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An apparatus and method for delivering asphalt-aggregate material from a plurality of supply trucks to a finishing machine. In a preferred form of the invention the hopper of the finishing machine is modified to have a capacity substantially equal to the capacity of one of the supply trucks. The app

An apparatus and method for delivering asphalt-aggregate material from a plurality of supply trucks to a finishing machine. In a preferred form of the invention the hopper of the finishing machine is modified to have a capacity substantially equal to the capacity of one of the supply trucks. The apparatus is a self-propelled storage vehicle including a hopper having a capacity substantially equal to the capacity of one of the supply trucks, a high capacity loading conveyor, and a high capacity unloading conveyor system. A transversely disposed screw auger is provided for remixing the asphalt-aggregate material in the hopper prior to its discharge to the finishing machine. In the first method of operation the storage vehicle shuttles between the finishing machine and a remote location of the supply trucks and in the second method of operation the storage vehicle travels in tandem with the finishing machine as the paving operation is performed.

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The method of laying an asphalt-aggregate pavement mat comprising the steps of: (a) operating a finishing machine of the type having a screed for forming an asphalt-aggregate pavement mat; (b) operating a plurality of delivery trucks to transport the asphalt-aggregate material in a sequential manner

The method of laying an asphalt-aggregate pavement mat comprising the steps of: (a) operating a finishing machine of the type having a screed for forming an asphalt-aggregate pavement mat; (b) operating a plurality of delivery trucks to transport the asphalt-aggregate material in a sequential manner from an asphalt plant to the job site; (c) providing a self-propelled mobile apparatus which includes: (i) hopper means, (ii) first conveyor means for receiving the asphalt-aggregate material from a delivery truck and for advancing the material to the hopper means, and (iii) second conveyor means for transporting the asphalt-aggregate material laterally from the hopper means to the finishing machine; (d) operating the self-propelled mobile apparatus for transferring the asphalt-aggregate material from the delivery trucks one at a time to the hopper means; and (e) operating the self-propelled mobile apparatus for transferring material from such apparatus to the finishing machine while the former is positioned to one side of the latter. A self-propelled mobile apparatus for supplying asphalt-aggregate material from a delivery truck to a finishing machine comprising: (a) chassis means including ground engaging mobile support means and steering means for at least a part of the support means; (b) motive power means carried by chassis means and connected to at least a part of said support means; (c) hopper means mounted on said chassis means; (d) first conveyor means mounted on said chassis means and having a receiving portion adapted to receive the asphalt-aggregate material as it is discharged from the delivery truck, said first conveyor means having a receiving end with a width at least as great as the width of the bed of the delivery truck for rapidly receiving the contents of the latter, said first conveyor means also having a delivery portion for discharging the asphalt-aggregate material into said hopper means; (e) second conveyor means mounted on said chassis means for transporting the asphalt-aggregate material to the finishing machine; and (f) transversely disposed third conveyor means mounted in the lower portion of said hopper means for delivering the asphalt-aggregate material to said second conveyor means.