Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.unix.geeks,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Steamrollers Date: 4 Apr 2026 19:34:49 GMT Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <0cqjskp5oprp9v1utu6t3q8u0urkpnjbvs@4ax.com> <10qf25l$2tg1l$1@dont-email.me> <1rsta5r.iodu9pkllu2gN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <10qgiih$3aete$16@dont-email.me> <0jdt9mxh26.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10qh2fo$3ie4g$1@dont-email.me> <10qh3m7$3iibq$4@dont-email.me> <10qj3i1$63en$12@dont-email.me> <6540amxagd.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10qk61b$kajl$2@dont-email.me> <10qlh1c$vs6q$11@dont-email.me> <1rsy082.1sgvinr126mz1hN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <1775156110-12588@newsgrouper.org> <87o6k1rwi3.fsf@parhasard.net> <20260402142707.000056de@gmail.com> <10qo4bl$1qj4s$16@dont-email.me> <5kcvsk96v1gjmdr8hig7tnafgcfhprvi85@4ax.com> <1rt1cxt.wzk3f9d5vy29N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net JNlxBKBEOSN/yWTg7ycrsg09GhVprJrZSGxuIx47M/4X/mfEiX Cancel-Lock: sha1:KBze55K8T6fDJn13zTd4QxfnExw= sha256:4P17mNKHh5aoOF82vgtTVI8QFRxv4qOC9tGuOVj82UY= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com alt.unix.geeks:393 comp.os.linux.misc:85386 On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 13:22:12 -0400, c186282 wrote: > I think I saw a sort of all-in-one machine once, towed behind a huge > truck full of asphalt mix. It kinda sorta "3-D prints" an even depth > and then there are a couple of heavy rollers in the back. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paver_(vehicle) That's what they use here sometimes. In many cases, particularly in the city, they only use chip seal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipseal That's a real joy. They spray the asphalt and cover it with copious amounts of crushed stone. Traffic then tamps it down. Sometime later they come back and sweep up the surplus gravel for reuse. I take the dirt bike if I know I have to deal with fresh chipseal. As a bonus, the surface is more compacted at the tread width of passenger cars so when it rains you get two ditches. With a bike you also have to be careful at stop lights that you're not on the raised portion trying to put your foot down in the sunken part.