sahd1972
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Road milling in front of my house. Moved faster than I imagined (and free mailbox adjustment)
Most viral edit: here is the link to the night return
https://imgur.com/gallery/4zKbWeT
May 19, 2022 11:14 PM
sahd1972
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Road milling in front of my house. Moved faster than I imagined (and free mailbox adjustment)
Most viral edit: here is the link to the night return
https://imgur.com/gallery/4zKbWeT
ThisIsWhyIDontTrustPeople
Asphalt is the most recycle material. ~80% of all asphalt that is taken off roads is reused.
markshark1992
I did this type work for 6 years in South Africa as a site agent. It's a greener way to build and maintain roads.
IamAlbertPotato
Roading detritus has the highest recycled rate of any product in the world, something like 99% is reused
Cheomesh
A lot of these suburb subdivisions really should have their asphalt replaced with gravel or something more in line w/ tax revenues.
cbale2000
Had a town near me tear up a 5-mile stretch of their main street in like a week, and by the following week it was back down. Meanwhile...
cbale2000
... any time a different town around here decides to work on a road they spend like 6 months with cones up/lanes closed doing fuck all.
Filanwizard
Someday they will make a road Zamboni that scrapes and paves at the same time
sSommy
This is my husband's job! Sometimes he gets to run the machine but mostly he's the guy on the ground I think.
MrFrench
It’s more impressive when you rewind it.
RuricOrhlandis
They can move rather quickly if they aren't going deep.
Kottok
Hold on... "watch that child"...
Frederf
Yeah, machine operator. Watch little Billy tear it up!
DJjohny
He gave it a shake and a pat.
pcoriginal
We're resurfacing the 101 freeway in the Bay area. Running 2 of these and 2 pavers and about 120 trucks per night. Quite a sight.
trapperjohnmd
There’s a lot of extra guys just milling around here.
KaBlingBlong
*people
imnotthatblonde
Yup, lots of things the machine can break or hit, things that can go wrong and so on so you need people covering those
Ratfish
sSommy
They're checking the work. Crews are given a set depth to dig, and the sensors on the machines aren't always perfect, so someone needs
sSommy
To be watching so they can stop and recalibrate before they dog 5 inches for 3000 feet when they were only supposed to do 2
Lvaneede
I have seen these before and want to know how they work
markshark1992
Big rotating drum with tungsten teeth that scrapes the road surface to a desired depth and feeds the loose material onto a conveyor.
Lvaneede
Ok cool, that makes sense. I have seen the weird cutting marks they leave behind, but couldn't think how it was done.
SherMattLockSmith
We just had this done in our area the past month or so, the asphalt they scrape up is heated and mixed with any needed remedies and (1)
SherMattLockSmith
(2) Put right back down as the new surface.
sSommy
Sometimes it's reused immediately (called "hot in-place recycling" iirc), sometimes it's loaded up and hauled off to be mixed elsewhere
miakkamisfit
Sure have a lot of supervisors on that job
imnotthatblonde
Lot of things a machine like that can hit, break or destroy, as well as ways it can go wrong itself which is why you need watchers
UnkemptPrune
Those first two guys you see walking with the machine aren't supervisors. There are controlls both sides mainly for depth of milling.
FAVEcolourGREY
These road erasers and the road printers are marvels of engineering. Love how the scraped surface is still useable between construction days
markshark1992
And the material they scrape away is repurposed in Asphalt production, or as low volume road aggregates. Neato hey
mrsdowneyjr
I once saw a machine that recycled the black top, scraped it up, remixed it,and relaid it behind.
keenharlequin
Uuussssaaaaabbbbblllllleeeee
ShiftingPattern
Mind the edge.
hyperbolix
Lol yea try it on a motorcycle. You’re gonna get some gravel coming up and hitting your legs.
SparkleTwinkleTitts
Calgary aka The City of Chronic Construction, thanks whoever invented this
TheChunguskaEvent
I experience such childlike wonder at big machines like this. Also stump grinders. Can just sit and watch for a long time.
AFistfulOfDollHairs
Oh yeah well I can eat a peach for hours
SoggyBurrito33
WATCH THAT CHILD
yasariel
Then you'll love this: https://youtu.be/XwiNaHmOscU
RearAdmiralObvious
As a tradesman, they are even more fun to operate.
ChicksDigTrucks
Go look you up some vidjas the Tigercat M760 or M727 mulchers.
Kiloude
That was definitely worth the google that would be so fun to operate
wipethatfaceoffyourheadbitch
Check out a show called Mighty Machines. It’s for kids but all of it is stuff like this and the theme song is a total banger.
HelpfulCorn
I was just going to suggest that. My son loved it and I didn't mind watching it with him
FreaksOnWheels
Oh wow is it 1997? You just brought me back.
Wack3d
We used a version of these thats 5-6x larger for iron ore mining. Incredible machines.
Wack3d
Wirtgen 4200 sm
NUTTDOGG
My wife’s nickname is stump grinder.
TheChunguskaEvent
Hiboredimdad
I even like quirky handheld tools and machinery in factories.Dont let anyone tell you engineering isn't cool.
markolofolus
You should go and search online for Stump Grinder videos. You'll thank me later.
sydneygirl
thoughts on pressure washers?
TheChunguskaEvent
foxmichaels
And son it will be time for the yearly "aaah, new asphalt!" smell!
wellembalmed
Annually? I lived on a dead end street and they ground it and paved it once, just in time for my graduation party
isetprettygirlsonfire
You're not my dad!
LeftRightThere
I hate getting stuck behind asphalt hauling trucks. The smell is awful when on my motorcycle. It happens like once a week too.
dmd3eorg
Lol yearly? What country? Around Boston MA USA this would be every 20-40 years.
thisiswhyicanthaveanythingnice
Yearly?! Wow, you live in “fancy town!”
anyrandom0
Got some fam in a real rural county with no real industry. Their rep always gets funding to repave the highway even though it’s perfect.
SilverNicktail
Someone's getting kickbacks.
thisiswhyicanthaveanythingnice
Yeah. I live in a nice part of LA and they have only done a slurry seal over the street once in the last 12 years.
simplefishy
Surprised that they’re not shot the moment they set foot on an Americans lawn
AstutePauciloquent
It's cheaper to pay a bunch of guys to supervise around it, than to accidentally suck up a person.
GxWxK
A wild Wirtgen appears...
HeadlineNews
Summer Zamboni
ImpossibleAgenda
Asphalt harvesting season.
dschuma
Always peel your streets
imsam77
Now think about how that thing is around 750k to buy lol.
Justalobstercowboy
In Mexico they would hire a hundred guys so that there would be work and it would be cheaper than that machine
brownribbon
That’s it?! Shit for what that thing does that’s a fucking bargain.
imsam77
I mean, that was just buying it, not maintenance costs...
Iaimtomisbehave
Worth every dime.
ShiftingPattern
But is it worth that last nickel?
nojustsayitdont
Yeah but saves millions probably.
imsam77
Also, those mill and repaves give nice millings...good to convert a dirt driveway
jamesCosmosBaron
That thing is 1 mil to buy…
QuartzPoker
Still cheap
imsam77
I couldn't make out what width it was to know...
KiraNamida
Damn... I can't find a gif of the noo noo.
vigilante397
How loud was it @op?
sahd1972
Not too bad. It is a steady drone. If windows open right by road might be loud
Klavierbauer
So I guess they did dip toon town
locutusufborg
Seen the aftermath before...never actually saw the machine. Thanks.
AnathemaNoreh
I was kind of hoping a new asphalt truck was next and following close behind them a steam roller. A little asphalt assembly line
markshark1992
This milling machine needs to open a few days of work before justifying the establishment of a paving team to mitigate standing time costs.
M4Firefly
the real aftermath are the bent/cracked wheels
AlmightyThor117
It’s much faster than I would’ve thought honestly
UnkemptPrune
It's very fast... when you have the trucks. The thing that slows these hobs down more than anything is waiting on trucks to load.
imnotthatblonde
Its only a shallow cut its taking, if it was going full depth it would be way slower
MADchemEE
For anyone interested: asphalt is the most recycled material in the world. Scrape it up, re-melt, add a %-ish of poly/antiox, mix, repave.
JanCicvarek
Yeah 90% of asfalt you see is recycled. Only highways get new.
laughoutloud74
This is did not know. Thank you kind internet stranger.
laughoutloud74
Damn spell check. This I did not know*
MrE158
Gotta squeeze all the platinum out of it too, right?
MADchemEE
NileRed reference?