pictures to share #2

[milling_drum]

lids

Those aren't teeth marks on that manhole lid and ring? *gasp*

 

[Buster F]

At least the manhole is still in the ground and not in the back of the truck(or on the hood of the truck). Nice way to save the trimmer guy some work

 

[milling_drum]

I agree with Buster for the most part but...cutting straight over a manhole is a never a good thing....unless your groundman is good enough to handle it.

In those pictures above there was two groundmen (dolts) and they NEVER saw it. Earlier that day we hit/ran over three waterboxes /valves. (all 3 before 10 am too)

 

[Toegrinder]

I've hit a buried cattle guard no one knew was there on a recycling job with a pr-1000 down in AZ. needless to say we were done for the rest of the day. Had another job down in Rocky Ford, CO, we had two pr-800's doing the main hwy through town at 4". I hit 17 manholes in two weeks that had been paved over long ago and nobody decided to keep track of. what a nightmare.

 

[milling_drum]

Ouch....there should be clauses in resurfacing contracts which give the mill sub some leverage if that turns out to be the case. But oh well...

 

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Upc

In Aberdeen, SD. an obvious once great milling/profiling/cold in place/reclaimation set of equipment sits rotting away.

 

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MMmmm

I'll bet these things were vicious when they ran good.

 

[milling_drum]

Heavy artillary...is an understatement

 

[milling_drum]

Imagine having to run this stuff? Better have some gloves and plenty of patience:notworthy

 

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[Toegrinder]

I hopped on the 1200 in the first picture on post number 48 back in 2001, my first year milling. It was definitely a beast. You can see part of the companies logo I worked for that it used to belong to, Arizona Pavement Profiling out of Phoenix. I worked with them from 01-07. It did nothing but sit in their yard for years because it was too big for most of the jobs they claimed. I always wondered where that machine went...now I know haha.

 

[milling_drum]

Thats excellent to read!

Its ashame it was a Sunday and no one was around to talk too. The one with the square leg barrels...(they steer too?) and whats the PTO/gearbox with the handle on it? You engage the clutch by hand? The costs of mobilization of those big machines has ended their careers, two halflane mills can outproduce them easily these days and cost much less to run.

It looked like 2 of those PR1200 mills came from Arizona Pavement Profiling. One of the other ones had an L&L logo faded of it, they are a big outfit from Michigan.

Still, I'd love to see one of them in the ground at full rip....

 

[Toegrinder]

yes they steer too. If we are talking about the same thing it's a pony motor you attach to the cutter drive pulley to turn the drum when you are changing teeth like on the PR1000's...makes it alot easier. It really wasn't bad pulling the drums out for transport, didn't take long at all, and we had our own transports. But the cost of permits and pilot cars didn't help much i'm sure. I never knew they had two 1200's, they must have got rid of the other one before I came.

 

[milling_drum]

Duke St, Durham, NC

Its nice to be in the south again in some ways...and not in others.

 

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Pr 600

yup.

 

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Prehistoric Mills

Shame to see them like this but its good to see the old RX40 on the trailer ready to work....

 

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Prehistoric

That was a PR750B? anybody know?

 

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Prehistoric

more..

 

[oakland]

I would not mind re-storing and/or loading a few of those oldies up on a low boy (especially that CAT) I would find some work for them. I have to admit that milling here has been very slow lately and i have only seen this one around.

 

[Toegrinder]

That was a PR750B? anybody know?

definitely a 750...never seen a 750B though...what's the diff?