If I had to repave all the roads I've marked up, I'd have repaved 3/4 of Texas by now!

I just put 'em down, I've never tried to take them back up so I can't be much help!


Randy

 

Burn more rubber so the roads all the same color.

 

And then send a bill to the guy who owns the private road charging him for applying a "protective rubberized coating" on his asphalt!

Just like a rubber roof.


Randy

 

Tell em' to stick it up his azz. I doubt he can prove or make anyone do anything.

 

Lets see, private road, yep he has authority and he contacted the correct person to inform them about the issue, yep I bet he can prove it too.

Unfortunately I think your cousin is going to be paying for some new asphalt. Can he possibly get away with just resealing the road. That would cover up his marks and make everything uniform again. Not sure how it would bond with the rubber on the road though.

I don't think their is a way to un-apply burnouts to a road. Hell if their is, I want all the rubber back I have laid down

Jeff

 

What's he got, a video? How's he gonna prove it? I am not saying this was right either, if it was a private road. Deny, deny, deny and then make em pay to prove it. I doubt if the whole road needs repaved. Plus you split the cost between at least 3 people.
Don't be scared.....BTW I do not condone peeling out on other's property. I would let anyone do it on mine, as long as they asked, I'd watch.
I feel they just made a lucky guess or had someone else who was scared roll over, screw them. Just say you will not do it again and apolgize (off the record of course).
I am just saying all this as a hotrodder and someone who can see a couple of black marks only makes your road cooler. Later

You didnn't really hurt the road. Maybe you could sue them for not marking it private good enough. -

 

Are you related to Slick Willie? That kind of thinking is one major thing that is wrong with this country. Another, is being threatened by a lawyer wanting to make you pay way more than you should have to to make up for a mistake. How about admit that you screwed up and do whatever it takes to make it right? Now there's a novel idea!

 

The owner of this road is connected. Gonna be real trouble.

 

There really is no damage to the road. I don't think there is a case.

 

Exactly. Don't they wash off with rain water eventually any way?

 

i've melted asphalt before when doing a burnout.. dug a hole the size and shape of the tire..

 

man i hope the community patrol guy in my neighborhood doesn't read this. i'll be buying a lot of road!

 

Back when I used to clean tank trailers for a living we had a very powerful chemical that we mixed with varsol to clean asphalt off of the side of the tankers.I dont know if this would work on rubber or not,and I cant think of the name of it.Are there any commercial tank/truck wash companies in your area ?? Or someone that specialises in spill clean up's ?? They might have some ideas.Nothing will be easy,something like that will require lots of elbow grease,maybe a combination of scraping and Spray 9 might work.Got to be careful what you use because the asphalt could be damaged.
Guy

 

More than likely anything you use to remove the rubber is going to attack the asphalt too.

Xylene is a good product for removing rubber but it will attack the tar in the asphalt.

Seal coat might be your best bet. Buy some mops and buy it in 5 gallon pails and go paint the road.

 

Put a little gasoline down and burn it off. Use a scraper and a wire broom. Thats how they get the build up of rubber off the burnout area at my local track.

 

any kind of strong brush will allow you to scrub away most of the the rubber. You will never get it all gone unless you do the gasoline thing mentioned above, which to me seems like something that would cause this guy to flip out.

"First rubber now your SETTING MY ROAD ON FIRE?!?" lol

 

if a apology won't do it , offer to seal the portion of the road they marked up. if not, make him pay the price and take it to court. at most he would probably get his road seal coated. they didn't destroy it, just defaced it

 

First things first, check the county records to make SURE this is a private road. Most roads (unless it's a private driveway to one individuals house) is a public access easement. If the easement has been dedicated, it's not private and the very dedication grants the 'public' access to the road. His biggest fear here should be criminal damage or trespassing. Every states laws are different but, If he went past a 'private property' 'no trespassing' sign, or entered a closed / locked gate,,, he is in trouble unless the roadway/access easement was dedicated to the public.

By the time this get's to court,,, there won't be any evidence left on the road. Besides, unless he burned into the asphalt and dug holes like novaderrik said,, there was no physical damage. Your uncles argument is everyone wears tires away on the roads so the marks are natural. Unless it's customary for the local authorities to force car crash victims to go out and scrub the skid marks from the highway, I don't think I'd worry about it. My guess is a well worded apology and a promise to never enter the victims property again would bring it to an end. Connected or not, they can't make up new and unusual laws to persecute someone who made a stupid mistake. They will have to find some law that was broken (trespassing, criminal damage etc), and some physical damage to ever get to court.

If it all blew up in your uncles face, a 'fog coat' is the sealer they put on finished paving projects before it's opened to the public. Makes the paving pretty black and looks like new. Because there was no damage to the paving structure, that is the absolute worst he could expect,,, a 'paint job' to hide the normal wear of tires onto what may be a public easement..

 

I think I might offer to seal coat over it and tell him to take it or leave it.
1. He's probably bluffing and would't waste the time and money to take it to court.
2. If he did take it to court he probably couldn't prove there was any real damage anyway.
3. IF by some chance he did win he would probably only get a small judgement.
(That is unless the judge just wanted to teach someone a hard lesson.)

I don't think repaving is going to happen no matter what.

 

This guy has to be a nutjob to think that the integrity of "his" road has been compromised, let alone think that's it's possible to clean them up. Some people just don't have any common sense. It honestly sounds like he's a <insert foul word here>.

I would let it simmer and see what happens, he may just be the crazy ole bastard that never lets you forget about this but never takes action and goes through with this threats. Or, he might just be crazy enough to take this to court (if there is an attorney that will attempt to take on this case), and I'm sure the judge will in worse case scenario laugh this one off and "might" give your cousin a slap on the wrist make him pay some mickey mouse fine and make him pressure wash it or something.

 

i had to do this once. take a pressure washer and spend the day going over the marks should get about 80% of the marks off and the rest you can remove with a wire wheel on a grinder or a drill. yeah its a drag but it works

 

I hope the burnout is not as long as Scottys car does. lol

 

I'd like to know if all of those suggesting to him to forget about or go to court over it will be there to help him out if he does go to court and looses ?

I'm with bbpwr ... get busy with a pressure washer

 

he asked for advice didn't he ? maybe alittle different if (we) were involved. plenty of back roads around here to paint without going on private property. it was a dumb move on his part, and no one elses.

 

I wonder what it would cost to get a guy with a private street sweeper to make a few passes on it if worst comes to worst. They have the big wheel on the back as well as the steel brushes off to the side.

I agree though, by the time this thing ever came down to a hearing, the winter rains would wash away most of it. Then, there's the issue of pro-rating the age of the road. Is it brand new? 10 years old? What's the life span of the surface before it needs to be re-done anyway??

This would be tough unless the owner is willing to shell out some heavy dineros. Of course, the gear head would need to pay for some legal defense as well and that would probbaly be more than what it would cost to try to clean it a bit.

The owner is just peeved and is trying to punish the guy. That's my 2c...

 

What would a 55 gallon drum of sealer cost??

Cut it back so it will extend so you can go over the whole road w/ garden sprayers and long-handled rollers or squee-gee's..

And there have been times in the past where threats were made and all h-ll broke loose on halloween too!!

BUT this was WAAAY before HLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How times have changed b/c you can't get by w/ crap nowadays anymore..

Probably for the best..

pdq67

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if i was in this situation i would talk to the person who is so ticked off over the marks be nice appoligize offer to try to pressure wash the marks off be sympathetic from the owners point of view assure them you regret what you did and that you did not know that it was a private rd im sure if you speak to them and do it oin the right way some kind of resolve can be reached.
kindness to ones anger can almost always bring about change . whatever you do dont blow them off you could get sued for much more in the end than just a repave on the road. . best of luck to you and i hope this all works out for you guys.

 

if i was in this situation i would talk to the person who is so ticked off over the marks be nice appoligize offer to try to pressure wash the marks off be sympathetic from the owners point of view assure them you regret what you did and that you did not know that it was a private rd im sure if you speak to them and do it oin the right way some kind of resolve can be reached.
kindness to ones anger can almost always bring about change . whatever you do dont blow them off you could get sued for much more in the end than just a repave on the road. . best of luck to you and i hope this all works out for you guys.

That's what I would do. Appologize, take a tongue lashing if he chooses but don't fight back. Just ask how to make it right with him without costing you a fortune. Offer to do some yard work or anything just to appease the man.
denying you did it will only end in a fight and if the fellow has money taking you to court will hurt you finacially as well. Lawyers don't come cheap. Ask anyone who has gotten a devorice

 

I would try to find out if it is legally a private road too.

But if that fails.. You might want to try grinding Speedy-Dri over the marks with the backside of a push broom. It should remove the rubber and might leave the pavement cleaner than you found it.

 

I would go back and put down two more blackmarks!

 

I think Seal Coat would look worse than the tire marks. About all you would be doing with the seal coat is painting part of the road black. It won't look like the surrounding asphalt. I agree with the pressure washer answer. I disagree with all the "make him take you to court" responses. Your friend did the burnouts. He should have to clean it up. It wasn't real smart of him to do it on private property.
James

 

Avgas and a pressure washer.