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A new Power Curbers 5700-C-MAX machine is being used on a slipforming project in Tampa, Florida in the USA. The project involves major upgrades to the road link, which is being widened from two lanes to four, with two lanes in either direction. The C-MAX package from Power Curbers allows the 5700 machine to pave wider and higher forms than before. This operation involves the construction of new concrete kerbs and
February 22, 2012 Read time: 1 min
A new 307 Power Curbers 5700-C-MAX machine is being used on a slipforming project in Tampa, Florida in the USA. The project involves major upgrades to the road link, which is being widened from two lanes to four, with two lanes in either direction. The C-MAX package from Power Curbers allows the 5700 machine to pave wider and higher forms than before. This operation involves the construction of new concrete kerbs and gutters on the road. The machine is proving highly productive and reliable in the operation.

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