RVers rely on roads to take them where they want to go. Curbs are frequently attached to the sides of roads to help control water runoff. We were staying in a campground in Arkansas where they were adding a road with curbs. They grade the road and spread gravel over it. Before they put blacktop on it they lay the curbing. They do this with a curb making machine. A cement truck drives ahead of the curb making machine ensuring it is kept full of concrete. The curb making maching follows a cable that has been carefully set in place at the exact location the road builders want the curb to be laid. Watch the video for a closer look at how it works. Now I appreciate roads even more. Out enjoying the highways of America - Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing
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Joe Herbig
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These square curbs are quite hard on RV tires. Why do they not construct roll on curbs? It would make more sense, being an RV park.
Hey Joe, they do make a mold for that machine that rounds the curbs and almost any other shape or size. i guess the owner of that area liked the square one better. I used to run one of those machines a number of years ago in Ky, and we used all kinds of curbing molds. They are expensive though and the curbing machine itself has a BIG price tag but pays for itself in a couple years due to not needing more people to set and remove forms(if you have work0
Fulltime RVer and Professor of RVing Jim Twamley shares details of his life on the road, in the campground and around the campfire. If it has to do with RVs or the RV lifestyle, the Professor's on top of it.
They grade the road and spread gravel over it. Before they put blacktop on it they lay the curbing. They do this with a curb making machine.
A cement truck drives ahead of the curb making machine ensuring it is kept full of concrete. The curb making maching follows a cable that has been carefully set in place at the exact location the road builders want the curb to be laid. 
Watch the video for a closer look at how it works. Now I appreciate roads even more. Out enjoying the highways of America - Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing
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These square curbs are quite hard on RV tires. Why do they not construct roll on curbs? It would make more sense, being an RV park.
Joe...
Hey Joe, they do make a mold for that machine that rounds the curbs and almost any other shape or size. i guess the owner of that area liked the square one better. I used to run one of those machines a number of years ago in Ky, and we used all kinds of curbing molds. They are expensive though and the curbing machine itself has a BIG price tag but pays for itself in a couple years due to not needing more people to set and remove forms(if you have work0
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