Why, just why.....

[OC455]

For you NY'ers that live in rural areas....you will know what I am referring to. Other day, I had to take one of my kids to work, to the normal route....of course, I....not realizing that they just recently oil & stoned the one road that is the quickest way to get there.

It was dark and only realized what was done until after I was on it. It was raining so, I figured the dust and everything would help keep everything from getting kicked up. Well, that wasn't the case. I attempted to wash my truck and there is tar and spots and all sorts of $#!T all over the sides of the truck.

Time to have it taken to the guy that does detailing and let him work his magic on it.

Why in the #ELL do they oil & stone the road after they get done re-paving them up this way? What is the purpose....another $200 out the door for detailing now.

 

[tron67j]

I remember that quite well in Upstate NY, the real upstate. They do it because it helps seal cracks and makes the road last longer. I had a couple bottles of tar remover always in the garage. It is a pain, but better taking that off than replacing suspension parts.

 

[RodeoRam]

They do that in CO, too. Call it chip-seal paving there. I call it half-a$$ing it when they should be spending money on a real paving job. But then again, their paving jobs are half-a$$ed, too. Windshield replacement companies love it when they do this.

 

[OC455]

They do that in CO, too. Call it chip-seal paving there. I call it half-a$$ing it when they should be spending money on a real paving job. But then again, their paving jobs are half-a$$ed, too. Windshield replacement companies love it when they do this.

That's the thing, they ground the road down and took off several inches of the original black top and then re-did the road, with brand new black top. The road was a nice to drive on, smooth as glass, and then they went through and oil & stoned it....I'm going to send the city the bill for my cleaning....LOL

 

[Rav3ncroft]

They do the same thing in Indiana and it sucks.

 

[JayLeonard]

And also CT. Glad I'm not there any longer lol

 

[heefageLA]

Even way down south in LA they do this. I live in a very rural area and any potholes on my road they just fill with asphalt to create bumps instead. My road looks and feels like Lightning McQueen paved it.

You would figure that as much asphalt being used to fill potholes why not just mill up and repave the whole dang blasted road !?

 

[sandawilliams]

That's why they lower the speed limit through these areas. Approaching cars kick up rocks that chip paint and windshields when they haul ***.

 

[Graygoose]

yup, and I always have silver or white cars...get some WD40, will take it right off.

 

[turkeybird56]

They do that in CO, too. Call it chip-seal paving there. I call it half-a$$ing it when they should be spending money on a real paving job. But then again, their paving jobs are half-a$$ed, too. Windshield replacement companies love it when they do this.

YUP< TX too. And they had a defile on the road, and I had to get to town, and drove down and they had thrown down the loose rock/tar, not even pressed it down yet and all dat BS got thrown up in the wheel wells, and on frame, etc, truck body saved because I have flaps. I am still finding tarred rocks, and it has been 2 months, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

 

[OC455]

Yeah, I'm not impressed right now, seems they've hit all the rural roads in my area with the nonsense.

Just going to get the truck ready for the winter and have the detailer go through it. It needs the TLC anyway.

 

[Killerb]

Being fellow New Yorkers it suks.. Nothing you can do.. I oil my stuff twice a yr, roads are garbage up here.

 

[GTyankee]

When they lay new asphalt, they seal it with first heavy oil & then sand, not rocks.
If you picked up oil after they opened up the road, that is the fault of the company that did it, whether it was a private contractor, the city, the county, or State
The road should not be opened until the Seal Sets, which takes about 2 hours after it is laid.
There should also be signs on barricades along the route.

With a Chip Seal, which is heavy liquid asphalt & immediately 5/16 th rock chips are dropped into that oil & immediately after the rock chips are dropped, a rubber wheeled roller presses the rock into place & a minimum of 2 hours have to pass before they bring in the Street Sweepers to pick up excess rock chips.
They can never get it all & the sweepers usually return at 3 AM to try getting the rest of it
Signs are posted

The signs will read something like 30 MPH & the public needs to stop tailgating, but there will always be people that speed & toss up rocks

 

[M60A3 Driver]

They do that in CO, too. Call it chip-seal paving there. I call it half-a$$ing it when they should be spending money on a real paving job. But then again, their paving jobs are half-a$$ed, too. Windshield replacement companies love it when they do this.

In NJ they pave the roads with the crushed bones of mafia victims. It sucks when you get a tooth stuck in the tire and it makes that clicking noise when you're driving!
Seriously though, at least don't do the oil and stone crap here.

 

[Moose2]

They do that in CO, too. Call it chip-seal paving there. I call it half-a$$ing it when they should be spending money on a real paving job. But then again, their paving jobs are half-a$$ed, too. Windshield replacement companies love it when they do this.

They use that crap in the local town here as well. Half @zzed “fix”.

 

[rule18]

Yep... That's the only way my street gets "paved". The extra $#itty part is that they don't roll it, they just count on us to compact it over a few days.

 

[Moose2]

Yep... That's the only way my street gets "paved". The extra $#itty part is that they don't roll it, they just count on us to compact it over a few days.

They don’t roll it here either. Local town bought the used chip seal machine 5 years ago as a stopgap measure.........nothing ”lasts” longer than a “temporary” fix!

 

[rule18]

They don’t roll it here either. Local town bought the used chip seal machine 5 years ago as a stopgap measure.........nothing ”lasts” longer than a “temporary” fix!

Good times...

 

[Moose2]

Good times...

Sad part is, my country road of gravel limestone is smoother most times, than the paved in town roads.......

 

[OC455]

Yep... That's the only way my street gets "paved". The extra $#itty part is that they don't roll it, they just count on us to compact it over a few days.

This, they don't roll it at all. Their dumper just lays out an even layer and that's it....no rolling or anything else. And if we're lucky they get a street sweeper out t remove the excess stones from the road.