You kidding me

@@JoseGonzales-ul9sv I kid you not

asphalt and asphalt accessories

@@tempusfugit9009 propane

It's got to be a brand new plant

@@mabamabam That plant been their over fifteen years

Definitely! I was really surprised the rap belt was tracked so far left cuz they’re obviously big on upkeep and preventative maintenance.

yes, I have never seen one like that...The majority of the plants I go to look beat up

@@neckarsulme ... Like your wife.

I have seen that happen way too many times although its not always the plant operators fault

@@6181green I knew a plant operator in Florida that had a picture of a dump truck with 12 or so hash marks. I asked him one day what it was about. He said it was the number of trucks that were under the wrong silo and didn't pay attention to the radio. He loaded a few hoods.

No, Actually it's don't catch the baghouse on fire!

@@Steve-ov5lo bwahahahaha experience talking?????

@@asherdie Not personally, but I've seen a few numpties get close because they weren't concentrating on what they were doing!

The plant is located on US 1 in Jacksonville. The rest of the highway is junky and trashy. Duval Asphalt stands out because it looks really nice from the road.

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@@freedomring4813 what are you talking about? Are you calling me butthurt?

@@Jaxsolo Reread your comment, it sounded like you were bashing the plant.

@@freedomring4813 exactly the opposite. Every business along that highway should look to Duval Asphalt as an example of what an industrial or commercial business can look like.

I drive a dumptruck hauling Asphalt and I love my job as well

luter !

Good money I bet

Your right about that. 99% of people driving to work or the store have no idea what it takes to pave a smooth road

Haha! same where I am from

Yeah most are like that

I used to operate a two ton asphalt batch plant in Oregon, and I've got to agree with others; I've never seen a plant this clean. We never had palm trees either.

I worked in a sand mine for about a year. A very similar setup to the plant in this video with the dryer and whatnot. We’d burn anywhere from 3500-5000 gallons of propane in a 12 hour shift depending on moisture levels if memory serves me right.

Yeah it was a good one

That's no lie!

Lol

I’m telling this to my pavement design prof 😂

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rap is re-used asphalt thats why, without rap its a material that hasntg been paved before

I hated hauling asphalt because I also hauled haz-mat and you need a super clean bed.

@@robertw4230 yeah its tough to keep an asphalt bed clean especially since alot of these plants don't want us using diesel on our beds we still use it anyways considering they aren't going to clean our beds for us lol

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3 dump loading would be a good idea

😂 that's because Concrete is extremely expensive so its not economical for use on roads. Concrete can take more concentrated loads from heavy vehicles ad doesn't suffer chip loss.

Do It In Concrete!

The rail cars bring in the crushed aggregates needed for the asphalt mix. They may also bring aggregates used directly for subgrade preparation as many asphalt plants sell aggregates of different varieties to contractors and the general public. Asphalt cement can also be delivered by rail but today most asphaltic cement is brought to the plant by tanker trucks as it must be kept hot in order to flow out of the containment vessels. Aggregates brought in by rail are usually unloaded by hydraulic excavators that crawl up on top of the gondola type rail cars and dig out the material, loading it onto dump trucks. The excavators are equipped with special, high capacity buckets that do not have teeth and can clean out the rail cars efficiently. The dump trucks deliver the materials to their respective stockpiles. A front end loader will push up the dumped out material into a tall stockpile to save space. This method works well as it controls segregation that sometimes occurs when handling well graded aggregates. Sometimes the aggregate can be brought in by hopper cars that have doors on the bottom that can be opened. For this operation it is necessary to have a system of conveyor belts to convey the materials to their respective stockpiles. Careful attention must be taken to control segregation of the aggregates when using conveyors to feed stockpiles because if the material is dropped from an excessive height, large particles of material can separate from the smaller ones and render the material unsuitable for use as it may not pass the required specifications during a grain size analysis.

@@davidmorse8432 Amazing and very thorough response! Thank you so much. That's very helpful for modelling and general knowledge. I appreciate your time. Thank you.

@@alainaarrhodge5900 Glad to help.