers

Listing ID #4126242

Road rollers are very important machines in the construction industry, as they can compact soil, gravel, concrete, asphalt and any other surface. Generally all road rollers are consisted of a roller body and one metal drum at least. There is not only a single drum roller, but depending on the application, the road rollers might be twin drum roller (or also called double drum roller compactor) or with three drums.

Like any other construction tool and equipment, the road roller is a witness of many inventions in its history. The very first road rollers were drawn by horse and there were no such on sale, just for loan. At the beginning, the road roller was an agricultural tool used to flatten land and break up large clumps of soil. The land flattening was needed to make subsequent control and make the harvesting much easier, while the rolling helps in reducing the moisture loss from cultivated soil. At these distant times, without developed mechanization and trucks, the road roller was driven not by an engine, but by a group of animals, usually horses. But when it came to the 19th century, the road roller find its use in building roads compacting asphalts.

Nowadays, there are many types of rollers available on the market: padfoot roller, smooth drum roller, static roller and many other types. Depending on the use and need, you can choose various hand-operated and powered rollers.