Thank you both for your thoughts.
You both have hit upon the issue that drives me nuts.I've worked on: commercial pads, both standard and over ex, curb to curb residential and infrastructure, and larger excavations. I've operated several types of compation equipment (sheeps foot, steel wheel...
I work for a grading and paving company that does curb to curb paving. Recently, on an infrastructure road (3" asphalt over 8" sandy AB, rolled in with a 9 wheel roller in 3 lifts.) I was asked to steel wheel, with vibration, the AB while it was still prety sloppy. I was told not to wory about...