http://solar.ageek.net/2009/08/new-road/ Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Solar Car Club Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:48:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://solar.ageek.net/2009/08/new-road/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Garrett Long Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:56:44 +0000 http://solar.ageek.net/?p=193#comment-19 This is the finished road. It is referred to as Oil and Chip. This is a very common application for counties, and towns. It is cheaper then laying new asphalt, and after the loose gravel (chips) either wash off, or adhere to the oil, the surface is actually really nice. Next time we have temperatures in the 90's, the road will start to "bleed" and the oil will really stick to all of the chips, making the surface even better. We do about 20 miles of Oil and Chip Roads every summer in the county I work for. Great pictures! That oil is about 300 deg, coming out of the spreader there! This is the finished road. It is referred to as Oil and Chip. This is a very common application for counties, and towns. It is cheaper then laying new asphalt, and after the loose gravel (chips) either wash off, or adhere to the oil, the surface is actually really nice. Next time we have temperatures in the 90′s, the road will start to “bleed” and the oil will really stick to all of the chips, making the surface even better. We do about 20 miles of Oil and Chip Roads every summer in the county I work for. Great pictures! That oil is about 300 deg, coming out of the spreader there!

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