Description

Need a quality built melter for filling cracks in parking lots, streets, roads, or highways?

The A380CT is a compact and light-weight melter that is perfect for medium to large city or county maintenance departments who want to own their own street and road crack repair trailer.

Included is a 25' flexible, 120v electric heated, jacketed hose that is attached to a 360º swivel boom for full coverage around the machine and a heated applicator wand. (Longer option hose available)

The 120v electric hose system is powered from an included gas-powered generator that is also attached to the trailer.

The A-380CT agitator is run off of a Honda 5.5HP gas engine that powers a 2" VIKING material pump which includes the pully's, belts, and guards.

The kettle is heated using a propane burner system with an included automatic temperature control system. The flame is sent through 4" SCH-80 stainless steel fire tubes which heat the kettle fast and will add years to the overall durability of this crack sealing trailer.

The trailer is made with heavy-duty, 4” channel steel with 14” tires/rims and includes wheel fenders, lights, 2” ball-hitch, and trailer jack.

With an overall efficiency of 78.9%, the A-210 only takes around 35 minutes to fully heat 100 gallons and can heat approximately 136 gallons per hour.

Build & Delivery Note: These systems are built from scratch upon ordering. Please allow 5-7 weeks for build time and 7-10 business days for shipping.

Air Jacketed vs Oil Jacketed

If you've been searching for trailer mounted crack sealing machines, chances are you've run across units that are advertised as being oil-jacketed units.

The main difference between an air-jacketed kettle and an oil-jacketed kettle is the medium that is heated and transfers heat into the kettle. Both types of melters usually are constructed as a double-wall kettle where oil-jacketed heats oil to transfer heat and air-jacketed heats air to transfer the heat.

For a better explanation, check out our info article on the difference between Direct Fire, Air Jacketed and Oil Jacketed melters.

Propane vs Diesel

The A-Line of crack melting trailers are made with two main fuel options: Propane or Diesel

Which should you buy? The decision comes down to two factors.

Fuel Availability

If propane is easier to get ahold of, go with the propane. If diesel is easier, go with diesel. As far as fuel availability goes, it's that simple.

Complexity

If fuel is easy to get ahold of, the next decision to consider is the complexity of the system.

Propane: The propane system is very straight forward with very little that can go wrong. Outside of needing a new burner or a few other minor items, the propane fuel system is the easiest and cheapest to maintain.

Diesel: The diesel system, in contrast, is a lot more complex of a system. If you need diesel and don't mind knowing that there is a little more to it, then diesel is a fantastic route. That said, there is a lot less maintenance with the A-series diesel units when compared oil-jacketed melters.

ATC vs Manual

ATC stands for Automatic Temperature Control and we include it in the price of the unit because hands down, you need it. Being able to automatically control the temperature of your rubber is the difference between a smooth application experience or completely ruining the kettle of rubber, costing time in cleaning and money in lost material. The one-time price of including the ATC is insurance that you won't ever ruin the rubber. What is the cost of a pallet of rubber? A lot. If you plan to use "oil jacketed" rubber, then you will definitely need the ATC.

For those who want to take the risk, we offer the ability to remove the ATC from the propane units. What this means is that you must manually and constantly check the temperature of the melter and turn on/off heat to maintain proper temperatures. Do you want to hire a guy whos sole job is to monitor the temperatures? It just isn't worth the risk.

Which Rubber To Buy?

If you've been in the crack filling industry for a while, you probably know that there is direct-fire rubber and oil-jacketed rubber. In the early days of the industry, the only type of rubber that was manufactured was to be used in an oil-jacketed melter. In those days, they were easier to control the temperature. Fast forward 60+ years, we have thermostats and automatic temperature controls do all of the heavy lifting to maintain a consistent and accurate temperature.

What that means for you, is that you can rest-assured that a rubber advertised as an oil-jacketed material will work just as well in the A-Line of crack sealing melter trailers. We have contacted our rubber manufacturer and they have assured us that oil-jacketed rubbers will work in any melter that has adequate agitation and doesn't create "hot spots" where the rubber can over-heat. The A-Line melters are designed around both of these problems and have been tested to work perfectly with oil-jacketed rubbers.

Warranty

1 Year Limited

This product comes with a 1 year (12 month) limited warranty from the time of purchase.

Parts that are not explicitly made by this manufacturer, may come with a different warranty period or policy. See this products respective operations manual for a detailed version of the warranty policy and a full list of items that are covered or may become void due to improper maintenance.