So trying to identify a paver, Owner sold it as a BG225 paver, checking the engine tomorrow as I think its a Deere engine and not a Cat, so it should be earlier than a BG225B. The equipment tag and the sticker on the control panel cover both read SA-125 now looking over the information I can find, they never made an SA-125, just the SA-145 and the manual for that one looks different. What seems interesting is the differences in the screed sections. paver screed section This screed also has a fat hydraulic driven generator on it and the generator drive also spins a small hydraulic pump attached to a tank. Its possible it was a diesel burner screed heater converted to electric? The manuals for the BG225 and SA145 make almost no mention of the screed heaters. This is really peculiar, its a smaller paver for certain, squeezes down to 8' wide. The hand screws on the screed throw me for a loop, most of the diagrams show a vertical screw versus a horizontal screw. Maybe its a newer type screed on and older tractor? happy to take any pictures to help identify.
So with a bit more digging, it looks like its a BG225 tractor with a Carlson EZ-screed III screed on the back, called the folks over at Carlson and got to talk to a field engineer, dug up the serial tag and it seems this 8' screed on a Barber Greene paver started as a 10' screed on a Road-tec paver so a few parts got changed out. Seems its a big generator run heater with an oil loop that heats the extensions. It certainly needs some TLC, loose wires and such. The tractor has a John Deere 4 cyl non turbo, the B model would have had a cat. I will say finding the clutch on the engine makes starting the engine a whole lot easier.