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Topic: Calling Any Drive-In Theatre Experts
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Toby Glanville
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From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Apr 2007
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posted 05-01-2007 06:41 PM
Darryl, thanks for your reply. If you follow this link (http://www.driveinworkshop.com/surfacing/surface.htm), you'll end up on a page of a website developed by a drive-in theatre expert. He mentions the procedure of oiling the parking lot; however, I'm still trying to find more industry individuals (like yourself) to confirm this type operation. As these theatres were very old, I understand the difficulty in finding excerpts from former drive-in maintenance operators. Thanks again for your input!
Chris, in most cases it would be easier to simply test the soil. In this case, however, our client has already built two large office buildings on the property and any soil testing would cost thousands of dollars. My gut feeling is that oiling drive-in lots was in fact a normal operating procedure by many theatres, but it has been difficult to convince my peers of this theory.
I guess the search continues!
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Jack Ondracek
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From: Port Orchard, WA, USA
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 05-01-2007 07:11 PM
You might be seeing a reference to a practice called "shot and cover". It's still common in the US, especially on rural surface streets.
None of the drive-ins in our state have this kind of surface. They're either asphalt pavement, gravel or grass.
A road crew will spray a coating of an oil/asphalt substance, then cover that with gravel. After the gravel presses in and the asphalt sets up (a couple of days or so), the road crew comes back and sweeps off the residual loose gravel.
The practice extends the life of roadways, especially lesser-used ones.
If you're concerned about side-effects, you might visit your area road department for information. They probably know as much as anyone would. As Chris says, if there's any reason for you to be worried, you'd probably need to do a soil test on-site.
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Barry Floyd
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From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 05-02-2007 12:11 PM
Not saying any drive-in owners would do this, but I've known of drive-in owners to use regular #2 diesel fuel in a pump sprayer as a weed retardant. Kills off all of the undergrowth and future emerging weeds... from what I hear.
Also, understand that although I'm a drive-in owner, I'm also a site designer for a civil and environmental engineering firm, and like the others have said, get out the auger and have it tested. At our firm, we call that "Billable Hours".
I would love to have the tar & chip (that's what we call it here in TN) road surfaces at my drive-in. Spending $275-$300 per truck load of gravel gets to be a pain in the butt real quick. Other than the costs associated with the tar & chip application, it would increase the "impervious surface ratio" for my theatre, which entails dealing with the local city, county and state stormwater people. Stormwater run-off is becoming a major thing to deal with here.
I've talked to a drive-in owner in Ohio who uses slag millings from steel plants as driving surfaces instead of gravel... he said it last forever.
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