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Post by Magnus on Feb 17, 2021 1:20:34 GMT
...before de Blasio and Cuomo destroyed it
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Post by macky on Feb 17, 2021 1:51:40 GMT
Wow, super-skill and fitness. Think of the camera person as well !!
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Post by Magnus on Feb 17, 2021 2:22:01 GMT
Here's a bit of NYC trivia for you Macky... At 2:27 in the video check out the 'cross hatch' pattern 'painted' in the intersection (it's thermoplastic). What you see there is called a 'Grid Lock Box' and the very first of those were designed and installed in the early 80's by yours truly and another striping crew member named Mike Ortiz; late on a Friday night during the summer while we were installing new crosswalks, traffic lines, and stenciling in BUS & FIRE Lane markings
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Post by macky on Feb 17, 2021 2:34:53 GMT
I see it Mags. You'll have to go back and do it again. It's getting worn. The council tried a similar pattern at a single T-intersection over East Auckland but it confused too many drivers who were looking at the grid instead of the red light.
Typical I suppose, Kiwi's haven't learned to drive on the right side of the road yet.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Feb 18, 2021 14:01:47 GMT
Here's a bit of NYC trivia for you Macky... At 2:27 in the video check out the 'cross hatch' pattern 'painted' in the intersection (it's thermoplastic). What you see there is called a 'Grid Lock Box' and the very first of those were designed and installed in the early 80's by yours truly and another striping crew member named Mike Ortiz; late on a Friday night during the summer while we were installing new crosswalks, traffic lines, and stenciling in BUS & FIRE Lane markings You ought to go around and sign your work.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Feb 18, 2021 14:14:31 GMT
New York City, The Way It Used To Be....
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Post by billfish on Feb 18, 2021 15:48:30 GMT
New York City, The Way It Used To Be.... By the time DeBlowsio gets done, it may look like this again
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Post by Magnus on Feb 18, 2021 16:04:05 GMT
Here's a bit of NYC trivia for you Macky... At 2:27 in the video check out the 'cross hatch' pattern 'painted' in the intersection (it's thermoplastic). What you see there is called a 'Grid Lock Box' and the very first of those were designed and installed in the early 80's by yours truly and another striping crew member named Mike Ortiz; late on a Friday night during the summer while we were installing new crosswalks, traffic lines, and stenciling in BUS & FIRE Lane markings You ought to go around and sign your work. I’ve been out of that line of work since 1983, I’m sure it’s been gone over quite a few times since then and when the video was filmed in 2004 😎
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Post by macky on Feb 18, 2021 19:02:07 GMT
You ought to go around and sign your work. I’ve been out of that line of work since 1983, I’m sure it’s been gone over quite a few times since then and when the video was filmed in 2004 😎 Well they didn't do very well. You better get down there and show them how it's done, Mags. They should know never to send a boy to do a man's job.
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Post by Magnus on Feb 18, 2021 19:23:06 GMT
I’ve been out of that line of work since 1983, I’m sure it’s been gone over quite a few times since then and when the video was filmed in 2004 😎 Well they didn't do very well. You better get down there and show them how it's done, Mags. They should know never to send a boy to do a man's job. The sheer amount of traffic in Manhattan ensures the short lives of thermoplastic pavement markings, if it was paint they'd have to reapply weekly... Here's how it's still applied after all of these years with what appears to be seasoned pro's operating the handliner while the taper throws reflective glass beads into the still molten plastic along with doing his other tasks. I was a 'kettleman' and truck driver, responsible for determining what type (color, etc) of thermoplastic as well as approx how much 'material' we'd need for the day. I'd load my truck in the morning and then maintain my kettle oven(s) at the correct temperature with enough 'material' for the jobs at hand, always thinking ahead and mentally preparing for the next step but also keeping full attention in the moment, because GAWD forbid you F'cked something up, you wouldn't have a job for very long
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Post by Michael on Feb 19, 2021 1:22:27 GMT
Well they didn't do very well. You better get down there and show them how it's done, Mags. They should know never to send a boy to do a man's job. The sheer amount of traffic in Manhattan ensures the short lives of thermoplastic pavement markings, if it was paint they'd have to reapply weekly... Here's how it's still applied after all of these years with what appears to be seasoned pro's operating the handliner while the taper throws reflective glass beads into the still molten plastic along with doing his other tasks. I was a 'kettleman' and truck driver, responsible for determining what type (color, etc) of thermoplastic as well as approx how much 'material' we'd need for the day. I'd load my truck in the morning and then maintain my kettle oven(s) at the correct temperature with enough 'material' for the jobs at hand, always thinking ahead and mentally preparing for the next step but also keeping full attention in the moment, because GAWD forbid you F'cked something up, you wouldn't have a job for very long The handliner I use is similar but You pour the beads in the top and they come out as Your push. Also I don't use tape, we use old signs. We do the arrows a little different at the point. I drive the truck, responsible for the material, and push the handliner. I was told that the handliner weighs close to 400lbs when full. I do it 3-5 times a week when it's 50 degrees or above depending what work the supervisor wants done. If I knew how to post pictures I would post one of the truck. I like doing it because it's fun.
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Post by Magnus on Feb 19, 2021 1:33:22 GMT
The sheer amount of traffic in Manhattan ensures the short lives of thermoplastic pavement markings, if it was paint they'd have to reapply weekly... Here's how it's still applied after all of these years with what appears to be seasoned pro's operating the handliner while the taper throws reflective glass beads into the still molten plastic along with doing his other tasks. I was a 'kettleman' and truck driver, responsible for determining what type (color, etc) of thermoplastic as well as approx how much 'material' we'd need for the day. I'd load my truck in the morning and then maintain my kettle oven(s) at the correct temperature with enough 'material' for the jobs at hand, always thinking ahead and mentally preparing for the next step but also keeping full attention in the moment, because GAWD forbid you F'cked something up, you wouldn't have a job for very long The handliner I use is similar but You pour the beads in the top and they come out as Your push. Also I don't use tape, we use old signs. We do the arrows a little different at the point. I drive the truck, responsible for the material, and push the handliner. I was told that the handliner weighs close to 400lbs when full. I do it 3-5 times a week when it's 50 degrees or above depending what work the supervisor wants done. If I knew how to post pictures I would post one of the truck. I like doing it because it's fun. The handliner's that I'm familiar with also had a 'chute' to automatically dispense beads but we were always told to apply extra like the worker in the video was doing. My uncle owned the company and he'd yell at you if he came by to inspect and saw there wasn't enough reflective beads... .. We also didn't use tape all the time, it would depend on the condition of the asphalt it was being applied to, usually we used a heavy grade of 'construction paper', but the stencils we used were made out of a thin metal. We would just scrape off the excess into the old boxes that the solid 50 pound slab of thermoplastic came in. Later on some of the types of thermoplastic came as a powder in a bag, and you threw the entire package into the kettle, bag and all...
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Post by Magnus on Feb 19, 2021 1:35:23 GMT
...just remembered we used to apply used motor oil to the stencils so the plastic wouldn't stick so easily... what a mess !!!
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Post by Michael on Feb 19, 2021 1:40:10 GMT
Yeah, they come as a powder in a bag now. You throw them in the kettle on the truck. Then when it's ready I open the valve and pour it into the handliner.
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Post by Michael on Feb 19, 2021 1:47:33 GMT
The supervisor marks out new stuff with stencils like arrows, onlys, and other words. But I never used a stencil. I do numbers and words freehand after they are marked out with paint or go over old stuff.
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