frozen vault lids fiber optic underground installation with sidewalk bore

[@sblem.4914]

We do it all. Directional bores, main line big plow. Service lines. Small vibration plows. Hand digging ALOT !!!! Love your content. I work 14 hours a day and come home to watch you work lol

[@bossawe]

😅

[@gregmckinley5178]

I installed conduit for the tech to pull the fiber threw. Buried the pipe a 2 feet below the surface to protect the fiber plus added a tracer wire. I believe in spending a little more time to do the job right and not having to come back to fix it later.

[@davidmays2161]

Job security for this guy when the city replaces sidewalks, every one of these shallow drops will be destroyed.

[@florichi]

Everytime I see a video from the US i am just annoyed. Just do it right, then you only have to do it once. I love to watch videos from Victory Outdoor Services. Every 5th time they renew a driveway, pour a patio or some stairs they rip a fiber or coax line just 3 inches under the sod. Just peak stupidity by the ISPs.

[@thecasualfly]

@@davidmays2161 he is doing it to spec from the company he works for.. where I am from this would never fly.. but it's the public utility district who owns the major fiber network around here

[@thecasualfly]

@@florichi I am from the USA and where I live we have to dig down 18 inches and have conduit ..

[@gavincox2797]

I'm installing in Arkansas and we are not allowed to go past 6 inches. Also only the lines feeding the term conduit. Our drops are extremely difficult to locate per 411.

[@paula1493]

I enjoyed the video and hope that you post more fiber install videos!

[@LouisFuller85]

You did a great job even though that the fiber kept on breaking you are very Skill professional installer you put a lot of work into this job even in the cold 100%❤

[@Knamkceh]

Take a hammer and tap lightly around the outside of the lid to break it loose. If your hand burying drops Id buy a wilton thinline trenching spade, makes the job 100 times easier then a shovel.

[@Bob-h9e7v]

Hi have a question what’s the little coloured manhole covers noticed another video as well.

[@joeslightwork]

The small green covers are just a point where 2 or 3 conduits meet that goto the concrete vaults. Usually in front of houses for the techs to yank it to the vault. If the vaults dont have the connection point (NAP, Cyote), there was too many pipes or they messed up and and buried a vault in the wrong spot.

[@gmcvay4]

Last i checked code for direct burial is 18 inches. This guy definitely gets paid by the job 😅

[@Itsoperated]

That’s probably for mainline. In our area we have mainline code but anything service side is up the companies standards.

[@raptureboi]

Is there a rule that says you can't do your work on the tailgate of the truck? Would be better for your back.

[@DdosedRS]

Up in Canada we just beat around the edge of the vault with a 3lb hammer and it usually opens it up. Or we have a special lifter that gives a lot of upward force to break the ice without breaking our back.

[@Todd.T]

Been opening FTGs in Ontario since 1999. I always put windshield washer fluil, let sit then tap with a hammer. If the FTG is on the swale of the property (most are), they've been filling with water and there is a sheet of ice on the top or a mix of snow/ice. Especially at the side of a road, where they pile snow on the FTG.

[@subrato385]

What orange liquid is it?

[@joeslightwork]

windshield de-icer

[@nmopzzz]

I like the drill bit. I have had to do that in phoenix as well because all of the coliche and didn't think about frozen ground. I don't know if the shovel would work here though to trench . I usually have to get a pick axe to dig anything... The biggest issue here would probably be all of the buried sprinkler lines. I like the people who think that you should bury this a foot or more. Who is going to pay the cost. That would easily treble, quadruple or more the cost.

[@blastphame]

I hate sidewalk bores with a passion. Haven’t had to do one in the winter.

[@paula1493]

How many strands are in the cable that you bring to the customers house?

[@joeslightwork]

Currently we are using a two strand drop and only using one per customer, but if its a duplex it would usable by the next customer there.

[@curtw8827]

When I used to pull covers to inspect work, I used a couple of visegrips to grab on to those pins.

[@hbaykiwi]

What kind of camera setup do you use? It looks like it works quite well.

[@joeslightwork]

I just upgraded the description with the link. Its a ordro ep8.

[@imasonaz]

Why so much spitting though?

[@joeslightwork]

I do need to quit that habbit, but when i was using the screw driver as a pick the ice mud was going in my mouth.

[@PauloCesarPauloWerner]

In Brazil everything is different, but what matters is working

[@straightsilver420]

Get a folding table and a folding chair to splice with

[@joeslightwork]

Ive seen some techs do that as well.

[@gekkedirkie]

Here they sit in the back of a warm car

[@natawelsh1]

Plan continuation bias....why not drill through the soil instead the underside of the sidewalk?

[@natawelsh1]

To open the lid just hammer a 1/2 " cold chisel between the lid and the frame....it will pop in about 2 hits

[@joeslightwork]

The outside frame isnt strong enough for that.

[@lambition]

You would have had better luck going through under the sidewalk by digging deeper. You are trying to go right through gravel layer, which is not going to work out very well. I am also surprised you are not running it in the conduit when burying it so shallow. Landscapers or home owner can easily damage the line that shallow. One hit with shovel, it is done. Verizon FiOS installers around here buries fiber in conduit. They have separate dig crew for burying cable and they are not as skillful as you are. They don't know how to make fiber splice or termination. They just run pre-made cable in conduit, but apparently it is company policy to run cables in conduit so they can just replace fiber if something happens to fiber later. Dig crew don't even know how to test fiber and damaged fiber while pulling at my friend's house. Installer came later date. He cannot pull fiber in conduit. He had to make temporary run outside so the dig crew can come back out to replace fiber in the conduit. It is not so efficient for the customer, but I think it is better for the installers.

[@joeslightwork]

I havent seen any of our communications installer use conduit any where but at the base of a pole or the house. Sometimes i do go deeper at the sidewalk to avoid this extra duration.

[@happymann3511]

Everything he done good but direct burried cable only 30 to 50 mm not safe not proper job short cut only

[@justin8894]

The light beams are frozen!

[@christianmorgan786]

Put that flattened cardboard box down on the sidewalk and put the dirt on the box so you don’t leave a mess when you’re done ! That’s the only thing I see wrong here .

[@christianmorgan786]

Oh yeah I almost forgot the biggest thing wrong is all them damn rocks !!!!!! That’s crazy lol

[@PilotVBall]

Clearly that vault was Made in USA. It is substandard American garbage that becomes inaccessible in the winter. That doesn't happen with the vaults that we have in Europe.

[@nick21614]

Europe doesnt get as cold as the USA either

[@florichi]

@@nick21614 We get -10 to -30 in Europe, same as northern US. We just use iron plus concrete vaults. They do freeze up but at least we can heat them with a blowtorch without them melting away because they are plastic.

[@GalaxyxTrance]

@@florichithe one in the vid was concrete and could’ve been torched but honestly the best way is to hit it with a mallet to break the ice

[@christ9460]

I would think it was easier to go even deeper under the city's walkway when concrete. instead of struggling through this layer of gravel as there is a lot of gravel under the concrete, that gravel is the code for how much foundation/gravel there should be underneath, so if you found out what the requirement in your work area is, you will probably save time and frustration is there any medical reason why you were spitting so much, a bit unpleasant to look at and think people and property owners might not like it either

[@sblem.4914]

15 years experience speaking Dig deeper. For sidewalk bores. Get below the layer of gravel they put down before they pour the concrete. That damn gravel!!!!

[@tripjet999]

Yes, dig more deeply.

[@DigitalIP]

Might be time to get a better camera my dude, even if its just 1080p. Had to skip most of the video because of the glare, and apparently whatever camera you're using doesnt like motion. Hope you can remedy that sometime. If it wasnt for being in 4K id assume you were using a cheap security camera to record your footage.

[@joeslightwork]

I use a ordro emp 8 suppose to be 4k , but this is the first one i uploaded in 4k. Sometime you have to click on the higher resolution button on the video to make it switch. It does get cloudy on some of my videos from the warm camera and cold outside temps fog the lens.

[@DigitalIP]

@@joeslightwork it was already on 4k, i tried 1080p and it was still bleh. Getting glare/haze cuz of temperature does makes sense though. But yeah, could be cuz of temps also or cuz of the cam itself, but it doesnt appear to like movement very much. For that kind of footage i dont think 4k is really necessary

[@raymondcox7709]

I’m enjoying discovering these videos, but I’m not gonna lie, the constant POV spitting is pretty vile!

[@ericsnell68]

Just hit it one time with a hammer and it will get unstuck instantly. Happy installing guys