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| From | "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc, alt.usage.english, alt.unix.geeks |
| Subject | Re: Steamrollers |
| Followup-To | alt.unix.geeks |
| Date | 2026-04-04 13:42 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <r1a7amxg4q.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink) |
| References | (21 earlier) <cimuskljc91vqmm2lq96el6etm6j3fpode@4ax.com> <10qo4bl$1qj4s$16@dont-email.me> <5kcvsk96v1gjmdr8hig7tnafgcfhprvi85@4ax.com> <ycGdnYp5Ypd3tE30nZ2dnZfqnPednZ2d@giganews.com> <1rt1cxt.wzk3f9d5vy29N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> |
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On 2026-04-04 11:07, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
>
>> On 4/3/26 08:32, Steve Hayes wrote:
>>
>>> The road outside house (in Westville, near Durban, where I lived until
>>> the age of 7) was gravel. Now and then the council sent a grade,
>>> pulled by a tracked tractor (like a bulldoxer without the blade). When
>>> the workmen knocked off they would leave the grader at the side of the
>>> road and we kids would play on it, spinning the wheels to make the
>>> blade of up and down and so on. When the grader was done the
>>> steamroller would come chugging along to compact the soil.
>>
>> The oldest ones DID run on steam ... and sometimes
>> passed the exhaust through the giant roller because
>> a hot roller did a better job. However big diesel
>> engines quickly came along.
>>
>> Still amazed how smooth they can make a roadway just
>> by rolling those things back and forth.
>
> Laser-controlled, these days,
If you pass the roller and the laser detects it is off, what do you, add
more stuff? I can see that when the machine that is pouring the stuff
passes, but not when the roller passes.
--
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;
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