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

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

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.

Every one knows better. Great job guys.

That man is calm cool and collected

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

2 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

No shoring, live main, truck parked 2 feet from the hole with a guy down there.... nice job.

@kaxmellerman7528

2 ай бұрын

Shoring wasn’t necessary. Truck parked so close wasn’t smart

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

Nothing to it but to do it! Dang skippy. That’s what it looks like. Good job.

Never give up. Good job.

Didn't think Forman ever got in the hole🤣

Good job

Of Course OSHA Ain’t there Writing up fines .

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

Good job, but the ditch was big enough for more than one dude

@kaxmellerman7528

2 ай бұрын

What was the other guy suppose To Do ?

What a mess. Honestly dont know how you get away with stuff like that in America

Not a glamorous job but it is vital to society.

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.

Lead; Follow; Or get the Hell out of my Way!!

Is that meant to be a temp repair

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.

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

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

Not bad for a city guy

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).

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.

6 guys standing around while 1 guy works lol..

@daniellugo6621

2 жыл бұрын

Hey New guy get in the hole and fix ..

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

3 жыл бұрын

If the hole is wide enough you don’t need a shoring

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 күн бұрын

God bless the vac trucks! Amen...

Why did the excavator operator get fired? He was always hitting the pipe!

@dougi1967

2 күн бұрын

That's truly funny right there

Hollywood the man.

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..

Me way faster bro

Do you not know how to throttle a main down ???

Work smarter, not harder or dumber. Or not hard at all, become an Operator. You're not getting younger.

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

Ruined by the music

Must be like a lot of systems, not enough valves, valves that haven't been exercised in 20 years, or valve boxes paved over

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.

I love everything but the horrible background music.

stupid background music

I guess No one knows where the Shut off Value is....

Why didn't they use the backhoe to dig deeper on one side of the pipe to make it easier for the guy? Amateurs