Which one a contractor chooses depends on the size and type of job he or she is doing, says Torsten Erbel, Multiquip's director of product management. Single-plate compactors go in a forward ...

As the work area expands in size, however, plate compactors and trench rollers tend to be more productive. Walk-behind plate compactors come in working widths up to around 50 in., and are ...