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A single compactor is listed for sale in Abu Dhabi today: a Caterpillar single drum roller, model year 2009, standing in Abu Dhabi city, with the price on request from one seller who is not verified. One roller cannot cover every compaction job in the emirate, so this page explains what that machine suits and how to reach sellers elsewhere in the UAE for everything else.
The nationwide stock is on the compactors for sale page, and the roller type listed here has its own single drum rollers section. Other categories in the emirate are on the Abu Dhabi sale hub; a roller for one contract is under compactor hire.
The listing shows the seller's phone and WhatsApp number. A buyer calls to ask the hours, drum condition and whether the vibration system works, visits to inspect, then agrees the price with the seller directly. EquipmentsFinder is free to the buyer and takes no commission; sellers list free and can pay for plans that promote an ad.
Because the price is on request, the call is also where the figure is first given. Ask for it delivered to the site and whether VAT is included, so that it can be compared fairly with quotes from sellers in other emirates.
The 2009 Caterpillar on the page is a single drum roller, the smooth-drum vibratory machine that compacts sub-base and fill in deep lifts and is the workhorse of road and infrastructure earthworks from Mussafah to the Al Dhafra highways. A double drum (tandem) roller, with two smooth vibrating drums, finishes asphalt and thin granular layers; none is listed locally today.
Walk-behind plate compactors deal with trench backfill, paving beds and the strips a roller cannot reach. They are cheap enough that contractors buy several, and they sell quickly, so there is no Abu Dhabi ad at present. A request stating the plate weight needed is the fastest route.
Padfoot drums, on a ride-on roller or a remote-controlled trench compactor, knead cohesive clay and silty soils that a smooth drum would only seal on top. Al Ain's heavier soils are where these machines earn their keep. Nothing of this type is listed in the emirate today.
A pneumatic roller seals asphalt and chip seal with a row of rubber tyres rather than a drum. Road contractors buy one alongside a tandem roller for surfacing contracts; none is on the Abu Dhabi page at the moment.
The material decides the machine. Sand and gravel fill, which is most of what gets compacted in Abu Dhabi, wants a smooth single drum roller with high amplitude; the heavier the drum, the deeper each lift can be. Clay and silty ground wants a padfoot. Asphalt wants a tandem roller for breakdown and a pneumatic roller for finishing, and the two are usually bought together.
On a used roller, the questions are the drum surface, the vibration bearings and eccentrics, the articulation joint, the drive motors and the hour meter. Run the vibration at both amplitudes and listen for bearing noise. For the 2009 Caterpillar, ask when the eccentric bearings were last changed.
The one Abu Dhabi ad shows no price, so there is no figure to quote for the emirate. Roller prices depend on drum width and weight, year, hours and whether the vibration system has been overhauled; a seller's figure may exclude VAT and delivery, so ask about both. Sellers in other emirates publish prices on some ads, and a posted request brings several quotes for comparison.
No compactor is listed in Mussafah today, though the area's dealers and road contractors are the people most likely to have one for sale without an ad. A request will often turn one up.
Nothing is listed in KIZAD or Ruwais. Both are on the motorway network, and a roller travels on a low-bed; sellers quote the transport per trip.
The 2009 Caterpillar single drum roller is in Abu Dhabi city, which puts it close to island infrastructure and reclamation work on Reem and Saadiyat and a short move from the mainland.
No compactor is listed in Al Ain or the western region, where road and pipeline earthworks use rollers constantly. Delivered pricing from the city or from the northern emirates is the practical route.
If a tandem, padfoot or pneumatic roller is needed rather than the single drum machine listed, post a request with the drum weight, the material to be compacted and the delivery address; sellers across the UAE reply with rollers in stock. Other requests are on the inquiry board, and owners can list a compactor for sale at no cost.
The only compactor listed in Abu Dhabi today, a 2009 Caterpillar single drum roller, has its price on request, so there is no local figure to quote. A roller's price follows drum weight and width, year, hours and the state of the vibration system. Call the seller for a delivered quote including VAT, and post a request to compare it with sellers elsewhere.
Start from the material: smooth single drum for sand, gravel and sub-base; padfoot for clay and silt; tandem and pneumatic rollers for asphalt; plate compactors for trenches and edges. Then match drum weight to the lift thickness specified. A contractor doing road base in the emirate will use a single drum roller most days, which is the type listed here.
The machine listed today is a 2009 used Caterpillar, which will cost far less than a new roller and can start work after inspection. Rollers are simple machines, and an older one with sound drum bearings and a working vibration system is a fair buy. A new roller brings a warranty and parts cover, which suits a contractor compacting every day on long contracts.
Yes, and the seller will expect it. Visit the roller in Abu Dhabi city through the number on the listing, start it cold, engage vibration at high and low amplitude and listen to the drum bearings, check the articulation joint for play, look for leaks at the drive motors and pump, and read the hour meter against the service records.
A sales invoice in the buyer's name, the seller's ownership papers for the roller and a serial number that matches the plate on the frame. Rollers are not usually road-registered, which keeps the transfer simple, but any inspection certificate should come with the machine. Confirm the exact steps with the seller, since they depend on the buyer's company status.
Road contractors in the emirate tend to keep rollers until they are worn out, and dealers sell from yards in the northern emirates and list the machine where it stands. One Abu Dhabi ad today does not mean the machines are scarce in the country; it means the UAE-wide compactor listings and a posted request are the better search for an Abu Dhabi buyer.
