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u/Bulky_Specialist9645 14h ago
That's not tar, just saying....
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u/space_keeper 13h ago
We call this tar in Britain as a shorthand, for "tarmac".
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u/IdioticMutterings 11h ago
And tarmac is shorthand for tarmacadam.
Also, it doesn't look as if its been compacted anywhere near well enough for a long lasting patch job. Just rolled and smoothed.
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u/DogVacuum 13h ago
Tar guy, here. That’s not tar.
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u/FembyThePinkProot 13h ago
Rock guy here. That's also not gravel.
Maybe something in between 🤔
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u/heavensto_mergatroid 13h ago
Just a guy that has a house with a gravel walkway on the side.... I wish I could borrow that machine for 10 minutes to once and for all compact all those pebbles in place. I'm sick of kicking them all over
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u/ihopethisworksfornow 13h ago
You can rent a tamp machine
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u/heavensto_mergatroid 12h ago
I'd need a trailer too though wouldn't I? I don't have a hitch or anything like that. I don't even have a truck to throw it in the bed.lol
I think they have manual stamper tools (or whatever they're called). I should just try one of those. Better than what I'm doing now.
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u/WorthyTomato 12h ago
I've always called them hand tampers, square piece of metal with tube handle. Lay it down and run it over with your vehicle, hand tamping a large area sucks ass.
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u/heavensto_mergatroid 12h ago
It's good thing my walkway is only maybe 30 ft by 4 ft wide. Those hand tampers aren't very expensive I think I'm going to try one. Who knows it might work .
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u/WorthyTomato 11h ago
Yeah, getting the material might be a bit of a pain if you don't have a truck. With the numbers you gave, even at only 2" thick, you're looking at ~3000 lbs of gravel (assuming 100% compaction that is). And whatever you do, do not buy them bags of rocks at Home Depot or wherever, that shit is waayyyy over priced. Where I work gravel is only like $16 a ton.
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u/heavensto_mergatroid 8h ago
The pea gravel or whatever that stuff is called is already there. It was there when I bought this house but they did it the lazy way and they never stamped it down.
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u/WorthyTomato 7h ago
Crushed stone with no fines is going to be loose due to the angularity of the stone preventing the particles from sealing all the gaps. What you need is some fine graded gravel, not single sized stone. Could be called crushed gravel if you're shopping around, but that's the stuff that'll pack down since it's stones and fines and all those goodies. If you want your gravel to not turn muddy try and find one that has low dust. Cheaper gravels may be recycled materials, including stuff with rebar, so try and stay away from that stuff.
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u/What-Hapen 13h ago
If this is in England, that shit is going to crumble within a month. So many half-assed fill jobs over here.
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u/noneedforfuss 13h ago
Im pretty 90% of us here have OCD, hence why we’re here to begin with, and just so you know OP, now I’m pissed, because for a second I really thought this’s some r/gifsthatendstoosoon shit, lol
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u/Cousinjemima 13h ago
Calling this tar is like calling a cake flour.. I mean, yeah it is the main ingredient.
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u/thesuperunknown 13h ago
It actually isn’t the main ingredient anymore. In the UK, they call asphalt “tarmacadam”, more commonly shortened to just “tarmac” (or in this case simply “tar”). Originally, tarmacadam was made from coal tar and crushed stone (“macadam”). Nowadays they use bitumen instead of coal tar as the binder, which technically makes it asphalt, but the name “tarmac” still sticks around for historical reasons.
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u/sidneyaks 13h ago
I might be missing something, but why does this have a motor?
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u/Expcookie 13h ago
To operate the shaker within the drum and also to move the drum. It's basically a compact steam roller
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u/bomboclawt75 10h ago edited 7h ago
Yeah, I didn't want to see the whole thing either.
Much better to cut the clip in half and give us no closure on the finished job.
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u/denimbabe 13h ago
What are those tubes going down the side into the drum? Does the motor just help it move? I have always wondered if these are doing more than just being heavy drums rolling over the pavement.
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u/mcc9902 13h ago
What is this machine? A self oiling, self cleaning roller but I'd actually expect some noticible vibration since this thing can't be heavy enough to pack well on it's own and I'm not actually seeing any vibration.
I will say, this thing looks FAR more pleasant to use than a traditional plate compactor. I'm just wondering how effective it actually is relatively speaking.
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u/WankyWarrior 11h ago
They’ve lowered the kerbs for access to the driveway. Won’t be an excavation as such, probably 100mm deep max.
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u/TigerUSA20 12h ago
Can’t wait until some rain, snow and a couple of winters. All of that is going to be in crumbles down the street.
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u/maddenedmage 13h ago
Four problems: 1. You only see a part of the work, and are left with a half finished mess. 2. It looks like it drops when going into the asphalt, meaning it is too low. 3. Why not use concrete to match the concrete on all sides? 4. That is not tar.