Grinding ASPHALT to prep for paving

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I’ve been driving trucks my whole life and have always prided myself on being a professional. You young lady are just that. Women are good operators because they don’t have big egos

glad to see the truck back in action again , taking on jobs where ever and whenever (within reasonable times) i hope you get on a good summer construction job hauling many loads . can't wait for the next video

Glad you are finding work. Hopefully the summer will be as busy as you want. Be safe.

Grinding or milling, or we'd call it scarifying in Scotland where I live. Whatever; it's the same basic machine taking the surface off the tarmac and leaving a rough surface that new hot cure asphalt will stick to well. Here we'd have you sit in neutral, h/b off and the machine would push you forward. This is the first time I've seen this process from the headboard rather than from standing at street level.

My leg gets sore just watching this. Riding that clutch for hours on end while milling sure does a number after a while.

1 honk stop 2 honks move many honks full. I see the end as it's loading just fine. Easy work. 😁👍

Nice see you back on the road again, little sister..🤙👍🙏🫶😎

I'm glad you got your truck back and up and running

A good milling machine operator will hang a flag at the end of the conveyor sticking out to the side so you can see where the end of the conveyor is at so you can load your truck evenly and not accidentally get too far ahead of the conveyor.

Great to see you back on the road again

That is a cold mill asphalt planer made by a German company, Wirtgen. Very high end, very accurate machine. We called it milling asphalt.

I'm so glad to see there's more woman driving Class A and B trucks. I'm hoping to be driving soon. 👍

Nice work Dauminique. You're better than a lot of the ones I drive with. Ah a Wirtgen medium miller. Our company used to have the big one. We called it snaggletooth. Because some of the sockets couldn't hold the teeth well. We still have the other big one. Odd that they use the horn for movement. Our machine, as well as the contract machines we hire, have a 6-foot rod mounted on the side of the boom. It's mounted at the end with an orange flag. It sticks out and is visible in the driver's mirror. Most just start with the flag at the gate. Let it come up around 4 feet. Then pull forward to start at the back again. The op uses one beep when he's stopping and raising the head. And 2 beeps when you're full. When we're using the 6-foot head. If it's a 4 inch or deeper cut. We get loaded in about 2 minutes. But that's just for interstates and main roads. Developments like that are a big pain. It's a rat race where even the rats don't wanna be there. : )

Hi Duaminique, thank you for another great video. You are so girl next door and real that's what makes you so good.

We take grindings like that, crush and screen them and use the material as an economical alternative to hot mix paving. It works well and a great way to recycle :)

Hi Nikki…. Truck sounds GREAT!!!!… Happy that your back in the saddle doin your thing!!!😅😅😅😂😂

Very cool video! So, first, the driver on the radio commented what I was thinking. I never saw a grinder operator swing the conveyer from side to side while loading before, especially in such a confined area, plus having cars so close. I'm really surprised that they didn't close off one section of the lot at a time and grind section by section. Safety on a construction site is usually the first consideration. I drive trucks in Oregon, and one of the many features of a diesel-powered truck is the fact that you can put it in gear and idle along without touching the throttle. Great for backing or going forward in tight spaces. Love it! You also answered another question I had by simply dumping the load in a recycling yard. I didn't realize they could recycle such material. This was a fascinating video. I really appreciate you for taking the time to share it. Thank you very much, and safe travels. Love your videos! 😊

Any milling machine that I've been in front of they have orange flags on either side of the conveyor belt so you can pace your speed with the grinder. Makes it much easier.

Great video of D.C. I have not seen any of the town since kids were maybe 8-9 years old which was probably wow 40 years ago. Very good relaxing time for your trail family. Thanks