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Published May 07, 2008 01:06 am - Patching potholes the old-fashioned way By Dan Linehan The Free Press MANKATO — Gary Otto is used to being behind the wheel of a truck-mounted, pothole-filling machine that does all the work.
“You’re running it with one hand,” the city of Mankato streets worker said. But on Tuesday, Otto was holding a rake, tamping down asphalt as it was shoveled into holes from a trailer, by hand. He was one of a five-person crew filling holes on North Fifth Street created by a particularly harsh winter. That same weather has delayed the opening of an Algona, Iowa, plant that creates the type of water-based oil the pothole machine runs on. So city workers are going old school: shoveling the gritty asphalt by hand, smoothing it, then flattening it. That’s five people: a driver for the truck, another for a trailing vehicle to ward off traffic, two shovelers and a smoother. Streets foreman Jim Braunshausen said the city hasn’t located a supplier close enough to be practical. One possibility is Eau Claire, but the truck only holds 300 gallons of asphalt and would have to be constantly refueled. For complete story, see the Wednesday, May 7, 2008, print edition of The Free Press or sign onto our e-edition. Click here to access Free Press e-edition 
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