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A neighbour filled a pothole outside my house with cold mix. With fairly low traffic, it lasted about 4 days before it was completely torn up, showering several
by sdflhasjd 3y ago
A neighbour filled a pothole outside my house with cold mix. With fairly low traffic, it lasted about 4 days before it was completely torn up, showering several parked cars (including my own) with sharp, sticky gravel
- fwlr 3y agoHe either didn’t tamp it all, or tamped it very poorly. I should note that I’m not against pothole vigilantism in general - in the same way that you can hire a pressure washing company or a lawn care company to bring some specialized tools and trained operators out to your property to do a really good job that consumer grade tools and a competent handyman simply could not achieve, my experiences with potholes have made me want a similar pothole repair service. A good road saw, premium-grade government-approved blacktop repair mix, a dedicated tamping machine, the proper training to install pothole repairs, and maybe even road plates to give the mix time those crucial first few days to set and bond? That’s achievable for a few thousand dollars of equipment and two guys in a work ute, I know because I’ve called asphalt repairs for the private roads in our business, and that’s what turned up, and they did a great job. Being able to call out a vigilante service like that for public roads would be a blessing and could definitely be run at cost on cash-in-hand donations from neighbors.
- sdflhasjd 3y agoDidn't tamp it at all. Laid it on a wet road in the middle winter on an exceptionally cold and wet week.