Home Depot (et al) sell standard and oversize tubes of flexible caulk specifically for the purpose. On concrete, you need to dig out the crack; probably not so in asphalt if it's big enough. I did around 400 feet of cracked concrete in about 2 hours. The repair has held through 5 winters so far, looks like new. No way I'd pay somebody the thousands I was quoted for this job. The tool bit was 40 bucks, and the caulk was around $15 for a big tube. Total job cost was maybe 150 or so. A power caulking gun is a must.
Go to a roofing supplier and get some blocks of cold tar, grab a 55 gallon drum and cut down, build a fire, melt tar, don't let tar catch on fire, grab a steel buckt, dip in tar, pour on cracks. cover with sand.
#9. The crack seal material they use is a rubberized asphalt. It stays more flexible than roofing asphalt, to allow for road movement. That video brought back memories of walking miles, backwards, filling cracks. My legs hurt again.
#10 Reminds me of the Camel castrator teaching an apprentice. He took two bricks and slammed them on the Camels nuts. Camel fell to its knees. Apprentice said, doesn't that hurt? Castrator said, only if you get your thumbs between the bricks.
I saw enough of them in Vermont and upstate NY. It only takes a couple minutes to clear a windshield. Less if you put some cardboard or a tarp over the glass.
#1 is lazy, selfish and stupid. Where I live, you'll be ticketed pronto. If that chunk of snow and ice causes an accident, insurance most likely won't cover it.
#1 I had a Volkswagen Beetle with no heat. One night I got off work in an ice storm. I held my hand on the windshield until the ice melted in a spot just in front of the steering wheel and drove home.
5. My brother was cleaning a section of his land and made a long brush pile like that, except it was on a slope. He wanted to light the high end and let it burn to the other end while several of us were hanging out and drinking beer. (it was winter). He poured some gas on the high end of the pile; I didn't see how much, but when he tried to light it his lighter wouldn't work. By the time he got it lit fumes had run down the hill under the pile and the whole thing went off at once. The pile jumped a foot off the ground.
Air cooled engine trying to pump warm air through a stamped steel floorboard 10' long in freezing temps. And forget a defroster...scrape ice off the INSIDE of the window... Hauling dirt bikes home after a race in a VW van??? Yeaaah...
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#8 ... Cats is assho'.
ReplyDelete#10 I use to work in a factory and we had machines like that. One mess up and you will lose a finger or hand.
ReplyDeleteI worked a machine like that. The young mother across from me lost all fingers on her right hand and was paid $500 each finger
DeletePress brake: fuck that shit.
DeleteAh, memories..... Rather forget.....
DeleteOMG. that last one, the worker needs as tool to hold, maybe a magnet?
ReplyDeleteWhere can I get a #9 for my driveway? I've had no luck finding hot tar folks in NH
ReplyDeleteHome Depot (et al) sell standard and oversize tubes of flexible caulk specifically for the purpose. On concrete, you need to dig out the crack; probably not so in asphalt if it's big enough. I did around 400 feet of cracked concrete in about 2 hours. The repair has held through 5 winters so far, looks like new. No way I'd pay somebody the thousands I was quoted for this job. The tool bit was 40 bucks, and the caulk was around $15 for a big tube. Total job cost was maybe 150 or so. A power caulking gun is a must.
DeleteGo to a roofing supplier and get some blocks of cold tar, grab a 55 gallon drum and cut down, build a fire, melt tar, don't let tar catch on fire, grab a steel buckt, dip in tar, pour on cracks. cover with sand.
Delete#9. The crack seal material they use is a rubberized asphalt. It stays more flexible than roofing asphalt, to allow for road movement. That video brought back memories of walking miles, backwards, filling cracks. My legs hurt again.
Delete#2 - We have snowy egrets out in the salt water marshes surrounding our property. Love to watch them "fish".
ReplyDelete#10 Reminds me of the Camel castrator teaching an apprentice. He took two bricks and slammed them on the Camels nuts. Camel fell to its knees. Apprentice said, doesn't that hurt? Castrator said, only if you get your thumbs between the bricks.
ReplyDeleteIt's a good thing #6 wasn't Shaniqua's weave.
ReplyDelete- WDS
#1 is a jerk. Lazy, to boot
ReplyDeleteI saw enough of them in Vermont and upstate NY. It only takes a couple minutes to clear a windshield. Less if you put some cardboard or a tarp over the glass.
Delete#1 is lazy, selfish and stupid. Where I live, you'll be ticketed pronto. If that chunk of snow and ice causes an accident, insurance most likely won't cover it.
Delete#5, Think you used enough gasoline there buddy? At least he was smart enough to remove the gas can from the area first.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure it got his eyebrows and maybe the front of his hair. Been there, done that!
Delete#3 I thought that guy had no chance, but then his heel caught in that crack in the pavement just in time.
ReplyDelete#1 - I see ass wipes trying to drive like this far too often.
ReplyDelete#6 - That would be me, if I could even get onto the platform.
# 6 No, stop I changed my mind
ReplyDelete# 7 Lol, having fun
# 10.You have to stay focused here
JD
#4: smarts you don't get from a 4- year Lib Arts degree, #5: I'd LOVE to try that and see how many households in my HOA sh!t their pants.
ReplyDelete#3 That's some high quality brake shoes! Anyone know where I can buy a pair?
ReplyDeleteRichard in Colorado
#1
ReplyDeleteI had a Volkswagen Beetle with no heat. One night I got off work in an ice storm. I held my hand on the windshield until the ice melted in a spot just in front of the steering wheel and drove home.
All Beetles have no heat. Not so's you'd notice, anyway.
Delete--Tennessee Budd
#4 it's called a siphon. Used for thousands of years. Used to have to set irrigation tubes as a kid on the farm using a little different method.
ReplyDelete5. My brother was cleaning a section of his land and made a long brush pile like that, except it was on a slope. He wanted to light the high end and let it burn to the other end while several of us were hanging out and drinking beer. (it was winter). He poured some gas on the high end of the pile; I didn't see how much, but when he tried to light it his lighter wouldn't work. By the time he got it lit fumes had run down the hill under the pile and the whole thing went off at once. The pile jumped a foot off the ground.
ReplyDeleteAir cooled engine trying to pump warm air through a stamped steel floorboard 10' long in freezing temps. And forget a defroster...scrape ice off the INSIDE of the window...
ReplyDeleteHauling dirt bikes home after a race in a VW van??? Yeaaah...