Paving the lower driveway with asphalt millings.

Watching the specialized paving equipment was really interesting. Today the guys are paving the driveway with asphalt millings, this is an affordable solution that they are putting on the long relatively flat part of the driveway. The entrance from the road all the way to the bottom of the hill. A small fraction of the cost of asphalt so it’s a much more affordable option. The quote for the whole driveway with regular asphalt was nearly $80k. 2-1/2 truck loads of this recycled material was pennies on the dollar.

[@gregoneill1495]

As clean as this company maintains the equipment, they must be top-notch! The driveway looks great!

[@georgiapatriot4575]

Agree--I have a ton of respect for people who keep their equipment clean. I have a semi truck and, trust me, it's not easy to do and it's even harder for dump trucks.

[@ChrisHarding-lk3jj]

When it comes to asphalt, you really can't keep equipment clean.

[@Torsee]

I agree! We have an outfit up here in Maine that is one better. Their equipment is White. Spotless.

[@georgiapatriot4575]

The skid steer operator--oh my--it's like that skid steer is an extension of his body.

[@raygunsforronnie847]

Yeah, he's done that before and knows water runs down hill. He gave the apron and approach a gently crown.

[@bruceknowling8633]

I thought that I had the video on at x1.5 but no, that guy is just so quick!

[@Captain1717Q]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing he's good.

[@wesleypulkka7447]

Major upgrade Scott! Less dust, mud and lower maintenance! Can't beat that with a stick! Congrats!

[@keithmarshall5970]

I was so shocked to see how clean the equipment is….WOW!!! Impressive

[@TruthProvider]

The Kubota driver was very skilled at what he was doing. Their equipment looked very well taken care of, which is a good sign.

[@kg4muc]

That’s the cleanest paving equipment I’ve ever seen. Gonna be a nice driveway when they’re through

[@willb3018]

If you didn't seem them at work, you could be forgiven for thinking they were not used in paving business.

[@johnnyhunter4345]

Most professional pavers I have ever seen....equipment looks new

[@TruckzNTrainz]

Love watching old buses and someone running equipment.

[@jc-pj3nh]

I worked for a body shop that parked cars in a dirt lot. Bringing them into the shop brought in dirt and mud. Tough on the body shop guys to work on a dirty floor. I convinced the owner to pave the lot but he said the cost was prohibited. I found a paving company who used asphalt millings. The used a paver to spread the millings and the job turned out awesome and at a fraction of the cost. The millings never broke up and the constant traffic of cars and trucks keeps the millings compressed. Extremely durable and inexpensive. The owner and especially the mechanics appreciate working on a much cleaner shop floor.

[@jimwilloughby]

I'm not an asphalt expert, but I was told by one , some years ago that millings were better in some applications. As I understand it, new asphalt crystalizes over time from heavy use and various weather conditions. As such , when reused as millings, it packs down really hard and tight. The downside is that when rained on, it gets slick. Just the weight of the buses you get in should help keep it packed down. I think you probably won't get too many potholes. Regardless, it looks real good , and you should be very happy. In years to come , catch basins and drain pipes will solve the problem of erosion on the hill. Then you can pave to your heart's content.

[@terrywebb8636]

Hey Scott, that's the best thing you've had done, no more sloppy/slippery drive way, my parents done theirs last year, down here in SE. TEXAS we got a lot of rain, so they put an end to getting stuck in the driveway, you deserve it especially the busses will like it to.

[@pilhoney10]

That's real nice, It's the first time I've seen someone using a paving machine for millings. You gave me an idea I have a 200 ft flat driveway I'm going to check into that. VERY NICE

[@jaysmith1408]

Call your highway department, we have mounds of them we can’t even pay people to take off our hands. Don’t know how much they charge.

[@pilhoney10]

@ Va will give them to you if you have a way to haul. I liked the idea of a paving machine doing the job. I’m 67 I’m not as young as I once was.

[@countryracer69]

I paved a whole county fairgrounds with millings. The fresher they are the better. Not many of us use a paver to put down millings but its the best way. Then hammer it in. Now once its packed in tight seal it. DO NOT put any oils of any kind on it. Period no matter what joe blow at the cafe claims who "used to do asphalt" back in the day. If done right it will last and be great. All it is, is grinding pulled up from some highway. When they shave it down this is whats collected. To actually be recycled it is ran back thru the mix plant and put with half fresh made. Once heated its mix again anyway. Guess what my day job is lol.

[@iowaoliverguy]

I have friends that work for Weiler, Knoxville, Iowa, just a few miles from me. Amazing, that machine looks brand new.

[@troycarothers8254]

Looks great. Love the commentator at the beginning. My driveway was layered with millings. I've found nuts, bolts, cement chunks, broken jewelry and bric-a-brac. Haven't found any coinage yet.

[@ytrade469]

Scott the driveway looks great, I have not seen a paving company with this clean Elegant equipment, it speaks for it self TOP NOTCH COMPANY. Watching from Calgary, Canada

[@ianhughes7805]

That company are right about of the top drawer, great set of lads super kit and astounding skills. Top job

[@mikepelz7004]

Pride in your equipment means in your work!

[@josephsweeney9228]

That skidsteer operator was amazing.

[@josephsweeney9228]

Great equipment operators. Clean trucks

[@plnthrd]

wow never seen a machine like this spreading millings before......and the millings are sooooo fine too!

[@TimsWorkshopTJY]

Looks like blacktop to me

[@richardbrobeck2384]

Wonderful news and the driveway looks great !

[@madusmaxamus8670]

The guy operating that skid steer is an animal. Wish I could get him on my property.

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

He was quite impressive

[@jaysmith1408]

Our skid steer cant even move that fast if it tried

[@tomhamilton9816]

Looks beautiful!!! No question, those guys know what they're doing!!

[@donmoore7785]

Nice improvement, Scott. My road repartment uses the same process on my steep gravel road. They have a screener, where they screen milings from local road reclamation to obatin the clean material. They dump into the paver continuously as the paver crawls along until each load is expended. Then they roll it. Lasts about 2 years.

[@mischef18]

Look good bro, another toober I follow has this on his driveway and has done one for a customer and both are on a hill. It may work for your hill but probably best left as is. One thing for sure is people will get a great run up to the hill. Thank you for posting for us over seas viewers. Safe travels y'all. Ken.

[@charlesroer972]

Must be different process . This is done on hottest days of spring summer n fall in the deserts . Hotter is better road bed . Didn’t see any hot oil either . Maybe a heated lay down machine . Differences from north to south . Southwest in AZ this is gonna feel much better rollin in and out of your place . Have a good one .uve earned it .

[@AlisonFort]

Some great toys there - thanks for showing!

[@McTroyd]

Looks good! Appreciate the apparently clean, well-running tools as well. 👍

[@here-i-am2316]

I worked on a paving crew one summer in college, and we sold truckloads of millings to the farmers for $1 ton. They loved it.

[@jaysmith1408]

When we did roadwork, if you snagged us leaving the site, they were free. If we dumped them at our stockpile, then they had to bill ya.

[@1toonhead]

When I saw you rebuilding your driveway the other day I thought you need to seal that road up. You made a good start to it.

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

We have done even more work to the hill.

[@bnelson313braveheart]

This looks so nice! Awesome paving crew too!

[@randyclyde4939]

Looks great, Scott! Be well, be safe!

[@ronaldheit196]

Awesome job that company did on that much needed improvement to the road. It'll especially be better on rainy days and when it snows. I hope you can asphalt the road section going up with concrete curbs one day. No more inconvenient wash outs then.

[@lloydrobinson7081]

looks good Scott, keep the clips coming

[@hotpuppy1]

To make it last a long time, you can have a sealcoat of tar and chip put on top next year. Be careful to keep heavy vehicles away from the edges so it doesn't get cracked.

[@anonymuswere]

was like watching my stepbrother work equipment, watching that guy make that skidsteer dance. my stepbrother's so competent he can do that with a midsize dozer and a log truck boom! we also had a bit of that done with the driveway, for similar reasons; my stepfather would routinely bring the coal truck home...loaded (and with similar macks, no less; the last of the R's and the first gen Granites)

[@ToddTalksTech]

I think you need a B-US 66 signpost alongside that fine piece of recycled asphalt Scott! Looks amazing!

[@GNX157]

That Kubota is really nice!👍

[@Wayoutthere]

I really like the stuff, It gets HARD because the leftover bitumen fuse together in the sun alone, and I like the color. Even if just dumped and spread out, like I did at home.

[@shrconstruction]

I used to run a skidsteer alot, and I'm definitely not taking anything away from that guys beast skills for sure, those high tracks are a game changer from tires for speed and agility.

[@daviddamico4288]

That looks great Scott…

[@Fixingeverthingwithaengine567]

Down here in Central Texas. They throw a million pounds of gravel with dump trucks and then the take the tar truck right behind the dirty gravel. Plus it is never level or even. In about a month the road is tore up because of the semis are 80,000 lb sand trucks and other heavy equipment. It makes a valley in the middle of the highways and "roads" in general. Then there are massive piles of gravel alongside the highway everywhere.

[@EricaMTB]

I recommend laying that product in summer.

[@who2u333]

That equipment looks so new.

[@jeffr0]

Best part? “Oooo wow!!!”❤

[@mistero4]

I think you’d be surprised how well that bitumen would hold up on the hill with preparation. How impressive is the way they keep the gear, especially with the dirty work they do!

[@louk231]

Cleanest dump truck in the world ! Bad Ass...

[@JD-ce4so]

You need to backup the edges with loam or drainage rock so the rain doesn’t under mine all this work.

[@JeffreyDelano]

What a nice upgrade

[@natevanlandingham1945]

I love those millings! We use to get them for free or nothing but they have caught on and its pretty expensive now! One summer in the south and they lock up tight. You can help it out by spraying diesel on it in the summer and driving hour heavy stuff on yhem they will lick ip toghter Edit: after starting the video I see y'all had a real way done with a paving machine and much be reheated etc? I have just had it applied and spread with a machine or tailgate spread with a truck. Turns out well that way too but this is probably closer to virgin asphalt finish than I got

[@jaysmith1408]

Check the highway department. If you catch us on our way to the stockpile, they’re free. If we get back to the shed, then they bill for them. Don’t think they’re that expensive, but nobody has ever told us.

[@mikeburton7077]

Great job done!

[@bobsanders2353]

Looking good!

[@jondean8246]

looks fab!!

[@Blazer02LS]

When the state repaved the highway through my town I was still on the FD and we had a station with a gravel lot. Talked to the chief about doing the entire lot with millings. He thought it would be good as long as it didn't cost a lot. Went and talked to the crew about it and the manager took a ride to the station with me. Looked it all over and said it needed a bit of leveling here and there but he figured they could drop the millings and we could do the rest. Told them to go ahead and gave them a spot to dump them. Went to do my day job and didn't think much about it because I figured I'd be grading it out and maybe use the fire engines as rollers. Was gone for about 3 days. Come back and discover that they had sent a crew over, leveled out the entire lot, graded the edges and laid down all NEW asphalt and dressed the edges with millings!!! Went and found the manager and he said that while I was gone one of the crew got hurt and my guys took care of him, so he took care of our lot! Cost us a lunch for the entire crew and a few bandages and a splint!

[@sharonfieber6458]

I do not know how much snow you recieve? Good snow removal, keep potholes from wrecking your lower driveway! Very good drainage, keep driveway looking very good!

[@PaulWannenburg]

Most impressive.

[@itsmephil2255]

I got a Darth Vader vibe from this comment 😂

[@glenruginski4812]

Nice rig 👍

[@davidowen888]

Nice 👌 love the both songs 🎵 👍☮️&❤

[@TimothyMichaels]

Looks good 👍🏼

[@cupitosbornejr.7905]

I bet the buses can really get some traction on the asphalt vs the gravel

[@Dan-o4c6g]

Works great and you don't get taxed because it's not a permanent surface

[@WildWildWeasel]

Man that Kubota was lightning fast haha

[@itsmephil2255]

'and then I said to her, kiss my asphalt' H.Simpsonn😂😂

[@willb3018]

REally nice

[@TheNearlyFamousMrHobby]

It ain't gonna last very long but you can regrade it and compact it so start looking for a grade attachment for the tractor and a roller machine.... At least you can make a cool video of repairing a roller machine 😊

[@turnerg]

Looks like it was pretty thin as well

[@TheNearlyFamousMrHobby]

@@turnerg All he needs to do when it gets all chewed up is just order a truck or two and re grade it with a grading tractor and roll it. Time to buy a dump trailer for that cab over to haul the millings! Thats what I would do

[@deezelfairy]

Yeah - I think the buses are going to tear that up. Hopefully I'm wrong.

[@hotpuppy1]

@@turnerg As long as the base is good, 4 inches is plenty. That's all they put on highway overlays.

[@itsmephil2255]

I get the impression that the guy using the Kubota may have done that a few times

[@JohnSmith-qi9qs]

Cool. Def better than rocks!

[@terry3193]

It’s such a coincidence…I’m a new subscriber and have watched several recent videos and I was just wondering why you didn’t have some crushed asphalt laid as it’s cheap and would reduce the dust and some runoff. They’ve got some beautiful trucks. Love your channel by the way….👍

[@66kenworthowner]

This is a first, never seen this done before. I guess it works.

[@americanrambler4972]

It will be interesting to see how this works out. How does the cost of this compare to a ‘Chip and Seal’ gravel lay down? If nothing else, your building what looks to be a good solid working base to add to later as as time and funding permit.

[@jefferykeeper9034]

P.S. love the song !!!

[@smplyizzy]

Seems like that product could really benefit from an additional coating of thick liquid asphalt.

[@michaelgreen4838]

For $3200, it's not bad.

[@BruceBergman]

Add some asphaltic refining and heat it up, run it through the Blaw -Knox machine, and it's asphalt paving.😊

[@jaysmith1408]

Blaw-Knox machine? I was there today, i never knew exactly what they did.

[@TimsWorkshopTJY]

I just wonder how the dump truck is getting in and out? They must be driving in on the new poured asphalt

[@bennetfox]

The state would happily dump all of the ground up asphalt they have on your driveway for free so that they don't have to pay for the disposal of it. Call the state highway department next time. You have a tractor. A box blade or a drag blade is all you need to work it with. You can also heat it up with a torch and tamp it back down with a gas powered packer and it'll pretty much form right back into asphalt.

[@mrdbooks7285]

Just need to put some 4 inch white lines on both edges to take it to the next level.

[@JD-zm4eh]

Very nice.

[@jcarr0314]

Am I the only one that listens to the end of the theme every single time ??

[@TruckzNTrainz]

I do, too. I love the songs

[@harveynailbanger]

Scott, google hawk seale, a ssaler/binder thats added to millings to make surface much more durable..

[@Simple_man_65]

That’s NICE!!!

[@c.a.mcneil7599]

I park my equipment on just that it’s the go I say.

[@tedhamilton2362]

Well organized operation!

[@bigrockauto]

Nice

[@dodgeguyz]

So I’m not aware of the difference between asphalt milling and regular gravel. Just curious as I’ve seen it before. I guess the same question would go to the differences between milling and chip sealing?

[@sierra1005sb]

Dump truck job after the crown 10 speeds my first job

[@marksmith-ew7ir]

nice should keep dust levels down

[@waynebuzzell2483]

Hey Scott, the skid steer operator was a surgeon with that machine. Is this reclaimed asphalt heated? Definately not a Gypsy paving outfit. Good luck.

[@ineverhadthemoney7857]

all new Mack Trucks //A A A

[@theunknownkeyboardist6154]

Yes, they keep their equipment nice--but it doesn't hurt that it's all brand new, either. $$$

[@chrisrhodes5464]

These guys take great care of the equipment hell the dump truck look like they just came off the assembly line last week

[@joes2085]

The labor would be the same for hot asphalt. So i don't understand how it is SO much cheaper just for millings

[@pumacat1637]

Tried doin the same thing to my driveway but I couldn’t get any of the material the government will not sell it unless u work for the highways, you see their employees driveways all finished with the millings or work for a government department

[@jaysmith1408]

We couldn’t give it away. Our department (not naming names, but lets just say even we’re making jokes about the shoddy roads) has piles and piles of them just sitting around. Thousands and thousands of tons. And we are absolutely, positively, prohibited, from using them. We have to buy it from admin like the rest of y’all. Phone down there, see if they have any to sell. It’s an utter nuisance.

[@ChrisHarding-lk3jj]

The equipment is clean because it's either all brand new or they only lay milled asphalt, which is also known as the gypsy driveway.

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

You are wrong on both counts

[@richardmullon5233]

You could’ve picture same product at the top of hill by the garage

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

That’s all they had

[@jefferykeeper9034]

The state of Indiana doesn't allow the use of this for Residential drive ways

[@verticalscale]

What was the cost per sq ft using the recycled asphalt?

[@mike3133f]

Here I thought your closed gate picture you posted was you were on vacation for the week 😅

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

Gates are always closed. I wish i had time to schedule a vacation.

[@raygunsforronnie847]

@@BusGreaseMonkey No vacation? The cost of being indispensable is high. I sincerely hope the work of running the shop, training Johnathan, turning wrenches, shooting video, working on post-production and bringing value while managing the YT channel is reflected, some where, some how, in your compensation. The new drive looks great! We'll see how well it does with the weather and grade. BTW the comments about the "new" gear the paving crew used? Def not new but very well kept, and watching the crew's organization and efficiency just has "professionals" written all over it. They care about their work and the craftsmanship shows, kind of like that shop at the top of the hill 👍.

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

I had a very disturbing dream about two weeks ago. I finally got to go on a vacation with my wife… except it was paid for by my life insurance and she took me along in a cremation jar. It was very surreal and then i woke up not dead yet.

[@gavinferguson]

Do they add a bunch under or is it just loose compacted

[@johnnyhunter4345]

Millions of dollars of equipment