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Here's the swath chewed by the Profler. It's about 3 inches deep!

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Water from the hydrant to fill the sweepers and the profiler.

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I think the profiler uses steam to soften the asphalt, then it gouges into it and scrapes it up. The...

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Another truck waiting for it's turn.

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After the unexpected cable yesterday, they are careful to cut up to the marked lines, then they raised...

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You can see how much the surface of the road has been bleached by how dark the asphalt under the surface...

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CAUTION - Noise Alert! Here is the "chewer" in action. You can see the old asphalt going up...

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To the right, you can see new asphalt which was laid on that street. Original bleached out pavement in...

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Uploaded on Aug 5, 2010

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This is a 2-3 foot wide pothole that was visible once the surface was removed. It's about 6 inches deep.

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Two cables that were set IN the pavement got sliced in half by the profiler machine. Glad it's not in...

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A street sweeper sweeping up some of the debris, as work had to stop after the "chewer"...

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Street sweeper clearing up, with the profiler behind.

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The profiler, road sign truck, and sweeper at the top of the road

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Many of these cracks were not visible until the surface pavement was removed. They most likely stem from the 1994 earthquake.

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Control panel on the "chewer".

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Apparently this 35 year old pavement was too much for the standard teeth on the Profiler. These men were...

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I always called these machines "chewers". It scrapes up the old pavement, and loads it onto a...

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I don't know if this is a small sweeper or if it lays water for the scraper/profiler?

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