Paving 2.5 miles of county road with asphalt using Volvo Paver .

[@TheJimmybud]

This a paving crews dream job ,1 pass ,no manholes ,no curbs . Just a lot of backing up for the truck driver !

[@sparda169leon]

Crew my dad drove for wanted to go nonstop. 3 trucks minimum waiting on paver....it was crazy in the early 90s. Loved it tho. Sometimes they'd let me ride along on the paver. They had a blast that a teen was livid to learn about it and the engineering about road design.

[@jbreezy101]

How do.they.manage around manholes?

[@TheJimmybud]

@@jbreezy101 They lay down a plate and pave right over them , and stop and dig them out .

[@av8tore71]

Etnyre Paving Equipment are built in my eifes hometown of Oregon, IL. We have the Etnyre's over all the time for dinner. They are some awesome people and he takes good care if his employees

[@DirtPerfect]

Interesting that’s cool

[@imdeplorable2241]

Looks like a decent job. I think the base is the most important part. Same thing if they do a lousy job in milling the old surface. If it has humps or dips, or unevenness side-to-side, the paver will just follow that surface. It's just like painting or wallpapering over unfinished drywall. You will still see (or feel) the defects as they will "telegraph" through.

[@BUDSBEAU]

i really enjoy watching this type of video. laying asphalt to me is like putting the finishing touch on a project, or almost finished. it just seems like a huge upgrade from the county dirt/gravel road.

[@nimarus3118]

My dad worked for the Department of Highways before he retired. He started from the bottom and worked his way up to Acting District Manager (After the previous District Manager passed away). At one point when I was a kid, my dad was part of a crew that paved asphalt on the Highway. The asphalt is extremely hot and dangerous if you're not careful. A crew was putting pavement down on a street in front of some houses many years ago. A little girl saw them putting it down and thought it would be nice to be the first to step on the new road. One of the guys saw the girl running towards them wearing a dress...barefoot. The man yelled for her to stop, but she either didn't hear him or didn't care to listen. The guy ran through the asphalt to try and stop her. The girl jumped in with both feet and sank to her ankles. Thankfully, she was quickly snatched up by the worker. He ran full blast towards the small kiddy pool in the front yard to soak her feet. About this time, the mother, I believe, heard the girl screaming and went outside to see the guy dunking her feet in the water. The damage was done, her feet were red and covered in blisters. Some other guys in the work crew ran over with some kind of soap stuff that's designed to eat through the tar in the asphalt in case it was stuck to her skin. The asphalt is bad because it burns like lava. It adheres to your skin and continues to burn.

[@rcblitzfpv8346]

Josh Blount omg that's horrible

[@rcblitzfpv8346]

I know it's hot as we had a bit layed and it was still warm through the bottom of the shoes a couple hrs later

[@saukraya3254]

Not sure even if an adult have enough weight to sink up to knee in freshly laid asphalt. Sure sound fishy.

[@nimarus3118]

@@saukraya3254 She sank up to her ankles is what I was told. Though it may not have been that deep. She ran out where the guys were leveling out asphalt fresh out of the dump truck. It was still hot enough that the tar hadn't set the aggregate in place. I heard this story from my dad, who used to put asphalt down for the Department of Highways in West Virginia. He was acting district manager when he retired (previous district manager died of an aneurysm.) Fresh asphalt straight out of the truck is soft because the black tar stuff sets once it cools. Here's a video of a crew pouring some asphalt for a driveway. It pours out like typical gravel, but it has whatever type of tar they use that coats the aggregate. If you jumped on that pile with one foot, you'd sink in quite a bit. Also, notice the steam coming off it. Not dust, steam. It's like a hot breath in the cold of winter...but you can see the guys are dressed for hot weather. It's got enough heat and moisture for steam to rise off of it. Extremely hot. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hamToGWlaL2Hnrs

[@saukraya3254]

@@nimarus3118 Nevertheless, asphalt is usually a mixture of peable aggregate mix with binder (tar). A freshly laid can even support a steamroll, much less a human child, but still can burn the skin at 300 degrees.

[@rcblitzfpv8346]

The smell of asphalt never gets old love it

[@Dirtmonkey]

Love the drone shots, awesome video!!

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks appreciate you watching

[@chrisskelhorn5727]

I did enjoy that! I worked for a company, many years ago, that laid road's, footways, driveways, and on at least one instance, an indoor basketball court for the Police Service in HMS Ganges, a land-based 'ship' at Shotley, in Suffolk! Watching the crews work with a Blaw-Knox paver, and a mix of Bamford and Ingersoll-Rand machinery was an almost magical experience. I only used to do the measuring. The smell, and the waves of heat were almost evident in your video! :-)

[@BentTreeFarmPa]

When I was a kid, my dad worked for a paving company as a second job to his steel mill job. He drove a tri axle mack and a roller, in the summer I used to ride along with him, dang that was fun!!! I was going to comment before you said it, that was probably just a little better than a base mix, usually used as a non DOT road mix (no inspections) and doesn't have to be as pretty as a drive way for Mrs Joan Q Public. Cool to see it again, I could smell it through my computer screen, it brought back some great memories!!

[@DirtPerfect]

Awesome thanks for the comment and watching

[@josephkitchens4831]

HMAC actually stands for Hot Mix Asphaltic Concrete. If you have a swell in front of the the steel wheel, aka breakdown roller, the operator needs to slow down he is moving too fast. In this condition he is actually stretching the mat and not compacting it. You are also correct that August in Texas sucks for laying mix for me, I'm the QCQA and have to walk on it all day. Paving contractor aren't always happy to see me. I love this stuff though, lab and roadway certified for testing and Level II certified for mix design, opposite of you I don't like concrete even though I am ACI Field and PCI Level 1& 2 certified, those wheel barrels are heavy.

[@squirrell500]

I give it a year tops and the edges will be falling apart. Some asked about tack and yes it does no good on a dirt or base road wet. Now if the road was primed a week or so in advance it would help with the bonding of asphalt and road.

[@agentx7138]

It dose look like verry minimal prep work was done.

[@robertconreux8079]

Great job thanks it was fun to tag along love the info!

[@teelsexcavating]

I did this job, screed operator for 18 yrs, I was also a foreman, started on the tamper,then the finish roller, then breakdown roller, then screedman. I miss it but don’t miss it at the same time. Lol

[@DirtPerfect]

I can see that

[@dominique9934]

My parent's neighborhood needs this asap. I always wonder about the cost and process to get a dirt road paved in a non-pubic road.

[@changingoftheguard7256]

Property value just went up😊

[@jasonking2943]

So did traffic!

[@tomprendy]

lol, I pave in nj when we do county roads the boss stocks mailboxes in his truck....someone always gets one.

[@DirtPerfect]

Lol that’s awesome

[@blacksheep9734]

tom p where abouts in nj

[@tomprendy]

@@blacksheep9734 central, work for trap rock

[@tomprendy]

you?

[@blacksheep9734]

tom p no shit thats cool, guessing your union? Im in 825, I work for sanzari but just got the lay off

[@evergreenthuja5275]

Man I love the smell of fresh asphalt !

[@The_blindpizzaguy1300]

I love to watch paving! When they were paving my name thoroughfare in my neighborhood I had never seen so many dump trucks. There was one for raising the storm drains,they had five for milling, and six for paving. My road was not big enough to require a buggy, but they had mostly cat equipment except I think one roller was a Hom. It was red so I don’t know what company that is made by.

[@95roadie]

Alex Williamson's blind adventures HAMMs are orange.,lmost like GM Hugger Orange.

[@DirtPerfect]

Awesome

[@95roadie]

Dirt Perfect I work for one of the biggest asphalt companies in the country. So I see em everyday. No Volvo’s though. We LOVE our CATs, Vögeles, HAMMs and Wirtgens.

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Jeez dirt roads do still exist! Thanks for sharing bud!

[@DIRT-BOSS]

@Excavator_Farmer i hear brother i was just busting! Lol we got them up here in NY too!

[@DirtPerfect]

Yup still a few around here

[@newhampshire-bob1604]

Always nice to have paved roads! Wish we had it for the roads around our house!

[@DirtPerfect]

Yes it is

[@DirtPerfect]

Yes it is

[@juncusbufonius]

Brilliant. I watched another channel showing a resurfacing in some fancy asphalt in Sweden. There was nothing to learn since not one word was spoken of the machines or the people. Not even a close up of the machines, I take my hat off to you for doing what the swede could not, make it entertaining.

[@DirtPerfect]

Lol thanks glade you enjoyed

[@agentx7138]

Was that the one where they bar up the manholes and shove some asphalt under the edges before rolling it flat.

[@alexlaughton8900]

I enjoyed this! For 41 years I've wondered what each paver crew member was supposed to be doing. Certainly not a 1 man show.

[@DirtPerfect]

Nope thanks for watching

[@vaspike15]

You need a minimum of 7 crew members really . Paver op ., 2 screw men 1 lute and 1 shovel person and your breakdown and finish roller

[@digndurt6936]

Road paving is a piece of cake. Driveways etc. labor intensive work!

[@richwielechowski5191]

Here in Nebraska on a large job contractors will use belly dump trailers, windrow the asphalt. And then use an elevator to pick up windrow and feed paver. Keeps paver moving, no stopping for truck to back up.

[@DirtPerfect]

Yes have seen that done in a few videos interesting

[@colto8284]

We use shuttle buggy's on state work, it's the same idea just the truck dumps in the shuttle buggy which hold roughly 25 ton heaping full and has 3 conveyers that feed the paver. Generally run 20 trucks give or take.

[@DarkVoidIII]

You may have noticed while watching the roller that they have steam coming off the rollers. They actually use the steam to help with rolling the asphalt. Those rollers take on a lot of water to do this and they are amazingly efficient at it.

[@10feetup]

The steam from the rollers is coming from the water that sprays them, the water is to stop the hot sticky tarmac (asphalt) sticking to the roller

[@cyberhornthedragon]

they used to spray down hot tar to seal the gravel base then apply the asphalt top of that to bond the two together

[@vaspike15]

Cyberhorn Thedragon we don’t tack stone in VA it doesn’t bone to stone

[@turgsh01]

Where I live, they do 2 layers of 2 inch asphalt, a few months of delay between applying the 2nd layer. This helps prevent cracking and dips and whatnot.

[@derlenin7301]

No, it does not help prevent anything. Asphalt it thermoplastic, cold in 1 day, you can do the 2nd layer next day. but you must keep ca. 180-160°C temp. from mixed to process. and you wait too long age with oxide. and the mix must be correct. therefore, you wait on second day. the most important: you cannot build over mud. even worst the second layer has more time on air. age with oxide.

[@turgsh01]

@@derlenin7301 I'm just saying what I was told and what I've seen.

[@derlenin7301]

ahh yes hmm the problem isn't asphalt there isn't only one thing standing in the way

[@johnclements6614]

If you leave one layer for months then surface then you have to clean it and tack coat it, which costs more money. Also if you are doing two layers they could well be different mixes, first layer for strength second more for durability and skid resistance.

[@turgsh01]

​@@johnclements6614 I do remember them sweeping and tack coating it. My city only has 2 seasons, dig and pave... because of that, they love to take their time and waste money on that stuff. There has never been a time where there wasn't several roads under construction. Also, I doubt slightly different mixes make that big of a difference. After all, it isn't like concrete.

[@sassafrasvalley1939]

In my county... some roads are paved with hot mix... especially those that run by the county officials homes and businesses. The remainder are chip and seal. The next county south of us is mostly dirt roads... some don’t even get gravel! Nonetheless it comes in handy when you are navigating... if you’re headed south, you always know when the road turns to dirt, you’ve crossed County Line highway! You know... there’s always something good mixed in with the bad!!!

[@JDSWeather]

Where I live in Maine I've worked as a flagger on some very big highway/state roadways here we don't use shuttle buggies we use a mix of triaxle dump trucks and live bottom tractor trailers when I was flagging in the fall my favorite place was to walk beside the paver holding my slow sign allowing traffic to go by slowly from a 1 way rolling construction zone it was warm. Been there done that in the dead of summer 90° plus following by the pacer

[@kevinlewis7882]

Great video and drone footage

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks and thanks for watching

[@BlueDually4x4]

Out here when they got miles to pave they skip using dump trucks and use tri axle belly dump trailers, the paver pushes machine that scoops it off the ground and feeds the paver.

[@DirtPerfect]

Yes seen that done before 😁

[@mathtime4578]

Bituminous concrete is the correct name. They put binder down as a base coat. Done asphalt for a few years and didnt like it. The guys on the screws are your money makers. You are paid by sq ft not tonnage. If they can save an 1/8 inch on the whole job that's alot of money. I would definitely say stick with concrete, I did lol. Great video!

[@mikel9567]

No they don't put a binder down. The binder, or tack coat is only used if you are putting hot mix on top of existing asphalt. I work for the county so we don't make money on jobs, but each job is cost driven. If you break it down, the cost is per ton for us. When we contract the work out, the costs are broken down by both hourly and tonnage since the equipment and labor is based on hours and the material is based on tonnage. When you go to the batch plant you don't tell them you have 60 sq ft to do, you order your mix by the ton. One ton of hot mix will cover 80 sq ft at a depth of 2 inches.

[@mathtime4578]

@@mikel9567 binder is not a spray coat. Binder is a bigger rock asphalt to build the road up and give more stability to it. It doesn't seal as well, look as good, or drive on very well. Surface coat has smaller rock, seals very well when compacted correctly and makes a great driving surface. As far as being the one buying or making the the asphalt yes it is by the ton. When it is bid thru the feds and my state, it is by area. Same way concrete and most other things are bid. They don't care if you use 50k tons of asphalt for a job that only pays for 40k ton. State, county, and cities buy what they need by the ton and is alot different than bid jobs.

[@timothynewman8204]

I ran the steel drum roller for 10 years and the paver for 1 year on a paving crew and worked winter repair at the asphalt plant for 5 winter's asphalt temp in north Carolina 325 to 275 I do miss working with it but most of all I miss working winter shut down at the plant

[@Padoinky]

Did this for a summer btwn my soph and jr yrs of HS.... hot as hell asphalt will melt the soles off of high quality steel toe boots and the hot steam from the straight from the dump-bed product can easily burn your exposed skin.

[@rickb8808]

We live in a very rural area with mostly gravel roads as it's mostly seasonal camps except for a half dozen of us year rounders. The Township got some Gov't. money they needed to spend so they paved our 4 mile road. The first year there were 3 fatalities as the young ones used it as a drag strip. Since we have no local police there was no one to stop them. The paved road was nice but not worth the loss of life.

[@DirtPerfect]

Man oh man that’s not cool at all

[@CaptKirk1701]

Nothing like a dust free smooth road!

[@DirtPerfect]

Loving it 😁

[@edwardgarea7650]

Does this ever bring back memories when I sat in the operator’s seat of a Cedarapids paver, followed by a Huber finishing roller. All was good until we rented the roller to a town’s DPW. They managed to strip the gears coming down an incline. Given the amount of traffic I’ve seen in past videos, I thing the current wisdom today is the chip seal the road, but I really don’t know how long that lasts.

[@4everskiing]

It would be interesting to hear what the roller guy does in his job. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@idadho]

Asphalt is considered a type of concrete. Concrete just means various materials that form together into one material. Some times you will see it called asphalt concrete. vs Portland cement concrete. Just a different binder

[@SuperEoin09]

Mark G Yip, most of what I mix is Asphaltic concrete. Just a bituminous binder instead of cement powder binder.

[@DirtPerfect]

Interesting thanks

[@daveslusser6802]

Interesting to see close up. Thank You!

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks for watching

[@iriliral6366]

I learned more about paving reading comments😂.More videos on asphalt please😛

[@sonnyblazer5504]

Thank you for taking us along. I think I could smell the warm asphalt up my nose. They could have made a practice run on your driveway; just to test things out in the area is all I meant. Are they going further than they went or? Thought that was a good video to show, thanks! Sonny (CT)

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks for the comment sonny

[@tbix1963]

Always interesting to see the difference in how things are done across the various states. One thing I’ve noticed from your videos is that your roads seem much narrower than what I’m accustomed to. Is that an artifact from the camera or are they actually as narrow as the look on the videos. What is the protocol for passing by someone, who takes the ditch? I’ll have to go back and check but I don’t remember seeing many center lines in your videos. Anyway thanks again for the interesting video.

[@DirtPerfect]

Roads are 18 no problem passing

[@helmutkrahn9337]

Interesting, enjoyable material. Thanks.

[@dowjones9663]

Just got laid off for winter. I wont miss asphalt or concrete for at least a month or 2

[@DirtPerfect]

lol I bet not

[@briangardiner1015]

Sometimes there will be a rubber tire roller in between the steel rollers. It just depends on the specifications by whoever paid for the work.

[@DirtPerfect]

This is true

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks for setting the guy straight in the tack 😁

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Finally! No more chips on the Yukon when I come to visit! Hooray!

[@DirtPerfect]

Lol all good now 😁

[@1000kmckinney]

I done that one summer , it’s definitely a hot job.

[@greghurrell9694]

hope you enjoy driving on this new sealed road. no more dust and mud

[@DirtPerfect]

It been awesome

[@bvfdfire1]

looks good, and looks like its probably a "c" mix, we run a similar operation, except we are running roadtec paving spread and cat rollers. when i'm not doing the testing I'm on top of the shuttle buggy you mentioned!

[@jaquigreenlees]

Question about thickness and potholes. I heard that if pavement is less than 6 inches after compaction and cooling, it will allow potholes to form, if it is 6 inches or greater then there will be no potholes. Is this accurate? I can understand city / town not wanting to pay for the extra thickness of paving material, that would easily double the cost of the job.

[@DirtPerfect]

Depends on the base

[@mathtime4578]

@@jaquigreenlees no matter what you put on top it all goes to what is under it. Most holes are from poor soil or water infiltration. We have to use ground stabilization here because our soil is so bad and our roads show it. Freezing and thawing is especially hard on roads as well.

[@lennelonge2626]

Nice paving job and just a good thing they had you looking after them! Lol! I think our county guys told me it's about 40 grand per mile to pave.

[@DirtPerfect]

About 50k a mile here

[@zhiggins808]

Hawaii asphalt is about 10x that

[@digndurt6936]

@@zhiggins808 ya, like everything else!!

[@vaughnhill3437]

Its the roller that makes it look good. The paver jhst lays it down and the roller does the beauty work. Tea im sure it does roll out in front of that one because ut probably weighs 10 tons

[@72hourbob61]

They did the 4 lane Hwy in front of my shop about 2 years ago and they did it at night. 1st two nights they ground the old pavement down then the next two night they paved it. I sat outside drinking beer and watch them. by the 2nd night a few guys asked if they could use the restroom and on the 3 day before they started paving a few guys came by and asked if they could drop off a few coolers in the office. (I'm not saying but there may have been beer in those coolers.) but I did get the turn into my drive paved.

[@louisianadirt2188]

Road looks pretty through the woods with the new black top

[@georgebryan6019]

cool like the drone shot of the roller o yes the dill about the Volvo excavator and the Honda tell Chris hi I like his KZbin channel too Elite Earthworks LLC channel you guys are great I like watching all the stuff you get in too you all do good work ?

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks and will do

[@DC-1]

Derby Mayor onsite checkin out the work...... 👍🇺🇸

[@DirtPerfect]

😁

[@makingithappen5178]

I do not know why, but I like the smell of asphalt.

[@DirtPerfect]

lol it’s different

[@makingithappen5178]

@@DirtPerfect Jeupp.

[@DocNo27]

@@johnwayne2103 Only in the state of California :p

[@richardhedrick5601]

Good video 👍 nice paving job

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@dennis2376]

Thank you.

[@lakesideranch]

Interesting video Mike, the folks that pave get my respect, hot, dirty, and that permeating smell of hot asphalt, I'll pass. Great drone work, nice and steady, you have a fine touch for flying and filming like a BOSS now! 5 stars buddy. Work safe, stay warm. Doug@ the "ranch"

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks Doug and I agree a job i would not Want

[@stephenneat4277]

That was prob binder mix. Base has a lot of 57 gravel or 56 depending on what y’all call it in your area. Surface is just river sand and man made sand and the oils they use for blacktop. This is what I do for a living. Drive a Tri axle hauling blacktop

[@scrotiemcbogerballs8286]

I’ve worked with those guys when I worked for Cooper trucking we done a lot of roads down there

[@DirtPerfect]

Yup good group

[@pegpowell2486]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@oby-1607]

What is the cost per foot or yard or 100 yards and is there a minimum? I have seen pavement that didn't cure right and on a hot day people were driving thru it like it was mud.

[@johnclements6614]

That's like asking how much a house costs. How far from the plant - more trucks if a long trip, trucks can not make multiple journey The more you buy the cheaper. What material - there are a lot of mixs, different ones if more layers. Mix depends on traffic, the weather that the road will get in winter and summer, how durable you want it for your money etc. Can you close the road and for how long. Type of compaction plant. Are you laying by tonnage per mile as I assume in this video or are you laying to a designed profile that will be checked. etc There is no minimum but the paver and roller will still have to be paid to be delivered. A half load on a truck may not be much less than a full load. You can lay small amounts of most mixes without a paver spreading the black with an excavator. But the excavator driver has to be good and the end result will not be as good as produced by a paver. If the pavement was rutting on a hot day the wrong binder (tar) for the weather conditions. You can get binders that ar good in hot weather but if it gets well below freezing they just crack. Or good below freezing but rut when it is hot. Or you pay for very expensive binders that have been chemically modified for hot and cold, the greater the temperature range the more money.

[@jbreezy101]

Usually it's sold per ton plus tax & hauling

[@Kushert]

Excellent video

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks tim

[@matthewmaul3191]

In that cold weather, I'd figure they'd be rolling nut to butt for maximum compaction.

[@jackspringer9283]

Driver's job is to stay in the center of the paver box and follow the operator's hand signals, so I'm busy with that stuff and the operator pushed me through a overhead power line,was many years ago but I Remember!!! Operator's fault,not mine!

[@DirtPerfect]

👍

[@bobbydawson7706]

Enjoyed it 👌

[@luissantos-1972]

Hi Here where I live (Portugal) the guys put previously a black liquid stuff (asphalt?). They say that it bonds better with the gravel. Say hi to captain kleenman(did I spell right?). Keep the good work

[@SuperEoin09]

luis santos They do the same thing in the UK. It’s a bond coat of thinner sticker bitumen that aids tar on tar cohesion. It would not work on the dusty stone road.

[@DirtPerfect]

Yup and will do thanks for watching guys

[@stevevlietstra1975]

In Wisconsin a good day on a highway can be up to 6500 ton.

[@DirtPerfect]

Same here with shuttle buggy

[@dackerson5]

Where's Chris from Let's Dig 18? He is the Volvo guy! Its looks like binder they put down. Its tougher asphalt then top mix.

[@chrishelms1967]

Thats gonna be nice come winter

[@DirtPerfect]

Yes it is

[@vaughnhill3437]

Where im from if your laying it down on dirt you usually get the mix with mire gravel in it for stability

[@DirtPerfect]

Interesting

[@brucehuff5566]

Nice change up. Wouldn't want to maintenance on that paver

[@DirtPerfect]

Me either

[@RA-sz5tu]

paving & roofing 2 of the toughest jobs, roller operator makes good or bad job, if you have one that doesn't wait till the roller is at a complete stop before changing directions, he's going have divots all up the down the road

[@DirtPerfect]

Agree on all the above

[@sassysaucysurviving7749]

I am just excited as yall about this! No more Dirt Perfect sliding sideways around the curve throwing me outta the seat! 😂😜

[@travelingbadger]

Great video

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@TheJimmybud]

I have never heard it called a gate we call them "wings" on the top side of Indiana .

[@DirtPerfect]

👍

[@colto8284]

Gate here in mid southern indiana, down round bloomington they use weird lutes to, they don't have a lip too kick anything it's for like teeth on one side and flat on the other, damn long pole to.

[@ralphhippard2995]

Places in the south where I've worked the local government requires tack to be put on the rock before its paved.

[@DirtPerfect]

They don’t here

[@ralphhippard2995]

@@DirtPerfect I didn't see it on the rock.

[@DirtPerfect]

Because they don’t spec it here

[@garywest8901]

Enjoy your random stuff buddy , thanks.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks Gary

[@Crewsy]

Looks great. How long before the first young guy roasts off a set of tires on it.

[@Drew-in-NoDak]

Send me an address and I will get right on it

[@DirtPerfect]

6 hrs 🥺

[@jakemustian99]

looks good, however I guess they did not do a topping coat?

[@thomasdobrenick1549]

I love blacktop love love love. I love driving on it ilove the smell of it. Smells like money. I live near a black top factory like to give it a hug

[@MrBurns0618]

The road I lived on was so rough you couldn’t go more than 5 mph, my dad blew a shock and everything, this is in the adirondacks in upstate ny, they tore up the road and had it dirt for 2 years because I was better a smooth dirt road than what it was, when they got the money, they paved it over, already some cracks though haha

[@larrysorenson4789]

Could have used 2” of fiber reinforced asphalt with the same result, crack elimination and longevity.

[@matthewmaul3191]

looks like there are a several spots of course asphalt, I'd attribute that to poor batch material from the plant. The plant should've added added a bit more fines to the mix.

[@DirtPerfect]

Good luck with that they suck to be honest but all we got around here

[@jbreezy101]

Drum plants are more desirable.than Batch plants. Material is screened so it's not always perfect

[@JasonWorksAlot]

Sweet so I can finally bring the race cars out to derby now?! You paved to camp right? 😁

[@sassysaucysurviving7749]

Camp to home to the market right?

[@JasonWorksAlot]

Mrs. S.O.T. Metalworks oh that’s a solid point. I’m sure it’s all taken care of. You know our mayor can really get things done. Like winning presidency! 🇺🇸🇺🇸DIRT PERFECT 2020🇺🇸🇺🇸 MAKE AMERICA PERFECT AGAIN

[@DC-1]

Mrs. S.O.T. Metalworks exactly.....the mayor has priorities 😂

[@TrevorDennis100]

It's a lot prettier than concrete, and nicer for painting road markings on. It would have been interesting to hear a bit more about that big roller. How much does it weigh? Does it vibrate? I looked real hard when it passed close to the camera and we could see the edge. It might have been a second pass, because I couldn't see any compression. So that would have been their crew's equivalent of Jerry? I wonder if he can curse as well as Jerry, and if yes, what he was saying under his breath to your drone? I suspect it would have been totally priceless. 🤬 A nice video though Mike, and I appreciate you adding variety to your channel.

[@DirtPerfect]

Lol sorry I did not get more of the roller

[@bump6469]

Nothing like the smell of diesel and asphalt in the morning. Wonder if the big company that bought them is old castle materials. They bought all the paving companies here in Wv

[@SuperEoin09]

Evan Deorous Diesel is actually very bad for asphalt laying or any Tar-macadam for that matter. It softens the bitumen, and is far more likely to strip off the stone and lay in the lorries floor.

[@tomprendy]

evan, im in NJ, they got us a few years ago....the queens taking over.lol

[@bump6469]

I waas talking about the equipment and trucks

[@tomprendy]

Evan Deorous yup me too. They bought us out, quarry’s trucks etc.. they own a lot here in the states

[@DirtPerfect]

Yup old castle it is 🥺

[@CMDSR]

Better than Dirty Jobs episode. 👍

[@thewhiteknight02]

Woooowww looks nice. How much was the 1600 yards laid?

[@DirtPerfect]

2.3 miles in all

[@timetable620]

The local big business just paved our road and they did the road 3 miles down from my house and both roads got a bumpy feeling to them. Something like it feels like a unbalanced tire but it’s not the tire because once you get off the new to the old it goes away

[@DirtPerfect]

This one turned out pretty good 😁

[@timetable620]

I think there is something wrong with one of there machines causing this. It messes with things. I was trying to sell a truck and someone was test driving it and thought something was wrong with the truck. I said make a turn and it will go away

[@DirtPerfect]

Wow that sounds really bad

[@timetable620]

The sad thing is they are the biggest company in the area. llpelling.com

[@briangardiner1015]

@@timetable620 If they did it with dump trucks, if the drivers bump the paver it will leave little indentations and will have a washboard effect.

[@alexmesahiv-aidsbackwardsj428]

How manyiles on this road did u guys do

[@DirtPerfect]

12

[@karlzimmer683]

Why no tack coat? I helped do this a lifetime ago, is it new technology?

[@DirtPerfect]

No need not a repave

[@charlietanner6211]

was that down by glenn wood hills campground? i know you were snooping maybe a asphalt perfect co next? either get big or go home thanks for video

[@DirtPerfect]

lol and yes it was that’s where they stated

[@gayle4804]

Very interesting 👌

[@alwayshungry24]

I DID THIS IN HIGH SCHOOL ON A STUDENT PROGRAM.YES IT WAS SUMMER AND HOT.LOVE THE VID

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks joe

[@mikeseguin6443]

New pavement is so nice

[@DirtPerfect]

Yes it is

[@wolfpacva]

Have you ever heard of country paving cost about half what regular asphalt paving does . Lots of back road in Virginia are done that way by the Virginia Dept of Transportation plus they hold up really well for not high traveled highways.

[@DirtPerfect]

No have not might look into it

[@wolfpacva]

@@DirtPerfect I know first they lay tack oil then a mix of liquid asphalt and gravel then roll it they do this multiple times until the thickness they need. I am sure you could get the info from VDOT in Virginia

[@nick21614]

@@wolfpacva Chip and seal

[@wolfpacva]

@@nick21614 yes i know

[@movermike2216]

In a lot of your videos I see tri axle dump trucks, are quad axles not very common?

[@DirtPerfect]

Some but not as many

[@KenLou]

First the road comes through, then the settlers. Next thing you know you are living in the city. I'll keep my dirt road.

[@willb3018]

And they need a by pass...more paving.

[@ghilreese3413]

They get in the country and start complaining about the roads. They want them like they were in town. Stay in town. we don't need or want you.

[@oconeeiceman8998]

ahmen