[Raj Venugopal]

Anyone have experience with this packer?

Can these reversible plates be run over pavers? May sound silly, but I always thought the smaller packers were best for final packing with stone on and the larger ones were best for basework.

Thanks for the advice.
Raj

[HRLand]

We have one and it's used for base only. If a smaller unit sometimes cracks a paver I have to imagine the 2950 would crack a lot more.

[mrusk]

I have a 3050A.

You are not a real hardscaper unless you have a big compactor. I laugh when i drive buy a job site and see guys still using 1550s.

I only use my 1550 for running on top of the pavers.

[Stonehenge]

mrusk, I notice that you take opportunities in posts to take jabs at others seemingly unneccessarily. From where I sit it often looks unprovoked. I'm not going to do anything about it right now, because it's pretty minor. Just know that I've taken notice.

@ Raj - I don't have experience with that particular compactor (we have a Bomag 4545), but I'd have to agree with the others here that a bigger compactor may do some serious damage to pavers. A local contractor here (that had little experience with pavers) did their parking lot in pavers; not being fully versed in how those kinds of things are done, had a huge vibratory roller (the kind they use to compact asphalt roads) go over the tops of the pavers. Lots of pavers died that day.

And while you're shopping for compactors, you might also consider a jumping jack/rammer. Great for along foundations, especially if you have clay soils and are building steps from a patio to a doorway. You can pick one up on eBay for a few hundred up to a few thousand.

[AZTLANLC]

Based on Jeff's suggestion about a jumping jack I bough one just las week cause we had a retaining wall with 12 steps and man that thing saved many hours , thanks again Jeff