Zippers for Municipalities

Huge Cost & Time Savings

The traditional method of removing asphalt is expensive. Costs incurred through saw cutting, chunking, removing and hauling the asphalt increase job costs and time spent on each job. The Asphalt Zipper® was designed to eliminate all of these steps. With only one run of the Zipper, asphalt is ground into one-inch minus reusable material. No money is spent on multiple machines, flag people or landfill disposal costs. The Zipper is faster and more efficient because it recycles asphalt in-place, ideal for street repairs and utility trenches. Street departments that use the Zipper report savings of 70% and more with a 300 to 400% increase in production! This is like getting a huge increase in your streets budget!

“We are using it mainly for base failures in our road.  When you have base failures you have something underneath the actual surface of the road itself that is giving way and you have some bad places.  The way we were doing it before, the conventional way of digging out, you have trucks you have backhoe; it would take 8-10 guys four to five hours.  With the Asphalt Zipper it takes three guys 45 minutes to an hour to do the same project.  End results are better because compaction is better.  There is no comparison.  You can’t afford not to have it." 

Jake Sones, Road Manager
Lamar County, Mississippi

Increased Productivity

The Asphalt Zipper helps municipalities save 70% and more by lowering the cost of each job and speeding up production. The Zipper decreases costs because it eliminates the need to saw cut, chunk, remove and haul asphalt. Because the Zipper replaces the normal processes of asphalt removal, less time and less money is spent on that job When you spend less time and money on a job you have more to use on other jobs. Increase in production of 300-400% are frequently reported because of the Zipper’s speed.

“The bids for reclamation in place are running from $1.40 or $1.60 per square yard. With the Zipper, I am doing square yard compaction and reclamation for about 60 cents a yard.”

Frank Shea,
Superintendent of Streets,
Willbraham, MA

Happier Taxpayers

When reclaiming heavily trafficked streets, speed is important to the citizens of the area and when citizens are happy, everyone is happy. The Asphalt Zipper allows you to get into an area and get out quickly because it cuts out all of the most time-consuming steps of the removal process. Because the asphalt is ground into such fine material, traffic can immediately drive over streets that have just been zipped. During repair, no roads are completely unusable, making the asphalt reclaiming process more convenient, creating fewer complaints and happier taxpayers. Being able to repair roads quickly is a necessity. But being able to repair roads permanently for less money is smart.

Easy to Use

Operating and maintaining the Zipper has been designed to be easy. Crews quickly learn to run it after receiving only an hour of demonstration and hands-on instruction. Because the Zipper is so easy to use, crews actually want to use it because it is fast and saves on labor. Many users report a significant decrease in work-related injuries because the Zipper virtually eliminates many dangerous and labor-intensive tasks such as saw cutting, jackhammering, loading and hauling.

Easy to Transport

The Zipper comes with a patented EZ connect system, making it possible for the Zipper to attach to the bucket of backhoes or loaders. This system makes it easy to slip the Zipper on and off quickly, freeing up the loader for other uses. Also, because of its size, it can be transported on a trailer behind a standard pick up truck. Because of this maneuverability, multiple crews can use the Zipper at many different sites.