This causes hard, nonporous pavements, like asphalt and concrete, to heat up more than grass. Different colors absorb the sun’s rays at different wavelengths.

The tool is called a "hot box," and true to it's title, it keeps the asphalt hot all day, the crew members shovel it and then patch it over different potholes.

PHOTOS: Hot mix time. Brattleboro Public Works employees Tyler Quinn and Alex Carpenter use a hot mix of asphalt that was recycled from last year's paving projects to fill some of the larger potholes ...