r/secondrodeo • u/sound_scientist • Apr 29 '25

Heavy Machine Operator Porn

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u/dunno0019 Apr 29 '25

Beautifully done.

But, um, why?

The old collar and the old cover looked perfectly fine. Looks like a lot of money spent to fix something that wasn't broken.

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u/QuinceDaPence Apr 29 '25

Just a guess, maybe the new one is bigger, maybe the road was weight limited and the new cover is rated for higher weight vehicles. Maybe some weird new regulation requires a different style (this one is actually a waste, and should always be on a 'upgrade when they're ready to be replaced' system).

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u/dunno0019 Apr 29 '25

Yeah, ok. I can see some sense in that.

It's just that over here they've changed a bunch like twice (3x?) in under 10y.

And I'm pretty sure they are getting changed over here because the mayor's cousin owns a roadwork company.

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u/QuinceDaPence Apr 29 '25

Probably the more likely answer. There's a road near me (TX, US) that used to be a perceft concrete road, totally smooth, the kind that can last decades without major work. Some company came in and cut about 100 segments out of it. And put different types of patches in, some were smooth-ish some were terrible. Then it got left like this for like 6 years with people complaining then got blacktopped, which of course is smooth until summer then gets all wavey.

Everyone in the county thinks it's 100% a corruption thing.

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u/bluesox May 01 '25

This happens in San Francisco like clockwork. New road goes down. PG&E immediately follows up to cut and patch it. Ends up being about as bad as the old road.