Posted by Rollie NE PA on February 09, 2011 at 11:51:30 from (71.181.147.163):
In Reply to: No sleep since 3 AM posted by hd6gtom on February 08, 2011 at 07:21:19:
It sounds like you may be talking about what we call chip seal. The sealer is put down and the chips are spread over the sealer in a non stop operation. The only thing the chips are for is to prevent the sealer from being picked up by tires and to provide traction. Sealer by it's self is very slippery. The chips are set in the sealer with rubber tired or rubber drum rollers going in one direction only, never backing up. In general a pace car is used to limit traffic speeds during the process and when the job is done the road is power broomed to remove excess stone.
The stone may have been hauled in so they are sure not to run out in the middle of the process, and also possible to make sure the stone is dry.
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