Thaks for telling me. That is the demographic it was made for: my 4-year-old twin grandsons.

nevermind

Thanks for the compliment. If you are an apprentice, you probably already know far more about it than I do. I spent two days watching the professionals repave the street that I live on. I video'd the activity because my grandsons at the time were always playing with toy Tonka trrucks and excavating equipment. I knew they would enjoy it. But I have no professional knowledge about it. But if you think this could be a training video in the trade, well just maybe... :) :) :D

As someone that retired from asphalt construction (49 years in the business) you will either like it or hate it... give it a year then decide.

That's not the important thing. Read the article for context.

Two years ago, the company changed hands. I am no longer involved in it, so anything I might know is somewhere between unofficial and rumor. Bottom line: I wish I could answer your question, but I can't.

Thanks.

Glad to see you around and active, Lee. Take care.

Probably. But what would that accomplish that the article does not? Apart from taking my time away from doing new stuff?

I don't remember offhand. This was four years ago. I'm sure I knew that info at one time, but had no reason to keep it.

@@davetutelman thank yoi for sharing this project

@@bebejesisoto, you are most welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.

Are you planning to use it in its entirety and do a voice-over? Or are you going to use it as a collection of video clips?

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I assume you mean tearing up a street and repaving it. No, you don't see that very often. NYC streets are just patches for the most part. In this case, the street was over 40 years old (about half of it 46), and the town decided it had to be done.

its pretty common in chicago

I have no expertise, so the best I can do is guess. A few possible guesses, but I'd like to have someone who actually knows tell us. Guess#1: Bonding. Many coating of many kinds bond best with a suitable liquid wetting the surface, usually a solvent for the coating. Perhaps we have an asphalt mix that bonds best to a water-coated surface. Guess #2: Cleaning. Almost everything will bond better to a clean surface than a dirty one. Perhaps it is to clean the surface. As I said, those are guesses. I'd love to hear an authoritative answer.

Thank you sir!

Wetting the asphalt keeps the hot mix from sticking to the compactor. You can see this better as the rollers have water sprayers that keep the rollers wet.

I'm unexperted myself, so I have no idea what you are talking about. Doesn't mean I think you're wrong -- nor right for that matter. I have no way to know.

Its a city job if they say wear them then yes but if not you dont its different on jobs

True. My cross-the-street neighbor usually has a fabulous light display. He leaves the basic gutter-line lights up all year to make things easier. He puts so much work into each year's display, I think he deserves to be cut a little slack. But you're absolutely right.

@@davetutelman Just kidding, looks like a beautiful neighborhood, thought it was my old neighborhood in Monmouth County for a second, probably the same builder. Nice paving job too.

@@xenawolf, s'OK. I'm good with it, and I'm sure Frank would be, too. Where in Monmouth County did you live. I'm in the Wayside section of Ocean Township, off Parkway exit 102. (For those of you not from NJ, yes we do talk about location in terms of Parkway or Turnpike exits.)

@@davetutelman freehold twsp until a dozen years ago

Thanks. I'm willing to believe that. It has been two years now, so I'm not sure of whether the two and a half days included the concrete work on sidewalk, and re-doing every driveway cut. That was done, and the time I cited may have included that work.

Thanks , and your video was very informative about the process. God bless.

kletbord leave the guy alone asshole he’s making a nice video for his grandkids