unclogging of culverts after storm. attempt to clear out blocked culvert 2/19/23

we go back to this culvert where the water was over the bridge and clear out a ton of brush. we also attempt to unclog that overflow culvert that was completely blocked.
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  • @culvertsandmore
    @culvertsandmore Жыл бұрын

    68 Fahrenheit is 20 celsius

  • @MaditaFin

    @MaditaFin

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow, that's summer for us!

  • @2ridiculous41

    @2ridiculous41

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MaditaFin but it's a winter temperature here in Queensland.

  • @carolb29
    @carolb29 Жыл бұрын

    what a great idea your dad came up with that idea plus a system to store it with in your truck.

  • @lynnduncan6139
    @lynnduncan6139 Жыл бұрын

    Loving the whole family dynamic. And I believe dad likes to be there to help his ladies out!

  • @robbieoverby1694
    @robbieoverby169425 күн бұрын

    Absolutely looks like hard work.❤

  • @MaditaFin
    @MaditaFin Жыл бұрын

    Now you got dad hooked on this too!

  • @linato1855
    @linato1855 Жыл бұрын

    I wonder if I’m the only one who found herself moving shoulders with each push. Omg…really enjoying this! I would have tried with the pole alone to see if it’d loosen the debris a bit. The piece at the front may be compacting the plug up even more. Just my helpful suggestion…😅 It’s a balmy 8 degrees celsius here today…just bits of snow left in the fence corners. Can’t wait for next instalment ❣️ 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻

  • @fredvanhetnet
    @fredvanhetnet Жыл бұрын

    Very good attempt to unclog, a pity that not all worked out like you hoped for. I felt my own back. Love you❤

  • @sharijoel
    @sharijoel Жыл бұрын

    Maybe trying to push it from the exit may help. Anyway awesome job like always. Your dad is a champion. ❤

  • @lt.guppypatrollt.guppypatrol
    @lt.guppypatrollt.guppypatrolАй бұрын

    very smart build Dad

  • @marjolein523
    @marjolein523 Жыл бұрын

    Oh wow! Great job trying and what an awesome dad you have, helping you out and crawl into that culvert. Way to go, dad!!

  • @rustienielsen6803
    @rustienielsen6803 Жыл бұрын

    Great job as always Jen, Mom and Dad.

  • @steadz66
    @steadz66 Жыл бұрын

    i must say you guy a great and your dad is a legend he went in head first into that culvert to get it cleared love the vids and keep up the great work

  • @wildflowers1914

    @wildflowers1914

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow, thank you 😊

  • @katherineyanagihara2909
    @katherineyanagihara2909 Жыл бұрын

    Aloha 🌺 Appreciate you trying! 🥰

  • @martinmarsola6477
    @martinmarsola6477 Жыл бұрын

    A great attempt to penetrate the line. Thanks for the efforts! 🙂👍🇺🇸

  • @abarton1978
    @abarton1978 Жыл бұрын

    Great effort!

  • @kelvingrebert7315
    @kelvingrebert7315 Жыл бұрын

    your dad is awesome

  • @michellecurwen6011
    @michellecurwen6011 Жыл бұрын

    I ❤ your family team, oh and your new gloves lol 😆 watching from England 🇬🇧

  • @rhodapaige3895
    @rhodapaige3895 Жыл бұрын

    Would a smaller end, maybe a 4” disc, be easier to push through and then put the bigger wood disc? Your family is amazing. I love how you all work together. Greetings from Southeastern Kentucky.

  • @renatedorsey4248
    @renatedorsey4248 Жыл бұрын

    Your mom is a very hard worker.

  • @jackieharrison3908
    @jackieharrison3908 Жыл бұрын

    Hi, I love your determination and passion for the job at hand . This world needs more people like you all. Keep up the great work and stay safe .

  • @Dignityclouds
    @Dignityclouds Жыл бұрын

    I need some of those gloves to clean my koi pond skimmer out!

  • @lightwavz
    @lightwavz Жыл бұрын

    That blockage was a tough one! I was holding my breath through the whole thing. The weight of those pipes alone would be exhausting!

  • @robertrockwell7581
    @robertrockwell7581 Жыл бұрын

    nice work. you got the others going.

  • @erikacurran6811
    @erikacurran6811 Жыл бұрын

    Oh I get the long extension pole now. Hope he patents it!! ❤❤❤

  • @randycharest4507
    @randycharest45076 ай бұрын

    I TOTALLY ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO LADIES AND GENTLEMAN ANOTHER JOB WELL DONE 😊

  • @denisemurray412
    @denisemurray4123 ай бұрын

    Dad's tool is brilliant, but you need a twist-on 'T' for a push/pull handle.

  • @l.faraday8767
    @l.faraday8767 Жыл бұрын

    It looks like hard work to me. It’s a free workout! 🇨🇦😎🇨🇦

  • @dallasvayens8310
    @dallasvayens83107 ай бұрын

    You need one. Attachment for you extension pipe with a point on it and a pipe wrench to turn it like a drill to make a break in the blockage

  • @MrFruitgum
    @MrFruitgum Жыл бұрын

    21.58 Pops is thinking 'should I make a run for it' 😂. I was pushing every time you were and I'm knackered and I was only helping in my head !!.

  • @wildflowers1914

    @wildflowers1914

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol. He was thinking the same thing 😂

  • @CathThomas-ep1ye
    @CathThomas-ep1ye6 ай бұрын

    Thank you for doing the job you are doing it's so nice to see a good in the world 🌎 from cath Thomas in the uk

  • @heidinewcombe696
    @heidinewcombe6963 ай бұрын

    Maybe pa should try and get the pole thru on its own and try to pack it up by waggling or vibrating the pole to loosen it up first.

  • @pendulumh
    @pendulumh Жыл бұрын

    Gloves on, gloves off... great job team

  • @alanharrison4554
    @alanharrison4554 Жыл бұрын

    Hi hope your well love from England

  • @LadyFigment
    @LadyFigment Жыл бұрын

    "Necessity is the mother of invention." -- Stubbornness is the father if ingenuity. -- At least you find these Issues. Best to find it before it becomes a disaster.

  • @mikeymoolane6026
    @mikeymoolane6026 Жыл бұрын

    When you watch the blocked drain high pressure water jetting people, they often put through a very small initial nozzle, to break through, and allow water through, which helps to wash away the mud and smaller debris, so the hole gets bigger. Then they put through the next size one, and eventually the big ones. Perhaps using the wonderful pole extensions, with the front end blocked, or even with a pointed screw on end, and pushing it along and through the bottom, where the water might flow, you might be able to do similar ? I had the feeling that possibly you were tamping it into an ever more solid barrier.. hope not

  • @ednamathews669
    @ednamathews669 Жыл бұрын

    Hi guys. 11.15 am Sunday morning in South Australia. Every time you both pushed that rod I was there pushing with my phone. Sorry I can't help more but I fell over yesterday morning and landed on my left knee so sore ++. Lucky though at 65 I didn't break anything, this time. Had 3 breaks in last 4yrs. Keep up the good work and good to see dad out there with you. Seems he is as smart at improvisation as my dad was. ❤

  • @culvertsandmore

    @culvertsandmore

    Жыл бұрын

    Hope all is well with you. Thanks for watching!

  • @wildflowers1914

    @wildflowers1914

    Жыл бұрын

    Sorry you are having those problems, be careful 😊

  • @ednamathews669

    @ednamathews669

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks. We all have our little problems but we get through.🙂

  • @OmervandenBelt-vm2qz
    @OmervandenBelt-vm2qz10 ай бұрын

    Three pair of hands) Teamwork makes the dream work.

  • @user-ji1nh4wh1j
    @user-ji1nh4wh1j6 ай бұрын

    Those ole pesky floods good morning from North Carolina

  • @lt.guppypatrollt.guppypatrol
    @lt.guppypatrollt.guppypatrolАй бұрын

    diva!

  • @mythmurzin
    @mythmurzin6 ай бұрын

    the best solution would be one of those bar segmented bar things, and then one bar with the plate on the end, and then another with a good hook on it. push the bar through, then on the far side put the one with the plate, and on the other side the one with the hook, and then use a come-along tied to a tree to pull it through. come-alongs are a huge force-multiplier and what my dad used to use to bring the game he hunted to his truck, like huge elk and moose.

  • @culvertsandmore

    @culvertsandmore

    6 ай бұрын

    Dad said he has something similar he will be using in the future, good idea 😊

  • @jackiejones1684
    @jackiejones1684 Жыл бұрын

    Well you certainly don't need to pay for a gym membership with the workouts you are getting on these culverts!

  • @mnomadvfx
    @mnomadvfx Жыл бұрын

    I saw a guy use a long drill to make holes in a beaver dam once - if you could combine the length of that multi pole gadget with a wide drill head and a bit of spinning power you might get through some of these dirt/mud/leaves/stick clogs pretty easily. Once you have made a hole or 2 with the drill it would be much easier to thread that pole gadget and just push the rest of the material through the pipe.

  • @culvertsandmore

    @culvertsandmore

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s a good idea, dad has been thinking about putting screws through the wood piece so it would hopefully tear the debris. Then hook up his grinder on the handle so it would spin the pole.

  • @mnomadvfx

    @mnomadvfx

    Жыл бұрын

    @@culvertsandmore Good luck! 👍🏼

  • @FallenArkansasVeterans
    @FallenArkansasVeterans Жыл бұрын

    I have seen people use an old tire that had a cable tried around the tire and fished one end of the cable through and pulled the tire through the culvert to pull everything out. However, you will have to use a come along hooked to a tree or a wrench to pull the tire tire through, just a thought. May not be easy.

  • @dilutedpjn2160
    @dilutedpjn2160 Жыл бұрын

    It would be really cool to get some footage of these different locations during or after a rain while they are gushing. Or clogged. 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @culvertsandmore

    @culvertsandmore

    Жыл бұрын

    We did have a video a while back during a flash flood that showed these areas under water.

  • @danielneeley5480
    @danielneeley5480 Жыл бұрын

    You all work as a well oiled machine

  • @meghaffer
    @meghaffer Жыл бұрын

    You should call that tool the "Dam Ram"

  • @2ridiculous41
    @2ridiculous41 Жыл бұрын

    Watching you guys I had a thought... which might be dangerous, but... When you use that long pole and were pushing against the block, you are pushing everything INTO whatever blocked it. If you started from the other side (the exit) you could try to push things OUT of the blockage. Which might just loosen everything enough to be able to then pull it out from the entrance side.

  • @culvertsandmore

    @culvertsandmore

    Жыл бұрын

    Good advice, that one is a hard one to fix. Hopefully in the future we can try again

  • @tamtheman2099

    @tamtheman2099

    Жыл бұрын

    from someone who could never do it but if it is that clogged then maybe run the pipe through without the board on the end a few times to break through the jam then attach the board. easier to poke 6 or 7 small holes before going for it. But you guys are knocking it out the park

  • @karenhubbard6970
    @karenhubbard6970 Жыл бұрын

    You are all doing great work. That is hard work. Wondering if you would attach a potato rake to a long handle so you can reach inside the culvert to pull stuff out.

  • @pietfonteyn1397
    @pietfonteyn13972 күн бұрын

    If you take home a load of stumps and branches every time, you can stay warm all winter

  • @culvertsandmore

    @culvertsandmore

    2 күн бұрын

    Our winter last about a week 😂

  • @johnmoore8016
    @johnmoore8016 Жыл бұрын

    Try a small sledge hammes and a block of wood over the end of the pipe the drive it in. (Just a suggestion) You gave it a try and that is that counts l enjoyed your videos. (Mississi ppi Gilf Coast, USA

  • @romdinks9368
    @romdinks9368 Жыл бұрын

    Why are you putting the debris right back into the flow? it should be removed so as to not block the downstream flow. you are doing some great work but i feel you are adding to the blockage.

  • @user-ji1nh4wh1j
    @user-ji1nh4wh1j6 ай бұрын

    Dads still very sharp how old is he

  • @culvertsandmore

    @culvertsandmore

    6 ай бұрын

    Jeff is 63

  • @WilliamHartley-ng8je

    @WilliamHartley-ng8je

    16 күн бұрын

    Ghez, he is not that old. Youngster, you'll find out. 😂

  • @juanotormin4375
    @juanotormin4375 Жыл бұрын

    don't know how much U-tbe pays but you should get pay a lot more