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Bright and early in the morning it started… and I’m sure the neighbors were thrilled. Good thing they’re far away because nothing about this project is going to be quiet.

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I was still in my pj’s at 7:00am so I watched the crew tear up our driveway from the windows.

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It’s quite a process, driveway replacement. And though I never paid much attention to it being done elsewhere…

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When it’s literally right on your kitchen doorstep? It’s a bit more interesting.

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First step? Heavy equipment to rip up the old tar.

Think Tonka trucks for adults.

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The backhoe made short work of our old cracked and rutted pavement.

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And while the machine operators were busy, there was a lot of down time for the laborers.

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Every section that was ripped up had to be loaded into trucks and hauled away.

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There was a crew of 5.

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And by 9:00 am they had most of it torn up.

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Of course the truck has to drive half an hour to the pit to dump it, and then half an hour back…. so again, lots of down time.

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To be continued….

In minute and excruciating detail. You know the drill.

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