Way back in nineteen seventy-something I was working as a draftsman, drawing utility maps for the Cal-American water company in Thousand Oaks, California. No one else was available when we got an emergency call about a busted fire hydrant. I was sent out with a valve handle (T-handle) and an address. I waded thru knee-deep water under a waterfall 50 feet high, trying to find the 6 inch round steel valve cover under all that water. Mind you this was my first and only time doing this, with no training whatsoever. After several soaking minutes of searching, I found the steel plate and tried to pry it open with the tool they had given me. Turns out it had been paved over recently and the asphalt hadn't been trimmed properly so the new paving was holding the cover down securely. A police officer and Emergency Medical Technician assisted with whatever tools they could muster and we finally got the cover off after about 30 minutes of agonizing effort. I shut the valve and stopped the geyser. The broken hydrant was never recovered. I told the dispatcher to never send me out again. I was a draftsman, not a field worker. Fughetaboutit.

@theutilitydad1534

2 жыл бұрын

That doesn’t sound fun! Luckily here is Washington we have dry barrel hydrants so when they get hit we don’t get a geyser!

@malcolmtuck9000

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, some of the water and gas valves including both services and mains do sometimes get buried under asphalt or concrete. Heck even a tracer wire wrapped around some gas meters get buried after they redo the pavement.

@manletopia4801

2 жыл бұрын

Trade Pogs

4:41 This moment when you have a constipation and haven't been on toilet for 3 weeks and then the laxatives finally start to work and you are like:

@theutilitydad1534

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahaha

There was a massive water main failure in Houston, TX in 2021 I think the exceeded all of these.

@theutilitydad1534

2 жыл бұрын

Its crazy how destructive water can be

was Dante alright?

Str8 Taco Bell action @ 4:44

@theutilitydad1534

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

If you hit a hydrant here it just breaks off and effs your car up cause the valve is under the frost line

@theutilitydad1534

2 жыл бұрын

There are two different styles of hydrants-wet barrel hydrants and dry barrel hydrants. Most places have dry barrel which means there isn’t any water in the stem of the hydrant. There is a foot valve that opens as you spin the operating but on top.

who uses corded drills on water mains

@applenumba21

2 жыл бұрын

Our tap machine uses a drill to spin it

@MrNingawarrior

2 жыл бұрын

Still cranking on our tap machine with a ratchet and 3/4 inch socket. True Cut Machine. She’s a bitch with a dull bit.

@theutilitydad1534

2 жыл бұрын

We have to hand crank for our 2” taps

@neonhomer

2 жыл бұрын

Called "hot tapping:

0:45 was hilariously funny 🤣

@theutilitydad1534

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it is!! 😂

@Billo1281

2 жыл бұрын

I’m dying 😂

@josephastier7421

2 жыл бұрын

He could have been killed instantly.

Surprised there is no taco bell comment for 4:41...

Was the first man alright? 😢

Cant believe not one of these crews didnt have flex tape

What the fudge???😱

Something like that happened in rancho San Diego flooding some homes,my friends included 😛but not to bad tho

@theutilitydad1534

2 жыл бұрын

That doesn't sound fun!

1:05 is usually Swift...

Damn the one at 2:20 has some serious pressure. How can he even see what he is doing?!

@theutilitydad1534

2 жыл бұрын

Some times you just have to close your eyes and hope you can get it to shut down

@LaShYz1

4 ай бұрын

He doesn't need to. Felt valve key go on head of valve off you go

0:15 DON'T TOUCH THAT !!!!!!!!

@theutilitydad1534

2 жыл бұрын

hahahaha

2:00 bruh open your snaps

@theutilitydad1534

2 жыл бұрын

For real 😂😂

Like fire,dont mess with water.

@theutilitydad1534

2 жыл бұрын

Very True

Free showers and car washes lol.

@theutilitydad1534

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@TheGamingmidnightsun

2 жыл бұрын

@@theutilitydad1534 it was coming sorry about the worse joke.

I’m about to start a job like this hope I like 👍 it

@StewBedazzle

4 ай бұрын

Well? How'd it go?

@freddyfreddy42

4 ай бұрын

Horrible

@StewBedazzle

4 ай бұрын

@@freddyfreddy42 I'm so sorry lol

Working on just about any plumbing a sucks

@theutilitydad1534

2 жыл бұрын

Can be really frustrating at times

Eww

What do you know, a black man broke the water main.

@DeadEyeDave

2 жыл бұрын

Stop being a racist prick.

@theutilitydad1534

2 жыл бұрын

As Joe Biden would say C'mon Man

@Thebrileybrothers

2 жыл бұрын

What do you know, a 9 year old kids being racist on the internet

@wowdanalise

2 жыл бұрын

Look, KZread deleted all the comments supporting mine. Astroturfed internet!