A product sprayed thinly on haul truck beds, shovels, lutes and roller drums or tires to keep asphalt mix from sticking. Approved agents are water-based soaps, emulsified products or vegetable-based oils that do not dissolve binder. Diesel fuel is banned on most work because it softens the binder, contaminates the mix and soaks into the ground.
Truck bed's caked, hit it with release agent and drain it, and if I see that diesel jug again you're done for the day.
Also heard as
- bed release
- release
- anti-stick
Related terms
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A dump truck or trailer that raises its bed and unloads out the tailgate, the standard way to feed a paver.
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Mix sticking to roller tires or drums and tearing out of the mat, leaving pockmarks behind.
Pneumatic roller
A rubber-tired roller whose offset tires knead the mat, closing surface voids during intermediate rolling.