Asphalt price

a_kelley

a_kelley

mechanical fixer
Joined
Jan 26, 2010
Location
Rutherfordton
I had a random guy come over the shop today trying to sell asphalt at a "cheap" price. His patch was something about it was being stored in bins and he wanted to sell it off at a price of $2.80 per square foot laid with the paver & trying to get it unloaded. Is that a deal or not so much? I'm wary of those kinds of sales tactics,
 
Fabrik8 said:
There's all kinds of asphalt scams...
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Yeah that would be a hard pass for me. My mother in laws neighbor got ripped off 2 yrs ago by a guy that "had a bunch left over from a job he would sell and put down for super cheap" it lasted 6 mos before it started chunkin out and looked like black pea gravel by the end of the year.
 
Asphalt has to be laid at a certain temperature. On State jobs, the Inspector will turn it down, if it not in the temp range. Too hot, it's burnt up. Too cold, it wont pack right, or something. You can't Re-heat it & make it work. Sounds Fishy to me!
 
Don't do it. Typically asphalt comes at about 300* and is heated at the surface again when paving. Be it gas or electric screed. Once it cools, its difficult to get to a temp that will leave a good mat that can be rolled out and compacted properly.
 
Yeah if it’s stored in bins there’s something way wrong. If he was saying it was in the hopper, then someone goofed and dumped more mix in the paver than was needed at the end of a job. Sucks for them because you’ll ruin the paver if you leave it in there to get cold, so it’s either gotta get shoveled back on the truck or find something to pave (and fast, which likely means not prepping the job). Either way it’s a pass.

Rodney’s right about DOT mix, too hot and the polymers have been burnt out, too cold and it won’t roll out.
 
Archdukeferdinand said:
Sucks for them because you’ll ruin the paver if you leave it in there to get cold
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We had a paver returned to the plant, a prototype. The kubota engine failed and the operator left the hopper 1/2 full of asphalt. We made a joust for the fork lift out of 2.5 stock. beat it out for nearly a day. That and air chisels and torches.
 
Yep what everyone else said. its needs compacted gravel base and it needs to be hot from the plant to work. we work with a couple good sized pavers in our area. and its pretty normal for them to over order by a small amount instead of running out at the end of a job. (have to have trucks scheduled to haul so order an extra truck or load instead of being a load short and no one to haul). they usually find someone with a driveway that attaches to the road they are working on and do the first 5-10 ft to use up the extra.
 
I had my 1800 SF drive done a couple years ago (in concrete) for $6/SF, also had quotes for asphalt, and surprisingly they weren't much cheaper ... so $3/sf doesn't sound bad, but like everyone else said, it's gotta be the right temp and laid on a proper compacted gravel base or it'll fall apart fast.
 
Thanks y'all. Kinda figured it wasn't a deal.. I knew about the whole keeping it hot and it breaking down at too high a temp. Plus the way he was talking just wasn't right.. and he has an out of state number. In my opinion of your doing stuff like that, you should have a local number at least. I can understand a personal number being out of state but not business.
 
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