How It's Made: Asphalt Pavers

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[@cyanx14]

I used to have a miniature matchbox toy like this before, it got buried in the beach sand and was lost forever along with my little diggers and dump trucks, this video is giving me nostalgia.

[@rev.randall2292]

Sophisticated equipment. Most have no clue about the workings of things or how things are built , love this show. Glad to see a human element still welding on these.

[@ddf414]

I need to get one of those threading plasma cutter.

[@jacobvandenburg]

That's what I was thinking 🤔😂

[@wlder20]

Actually the narrator didn’t explain that part properly. The plasma cutter system ALSO has a separate drilling head to drill holes and THEN comes back with a tap to thread the holes, all automated. FINALLY, the actual plasma cutting starts and cuts all the pieces out and leaves a “skeleton”/remnant for the burn table helpers to remove after taking the cut parts out first. How do I know this? I used to work at this exact plant. It’s located in Brooklyn Park, MN. I was a welder there. The more you know😎

[@davidmolin8944]

nevermind about the plasma cutter i need one of those little carts they use to haul the hopper to the rest of the frame

[@epistte]

@@wlder20 I learned how to program CNCs on a turret press with a plasma torch in the late 1980s. They are fun to watch.

[@dugowt9243]

You shouldn't be allowed to use safety scissors let alone a plasma cutter.

[@dannyzuckerberg8700]

Thanks for the video. I will build this as my DIY project this weekend!

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Well that was a fascinating video about asphalt pavers

[@LuNarPeachiie]

Just Some Guy without a Mustache i work in asphalt and trust me those help alot!!

[@Lyf4rMusic]

Always wanted to know how many parts actually go into such moving heavy machinery! Props to the person who invent these bcoz it takes lot of imagination and physics !!

[@Starkl3t]

At least 7

[@fairnut6418]

This is really the moment when I can say:“I wasn’t searching this”

[@helltubejackie1086]

| 𝑤𝑎𝑠

[@Apt46]

i did

[@-CloClo-]

I swear I've seen your pfp from somewhere... Ah nvm it's from that one meme

[@owtkast023]

Man, those initial bends blows my mind. The amount of pressure to do that is INSANE.

[@shlushe1050]

Agreed, the plates seem really thicc too

[@ksw33n3y]

1:49 OSHA for the camera.

[@larrythecucumber4359]

Yea dudes not trying to lose his arm or his job 😂😭

[@Movie_Games]

im not sure how i needed or wanted to know this

[@AudioWizard98]

Same

[@garyb5796]

Because the next time you drive by one you'll know how it works, same for me. lol

[@jonathanbriggs7057]

I used to be a mechanic for CAT and I mainly worked on pavers. Our dealership always bought the machine separately so I'd have to put them together. And that was rough. Also it will never ever ever be that clean again. After the first use its bad

[@obviouslytwo4u]

Sounds like you used to be a slave.

[@micahroberts4481]

@@obviouslytwo4u stfu

[@Boudico]

"the plasma cuts and threads"...uh.. you sure about the threading part?

[@Necroticss]

ChadW yeah

[@Kavurcen]

It said the machine. I wouldn't be surprised.

[@benfrost5317]

Yes, although this video didn't show it, there is a second head that can tap holes built into the same machine

[@sangeethasenthil4123]

Literly yes man

[@s0nnyburnett]

@@benfrost5317 Mind blown

[@comradeeverclear4063]

Then the roller operators come in and leave the bumps. Lmao.

[@wcochran05]

The puns never get old on this show

[@spacex2107]

Step 1: get all the pieces Step 2: put them together

[@HUNTERCOPELR]

Paving is one of the toughest jobs in the United States due to long and super hot hours it gets to about 130 F behind a paver during summer here in Georgia it can get hotter and you’ll feel like you’ll run out of sweat eventually but you never do and during winter time in 8 F weather you’ll start with a big coat on but by time the first load of asphalt hits the screed you’ll have that coat off and start sweating lol. I love paving!

[@KenKen-ui4ny]

Hot mix asphalt is about in the 300 degree marks when it comes off the trucks, it’s pretty hot stuff in other words, it like standing next to a pizza oven when your near the hopper or screed area.

[@buckhorncortez]

Try flat roofing in New Mexico or Arizona in the summer...

[@tazhillleader]

@@buckhorncortez I pave year round in New Mexico and I can attest to that

[@countryracer69]

Just wrapping up my 28th year. Dont ya love the roofing and concrete guys who think their job is just a hard and hot. Lol

[@nicolasvidal92]

I admire the passion and honesty with which you talk about your job. I'm so glad that you have a job you enjoy so much!

[@rdm415]

Barber Greene Company .. William Benton Greene and his partner invented this, my great grandfather. He's in the asphalt hall of fame and was commissioned by Eisenhower for creating some of the first roads within the interstate system. Now you know.

[@epistte]

I was just going to ask if this was filmed at Barber Greene, which Cat bought.

[@WAL_DC-6B]

Was your great grandfather from Dekalb, IL?

[@joshbobst1629]

Asphalt Hall of Fame, huh?

[@brandonklatt4178]

made right here in Minnesota

[@moradins7432]

Thanks for the recipe, i'll be sure to use this one next time I need to build a pavement machine

[@23Skadoosh]

Apparently you can build one in under 5 min. 👍

[@lizmalcom3214]

You never know! 🧐🤔

[@derekreiser4741]

I loved going in that factory for School. The tour guide said you can get a CAT in any color, as long as its black and yellow!

[@bkirk5843]

Never stop making these

[@37butterflyprincess]

Love t ap655f So much fun clearing out the hopper. What's fun is when these break down and you have to clear out cooled asphalt to the screws 😂

[@joshbobst1629]

Haha, "the screed." It's important that the screed is rubbed, because the screed has all the screed juice.

[@brianlee5649]

Love when I turn on the subtitles they are really accurate!

[@DoubleSmackJacksSmackAttack]

1:37 I like the "Team ???? Welcomes How It's Made" sign in the background

[@youngmike8645]

Love CATerpillar. My preferred manufacturer of heavy equipment and engines. I’m an operator btw.

[@ollie-kc6nj]

Wouldn't be a big fan of their pavers though biteill or vogual are much better

[@z.j.z9495]

Thanks Discovery for sharing it with us, I grew up along these series.

[@Starkl3t]

I want one of these so I can drive anywhere without roads

[@danielstipetic2070]

Starkl3t and you can make roads then

[@rightdudehere1352]

You’ll need some asphalt then

[@rhuttrho88]

You'd need a entire crew to go everywhere you go!

[@CopiousGalaxy80]

That would be cool, but the road would be made behind you, instead of in front. Please don't get mad at me if anything triggers anyone.

[@countryracer69]

Gimme a call. I have an old one I'll sell ya lol

[@notjums]

2:46 me driving into the Pay 'n' Spray to remove my wanted level

[@kaitlin3791]

So true literally

[@gabharri910]

Lol

[@jigssscupid8836]

Day 6 of covid19 lockdown , now I know how make a road paver 😅😎

[@mutestingray]

The track for this one is sick. I’d love to find it somewhere

[@al-ayoungentstailorfasalia651]

Wonderful information

[@azeemsaifee1508]

I love this show

[@civilengineeringpost9744]

so good so nice for asphalt paving

[@AsgardAwaitsYou]

I build pavers for a living an it upsets me that CAT's quality control is lightyears ahead of my place of work.

[@AndrewDRoyappa]

Let us know where you work so I can laugh whenever I see those pavers around

[@Unknown_Ooh]

And what company would that be? Just asking for a friend

[@kevp9601]

Excellent

[@wolfie8012]

I was looking at the Tesla Cibertruck but will get this instead. Very manly.

[@user-uw1wq9rj8g]

Don't forget the drum rollers too

[@akkbam]

@@user-uw1wq9rj8g ท​่ บตจคีง

[@viennapalace]

That hardly told me anything! I hoped to learn more than "the parts are painted & bolted together", I wanted to know what the parts were & how they worked!

[@geomodelrailroader]

good to see how these are made Pavers made the roads

[@soundestmonk]

Gosh dang it Cleeter now you've got pavers in my reccomended

[@codydonovan7356]

I miss this show

[@richardhobb-chambers3733]

The Blaw know paving company, Rochester kent. Closed in 27 Febrary 1997.

[@shoresy6927]

Idk why but I love this ma chine

[@rdm415]

Thanks. My great grandfather invented it :-)

[@-CloClo-]

It's crazy how machines are made with machines, that were also made with machines, and so on.

[@epistte]

Wait to you see how machine tools such as the plasma torch and the press brake are built. That was one of my first jobs after college.

[@Dvmondlove]

Everyone posting rn🤣 needed this tho🤷🏽‍♀️

[@nateseedmk2885]

I’m taking a shit and learning about the thing that’s makes roads This is a good life

[@harryhogan-shaw5472]

Nunya Bisnus 😂😂😂

[@alexandruciubotariu7127]

Same

[@rdm415]

Thank my great grandfather

[@crazyadventurer758]

I used that same cat model paver when I worked on a road crew

[@ellpcg4546]

Nice little Beatles reference at the end there 👌

[@rodolfovargas7952]

The asphalt paver is from CAT. Its model number is AP655F.

[@donovanevans3019]

I work at a asphalt paving company and man when i tell u this machine is complicated to use ph my goodness man. But the milling machine is whats even worse

[@adambeharry2999]

Yes just what i need in my house

[@parexc07]

And this is why they cost over $300K...

[@comradeeverclear4063]

Only $300k? Lmao. Try over $1m for a brand new 1055F. A 2015 with 4000 hours goes for over $300k

[@KenKen-ui4ny]

They aren’t cheap machines, that’s for sure, even an older used one can be quite expensive.

[@Chupria]

It's in HD!

[@TheHebrewHammer]

Nobody: 3am KZbin: How It's Made: Asphalt Pavers

[@frednerk2127]

That was a really simplified version. Like saying the sun's a warm place. I've owned a hanta.

[@howiesworld9056]

This beat is so damn groovy, where can I find the How It’s Made soundtrack to listen to on its own

[@therealdealtdgaming7081]

Same

[@kevp9601]

I Love It

[@uriituw]

Make your own!

[@jessethomas7949]

Should see how awesome the fuckery is when the electronics malfunction on these jewels. The roadway rides like a cane field.

[@HUNTERCOPELR]

I went with 3 of my crew to a class on roadtec pavers and got a tour through the manufacturing process I have to say they are much better then cat pavers using these machines and understanding the concept and mechanics of them make my job as screw man much easier so the rakers or people looting don’t have to kill their selfs

[@KenKen-ui4ny]

So you work at their manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, or you just operate their machines?

[@countryracer69]

When the screw man screws up everybody has a bad day! Roadtecs are better machines. No doubt there. Wirtgen pretty high end as well.

[@gus473]

LeeBoy Pavers.... 👍🏼😎✌🏼

[@geraldpeters4625]

I own a paving company, "And I approve this message". except for the plasma threading part.

[@davidanderson1451]

How about the part about the "heating elements keeping the mix workable". Laugh

[@KenKen-ui4ny]

David Anderson, I think they meant the heating elements to heat the screed, so the asphalt doesn’t stick to the plate, once the screed is heated up to the same temperature as the asphalt, then a thermostat turns them off automatically to prevent damaging the plates, some paver on the market still come with propane gas heat as well.

[@jonathanrossroberts]

Every time I watch these now, all I can think about is the plumbus.

[@toastycarpet9873]

The state of Arizona has never heard of these

[@SquishySenpai]

Now we need a video about the machines that breakup the asphalt and spit it into the backs of dump trucks.

[@whoisharo4689]

I want the little toy from the start of the video.

[@HPDrifter2]

Ah yes, the elusive thread-cutting plasma cutter...so, so rare. And... it's not why precision is critical, it is precision, or more properly, precise.

[@wintrparkgrl]

Wheen they said screeb, I immediately thought of the plumbus

[@xXDeViLRape]

Watching this i fucking nyss My 3 years i worked on the road. Goddamn those summers were brutal att the time, but THE smell of new asphalt and working for 18 hours straight everyday and then driver Home at 4-5 oclock in the morning watching the Sun go Up. Damn..

[@rhuttrho88]

Describe the qualifications to get the job making the paver. Working on a paving crew is good money, but making the paver is better!😁🤷🏿‍♂️👍🏿✌🏿

[@jacksoneggers2481]

I worked at the factory you dont need a certifications you just need to know some backs hand tool operation i work on the fabcation side. All you really need is have a good working drive. Their are 4 facilities in the US 2 in the US maple Grove mn and i think like pa but not sure the other 2 are in China

[@hopi9927]

Dear,Can you explain me how the rice planter tractor work ?

[@mattlogue1300]

Cold bend no annealing?

[@dodihsupriyadih9281]

Salaam dari Indonesia.

[@micah6635]

I always click these videos but I have to dip when I realise it isn't Huggbees video :(

[@haydenbrayton]

So how is everyone enjoying their isolation?

[@Jasiel.95]

Hayden Brayton Im working in front of these.

[@siddhantwaghmare5891]

Wow

[@CJ-hj3co]

ROAD ROLLER DA!!!!

[@foodiusmaximus]

The music sounds like a low effort Stereolab b-side.

[@lenjames]

I want to operate the part cart!

[@burk_the_merc8126]

ive lost a few mudflaps because of those pavers.

[@GraduatedIn]

Blame the shuttle buggy, or the side spreader. Cat pavers are too nice (unless not cleaned properly and those rollers at the front aren’t cleaned every now and again)

[@odemata87]

Can that plasma cutter whiten teeth as well thread's?

[@nonuser253]

Ima show my Mayor this..

[@hamaljay]

What is that 0:17 a paver for ants? It has to to be at least two or three times bigger for a real road.

[@NOTSOSLIMJIM]

Plasma cutters cannot cut threads

[@rasputin7633]

That’s called a “brake”, not a bend.

[@rollyhorton4803]

It may cut the holes but hit cannot thread the holes

[@thadeusaegeon3491]

Better than the e-learning we have to do.

[@anonymouspuppy]

agreed

[@sangeethasenthil4123]

Hi

[@MrSir-wp3fr]

Anyone tell what plant this is. Is it one of the Peoria or East Peoria plants

[@1004benji]

Minneapolis, MN

[@Jazzglenn]

I had to pause for a moment to make sure this isn't one of huggbee's videos....

[@goldenwind9]

My grandma 56) works at caterpillar she ships parts out for them

[@wazalak911]

This videos are so random. 😊

[@shimonigmagames]

Now I know 👍

[@jpolar394]

Not too many workers working there. How many hours does it take to build ?

[@jacksoneggers2481]

A new machine is made every 2 days for the pavers and i think 1 for the Compacters .The Facility is located in maple grove mn and there are probably 500 workers. i use to work on the cnc plama cutting tables

[@jpolar394]

@@jacksoneggers2481 very interesting, I used to work at a Ford plant back in the 90s and we figured it out that it took approximately 21 hours from start to finish to build 1 car.

[@gus473]

Pretty sure the big name in paving is LeeBoy..... 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Cassanti]

1:33 "Team Press Brake welcomes how it's made"

[@catnaplovestosleep]

C-AT

[@catnaplovestosleep]

cat

[@HB45175]

This one's restofthefuckingowl-material

[@sophiesinnott135]

I want to buy one

[@trumpsb757sucks5]

Sophie Sinnott you can buy one for $40-50k

[@puddin4773]

Maybe a small used driveway paver. The one they built in this video is around 300 grand

[@trumpsb757sucks5]

Dale Mills that’s Rolls Royce Phantom money

[@puddin4773]

@@trumpsb757sucks5 the company I work for just bought a highway paver for over 700 grand. We have 3

[@DavidLeon140m3]

@@puddin4773 was it vogele?

[@gummel82]

I'm pretty sure the plasma cutter can't thread holes...