REEL ADDICTION Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Nothing better than the smell of fresh millings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Nothing better than the smell of fresh millings!Thats something i never could figure out. Asphalt smells good but millings... Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted May 5, 2013 Author Share Posted May 5, 2013 Yes the boys' give me they're approval....they better! I do their time We do mill at night and will on this job with the ramps. NH has a lot of night milling and Maine too.100_2052.JPG Mary Poppins wants two umbrella's100_2053.JPGand Red is improving his tan.Ha ha Mary Poppins!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 Some pics from today.They are milling and filling RT 17 North from Lodi NJ to the end of Paramus. They have three millers working this. These guys do a good job and their equipment is always immaculate. Cheers, Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 I hate those tripods. They are a P.I.T.A. to load. hell the 4 tracks aren't much better.Hey Tim Question for you. I have only seen it a few times but why do they go backwards in soft material loading trucks? Instead of going forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Some pics from today.They are milling and filling RT 17 North from Lodi NJ to the end of Paramus. They have three millers working this. These guys do a good job and their equipment is always immaculate. Cheers, RobBig machine Rob and it is well taken can of. 900 + horsepower and 7' to 12' drums. Never ran one but seen them in action. I don't like the tri pod configuration. I think they have gotten away from that now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 I hate those tripods. They are a P.I.T.A. to load. hell the 4 tracks aren't much better.Hey Tim Question for you. I have only seen it a few times but why do they go backwards in soft material loading trucks? Instead of going forward.The old ingersol rands loaded trucks from the back but never have seen the type you have mentioned. Mary Poppins got his second Umbrellaand the guy that drives this old Superdog has been driving it for 17 years! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 Hee tell Mary we are making fun of him. The old Cat my old bosses family has you back under the belt. More challenging. Makes your clutch leg get big and strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Hee tell Mary we are making fun of him. The old Cat my old bosses family has you back under the belt. More challenging. Makes your clutch leg get big and strong. Never worked with one like that and bet it was a challenge to stay under! Here we are backing up for the last passand our drivers catching up on the days events. My truck takes a beating with the over spray of dust, then it sticks in the sunfun to wash off on the weekend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 You never want to be first truck or last truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 You never want to be first truck or last truck. No matter what you do somebody will be mad! We water up on the go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 Really? Never seen that before. Best place to be is the dump for the sweeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKS Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Do you use spotters to load the trucks or are they on there own,guy I work for doesn't,they use the horn on the miller,just a matter of time before someone gets there hood dumped on.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted May 15, 2013 Author Share Posted May 15, 2013 That would suck. We used to put the tarp up a little bit to keep shit off of the hood. You can hear it hit the bulkhead most of the time. I like it when you have a shadow with the sun or at night with the spots you can sort of see the outlines to follow. Cheers, Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Really? Never seen that before. Best place to be is the dump for the sweeper. Sweeper truck has it the best. Doesn't burn a lot of fuel. I make sure they share.Do you use spotters to load the trucks or are they on there own,guy I work for doesn't,they use the horn on the miller,just a matter of time before someone gets there hood dumped on..We wear head sets to talk with each other and also with the trucks through the CB. We double truck every pass to help with production.That would suck. We used to put the tarp up a little bit to keep shit off of the hood. You can hear it hit the bulkhead most of the time. I like it when you have a shadow with the sun or at night with the spots you can sort of see the outlines to follow. Cheers, RobSometimes we might get a little on the side but have not on the hood this year.The truck in front of the mill just got loaded and the operator swings the boom over to the empty truck who then pulls in front of the mill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted May 15, 2013 Author Share Posted May 15, 2013 Tim, head sets and talking to drivers on CB? Stop it you're spoiling me. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 The head sets make work so much better when you can talk to the crew and to the trucks to keep productive.Bill is more productive too when he has his sammitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 An army moves on its stomach-George Patton(Gen) 1 Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Milled Rt. 25 & 5 last week and the intersection was crazy. 25 flaggers plus traffic control and 4 sheriffs.George likes his new 272 BGoing back tomorrow to mill the ramps and a lot of trim work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted May 20, 2013 Author Share Posted May 20, 2013 Interesting, short bodies with big sideboards. Doing milling with the skid steer you don't usually see that with highway work. More so with parking lot maintenance around by me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Interesting, short bodies with big sideboards. Doing milling with the skid steer you don't usually see that with highway work. More so with parking lot maintenance around by me.Rob here in Vermont the state wants the mix kept hot as long as possible so we put roll tarps on all the trucks and the trimmers help with milling a whole lot!A Raven's nest with babies was on the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Working on I 91 near Brattleboro for Gorman Brothers over lay. We are milling butt joints and bridge decks. George trimming the edges of the bridges George thought it was funny putting this label on my hard hatI walked around with it all day before I noticed it. HA HA George! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Your daily commute sucks!!!That is the long direction to travel in VT! Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 You got that right! We all stay down there when that far from home at the Quality Inn. Since George was so helpful to me I put him in Bill's old skid steerThen he told me I was one way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted June 23, 2013 Author Share Posted June 23, 2013 Are you with us?? I thought maybe you were shacking up with the moose in the woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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