Patent ID: 7077601

Claim:
A hot-in-place machine for recycling and repaving of an existing asphalt-based pavement, the paving machine being operable in both paving and transportation modes, comprising: a main frame having a plurality of attachment points, including rear attachment points; a plurality of retractable main frame wheels connected to and depending from the main frame; the rear attachment points being adapted to engage a rear transportation frame having at least one axle and corresponding wheels; and a front retractable stinger attached to the mainframe through a support frame, the stinger having a fifth-wheel pin connector and being movable to: a) an extended position when the machine is in the transportation mode, in which the rear transportation frame is connected to the mainframe and the mainframe wheels are retracted; and b) a retracted position when the machine is in the paving mode, in which the mainframe wheels are extended.