Patent ID: 7458748

Claim:
A method of transporting a placer/spreader including a frame carrying a conveyor for supplying material to be placed onto a substrate to be paved, the conveyor being movable relative to the frame between a retracted position in which the conveyor is substantially disposed beneath the frame and an extended position in which the conveyor extends laterally from the frame, a strike-off beam extending parallel to and removably attached to the frame, and a spreader plow arrangement connected with the frame and including a spreader plow car with a spreader plow blade laterally movable substantially parallel to the frame and the strike-off beam, the spreader plow having a width less than a spacing between the frame and the strike-off beam so that the spreader plow car with plow blade can reciprocate in a lateral direction for spreading the material onto the substrate during operation of the placer/spreader, the method comprising moving the strike-off beam and the spreader plow arrangement towards each other in a direction generally transverse to the strike-off beam to positions proximate to each other so that a part of the spreader plow arrangement overlies the strike-off beam, loading the frame with the conveyor in its retracted position onto a transport vehicle, nesting the spreader plow arrangement and the strike-off beam transport vehicle while in the positions proximate to each other and adjacent the frame, and with the transporting vehicle moving the frame with the retracted conveyor and the nested strike-off beam and the spreader plow arrangement to a different location.