tandem roller

British

noun

a type of road roller in which the front and back wheels consist of rollers of about the same diameter

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For this purpose a light, power driven, tandem roller is used and the rolling is continued until the brick are thoroughly bedded.

From American Rural Highways by Agg, T. R. (Thomas Radford)

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