Been there, way more exhausting than it looks, especially in winter. And nobody cares..just scream about when water will be on. That's a hard man there, salute
@pallgeorgen
6 жыл бұрын
Thats how you get it done. I do the same thing for work and love every minute of those situations. Most of the time the job is boring, but its that stuff there that keeps me doing it. 👍
@siobhanoshea9979
2 жыл бұрын
Me to my friend been doing it now 26 year in city council waterworks
@barneyrubble4293
2 жыл бұрын
They couldn't shut it off for an hour? Wtf, that's a failure of infrastructure and management to be unable to shut off the water flow for repairs. I know everyone here is clapping for the dude and rightfully so but the customers should be able to go without water for an hour and the jobs shouldn't be this needlesly difficult for the workers involved.
@kaxmellerman7528
4 ай бұрын
Granted these guys look like neophytes. A simple repair like this doesn’t require the water to be shut off. If you shut off the main you’re running the risk of back siphonage and contamination to the public drinking water
@tombo552001
6 жыл бұрын
Great job, you did it hot, kept the customers in water, didn't need to take samples, you might want to take that sand bag and put it on top of your leak while digging it out
@imacrazyguy5831
5 жыл бұрын
The hole would fill with water in a heartbeat if he did that. In this case, the water spraying outside of the hole was the right decision.
@damienmullen1175
3 жыл бұрын
Every one knows better. Great job guys.
@swojtys2685
6 жыл бұрын
That truck and machine shouldn't be anywhere near that hole. Saturated soil will let loose and that guy will have a lot more in that hole than just that leak.
@tombo552001
4 жыл бұрын
got the job done, a real water guy.
@joshpickles9022
2 жыл бұрын
Shhhhhh
@dougi1967
3 ай бұрын
That man is calm cool and collected
@022rty
2 жыл бұрын
No shoring, live main, truck parked 2 feet from the hole with a guy down there.... nice job.
@kaxmellerman7528
4 ай бұрын
Shoring wasn’t necessary. Truck parked so close wasn’t smart
@dontcomply5008
2 жыл бұрын
Never give up. Good job.
@TexasP00nTappa
2 жыл бұрын
Didn't think Forman ever got in the hole🤣
@andyharbin411
2 жыл бұрын
Nothing to it but to do it! Dang skippy. That’s what it looks like. Good job.
@OssyMunoz1
2 жыл бұрын
Of Course OSHA Ain’t there Writing up fines .
@piperepairclampspipetappin8384
4 жыл бұрын
Good job
@calebjones2341
6 жыл бұрын
Give that guy a raise!
@LuisHernandez-yv7su
6 жыл бұрын
Happy Days that was easy. You can't get a raise just for installing some 6in clam.
@noesalgado5038
6 жыл бұрын
I bet that guy only makes like 13$ an hr. That’s what they pay city workers
@original8684
3 жыл бұрын
At least you will be able to retire pension
@walkneztsosie1457
2 жыл бұрын
Good job, but the ditch was big enough for more than one dude
@kaxmellerman7528
4 ай бұрын
What was the other guy suppose To Do ?
@robax3r
3 жыл бұрын
lowering the pressure wasnt an option? repairing those things at 70-80 psi is just silly and unnecessary and kinda dangerous too...
@georgedavidson7986
3 жыл бұрын
I worked for Toronto water and throttled one down so it was just hardly spraying and then did the repair .. What they did here was just stupid
@TheChirix999
11 күн бұрын
i would never do this under pressure... and he is lucky pipe is not that deep... there in Latvia we got main under 2.5m
@GarrisonFall
2 жыл бұрын
Not a glamorous job but it is vital to society.
@cWrobe901
5 жыл бұрын
You should be lucky your water lines aren't 8' down.
@tommykoppy6872
5 жыл бұрын
The frozen north life!
@troybarnes9297
2 жыл бұрын
Anchorage Alaska they are a minimum 10' and winter when is when we get the most breaks.
@decwoodward2860
Жыл бұрын
What a mess. Honestly dont know how you get away with stuff like that in America
@blipco5
2 жыл бұрын
Why no safety harness on that man? Or trench box?
@josephastier7421
2 жыл бұрын
Need a union oiler too. And a shop steward. And a supervisor.
@BigChuck_1
2 жыл бұрын
Lead; Follow; Or get the Hell out of my Way!!
@stavinaircaeruleum2275
2 жыл бұрын
Is that meant to be a temp repair
@bozoone4464
4 жыл бұрын
Not bad for a city guy
@d1906k
Жыл бұрын
For 1.. get them pump working to get the water out the hole, 2.. hit them valves and kill that water in the shut! 3. Get my people impact gun smh!!! He needs a raise
@christophermaguire584
6 жыл бұрын
Why would you not turn some valves and shut the main down???
@parkerbirch1635
6 жыл бұрын
Great question!! Most all times when repairing water pipes, turning off valves is the smart thing to do. In this case, if there's anyway to fix the pipe without tuning the water off completely, do it. With valves off the backflow of dirt and mud back into the pipe could contaminate it. Also people would now be completely without water. Valves can be left open just enough to keep positive pressure in the pipe. Occasionally it's better getting soaked for a short time, if the end justifies the means.
@christophermaguire584
6 жыл бұрын
Dan Keller I do understand what you are saying because I also work in the water utility industry... But from the looks of it that guy is probably like 5 foot in the ground with no ladder and no shoring to protect him if the walls collapse in burying him in the ground... as the water is spraying out it is eroding the dirt away which is very dangerous... anyways your right it's better to keep the customers with water and sometimes if you do completely shut a main down if it is not vented properly and turned on to fast it will probably break again up the street...
@tombo552001
6 жыл бұрын
If you shut the main down then you need to notify the customer and will need to take samples
@nicholastedeschi2867
6 жыл бұрын
Christopher Maguire if you shut it down the back pressure will pull dirt sand or mud in the main then there would have to be a City boil order
@JuSt1N26ix
6 жыл бұрын
You can shut the water main down, make the repairs you need to make, then after just flush out of a FH or a blow off.
@svaldez737
2 жыл бұрын
What do you call the gasket he using?
@robax3r
2 жыл бұрын
repair clam
@Chris-bn4mo
2 жыл бұрын
Stainless wrap. You can only use them on a crack (vertical). Useless on a split (horizontal).
@jjr897
6 жыл бұрын
OSHA would love these guys, but where I live the city does the same crap, they lucky none of them have been killed. Use your head people move trucks away from the hole and use proper shoring
@briandiem3548
4 жыл бұрын
If the hole is wide enough you don’t need a shoring
@josephastier7421
2 жыл бұрын
Why did the excavator operator get fired? He was always hitting the pipe!
@dougi1967
2 ай бұрын
That's truly funny right there
@joezamorajr7485
2 жыл бұрын
Hollywood the man.
@toasterlordtoasterlord4224
2 жыл бұрын
6 guys standing around while 1 guy works lol..
@daniellugo6621
2 жыл бұрын
Hey New guy get in the hole and fix ..
@derekbass88
3 жыл бұрын
I think I would be looking for some valves and y’all really need a vac truck because that leak would have taken us about 2 hours to fix. That’s dug out, sucked out, cleaned, clamped, sand, tamped, and then gravel and tamped.
@joshpickles9022
2 жыл бұрын
Shutup Derek.
@dougi1967
2 ай бұрын
God bless the vac trucks! Amen...
@salvadormendez9861
5 жыл бұрын
Me way faster bro
@georgedavidson7986
3 жыл бұрын
Do you not know how to throttle a main down ???
@babooll5632
Жыл бұрын
Must be like a lot of systems, not enough valves, valves that haven't been exercised in 20 years, or valve boxes paved over
@slit4659
2 жыл бұрын
That's just a Temporary fix but it could last for Years.....Their putting that BANDAID on the Pipe.....If there's one Bad Spot you can be Sure there are more to come soon.....The only real fix is to Dig up that old Pipe and put in New..... Probably a Type of Plastic Pipe....I'm a Retired Steamfitter WELDER out of local 342 in Concord California..
@mikeharshfield3319
4 жыл бұрын
Need to be smarter and turn a couple valves down. No way that's safe. Dumb!!
@mikeharshfield3319
3 жыл бұрын
@@sonacphotos I work for a water company. If those businesses or house owners are to selfish that they can't be without water for a short amount of time and they don't care about the workers safety then hell with them. I have not and will not put my crew in danger because of hurt feelings. That's how you dont go home at the end of the day because of stupid work habits
@rme5531
5 жыл бұрын
Work smarter, not harder or dumber. Or not hard at all, become an Operator. You're not getting younger.
@AnotherFredBloggs
5 жыл бұрын
Ruined by the music
@cthun8327
3 жыл бұрын
no area isolation, truck next to it who knows how long the waters been fucking up the dirt can easily fall over..accident waiting to happen..those clamps only last so long
@damienmullen1175
3 жыл бұрын
Bull dust.
@joshpickles9022
2 жыл бұрын
Stop whining about shit that has nothing to do with you and happened in the past.
@volleyballjerry
6 жыл бұрын
stupid background music
@glashoppah
2 жыл бұрын
I love everything but the horrible background music.
@slit4659
2 жыл бұрын
I guess No one knows where the Shut off Value is....
@southwestsamurai
2 жыл бұрын
Why didn't they use the backhoe to dig deeper on one side of the pipe to make it easier for the guy? Amateurs
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