TM 5-3895-385-23-1
OPERATOR MAINTENANCE
BITUMINOUS MATERIAL PAVING MACHINE (BMPM)
EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION AND DATA
EQUIPMENT CHARACTERISTICS, CAPABILITIES, AND FEATURES
Characteristics, Capabilities, and Features
The model 8816M BMPM is a self-propelled, crawler-mounted, turbocharged, diesel engine-powered paving
machine. The BMPM consists of a 10-ton (9.07-metric ton (t)) receiving hopper, dual extendable auger material
spreaders, equally-divided conveyors, a hydraulic-mechanical compaction unit with cutoff shoes, and an
electrically-heated screed, all powered by a QSB 4.5, Tier 3 turbocharged electronic diesel engine.
The 10-ton (9.07-t) hopper payload enables the BMPM to lay 120 tons (108.8 t) of material per hour while giving
operators infinite control of fine adjustments and the flexibility required on material paving projects. The BMPM
has a gross weight of 25,000 pounds (lb) (11,350 kilograms (kg)) and stands 8 feet (ft) 7 inches (in) (2.62 meters
(m)) tall, 19 ft (5.79 m) long, and 8 ft 6 in (2.9 m) wide when hopper wings and screed extensions are fully
retracted.
The BMPM is capable of a wide range of paving tasks including but not limited to distributing, compacting, and
finishing bituminous material strips from 4 20 ft (1.2 6.1 m) wide at a rate of 120 tons (108.8 t) per hour. The
BMPM can receive material from the M917 truck or equivalent truck and pave a 16 ft (4.9 m) wide strip at a rate of
up to 30 feet per minute (ft/min) (9.1 meters per minute (m/min)) while pushing a fully-loaded 71,000-lb (32,234-
kg) truck up a minimum 5% grade.