Water Main Ran OVER by Skid Steer with Forestry Mulcher

[@drod6424]

You hit a power line and a water line on the same job! Dang son! You better go to Church on Sunday! 😂

[@VetvsWorld]

🤣

[@AlphaSaber]

Best thing about living in a northern state, all water valves are below the frostline so all hydrants and water valves are dry. If one is hit it's just a riser, and no water spray.

[@user-bh2nl8td4r]

I gotta say, I've seen some cool equipment before, but I'm amazed at this skid steer mulcher. I'm sure the mulcher is a attachment. I'm shocked at how fast it cuts and how it glides through everything. Again, I've seen some cool stuff, but this is amazing to me

[@DigitalIP]

When you assume a yard is just a yard, this happens. ALWAYS check whats in brush/bushes near a main roadway.

[@blakek1043]

"im just cutting grass with a angry mower" proceeds to regrade 1/2 of what he cuts

[@TheTreeShop]

lol what? I don't think you know what re-grade means 🤣

[@Bigfoot64]

Damn I hate when that shit happens man i been there done that it turned all the water off for two subdivision 😂😂 that was on my grandads old land he sold out at the end they told me accidents happen I didn't have to pay a dime

[@user-peach408]

Should have located services!!

[@osbaldogomez5321]

Good job i like the water fountain

[@alexanders4712]

Great attitude, keep it moving!! But next time double check lol

[@mitchelllavalley3497]

As always so satisfying looking at your work when your finished Another job well done and never a dull moment you some times run into thing you don't expect

[@gunsmith19971997]

Something like that is the city’s fault due to it not being maintained and also not having a barricade around it

[@oneamericanpatriot108]

DUDE! WTF is that thing and where can I get three? You just brutalized mother nature, punched her in the eye, and didn't even flinch! MMMM! LOVE IT!!!

[@TheTreeShop]

Sometimes she punches back pretty hard too 😂

[@brendalee5473]

Amazing job what a difference u made. Shouldn't the ppl that hired warned u about that water head? U get a much better manicured lawn mowing in 1 direction nd the next mow the other direction. Great job great video

[@tireballastserviceofflorid7771]

It would have been respectful to tell him about the hydrant, but when your in a business like this it's your own due diligence. They hire people because they don't what they are doing. So relying on them solely would be a mistake. Sadly the cost of doing business.

[@jonathantaylor6926]

So that lot was already stubbed in for residential service or there was a prior house on that lot. You didn’t hit “the main” with a mower- you hit the valve which maybe could still be shut off with a good pair of channel locks. Those valves are half a turn for on/off so they don’t take much.. the client could have warned you but if there was a house on that lot at one point it should have been a know target.

[@TheTreeShop]

Technically this was a fire department main line. Idk why the utility company responded but that’s what they listed it as on the claim. This may be a simple like to turn off but it was not being turned off near the leak. Apparently it had to be turned off a couple blocks away.

[@TheAcenightcreeper]

So did they determine it was your fault?

[@TheTreeShop]

They are not charging us or filing a claim on our insurance. They said they put the repair under scheduled maintenance.

[@mike3133f]

So ridiculously close the the surface, warm states do things differently. You’d never hit one with a machine like that where I live, a excavator sure.

[@suzanchamness376]

It's like a car wash free LOL 👍❤️

[@ChristopherJ24]

That’s gonna be costly 😂😂😂😂

[@duaneayers6117]

This is no way your fault. If the owner can tell you about a lock for a gate. Then he should have told you about the water.

[@zacharyholbrook7930]

Cbyd

[@grassgonewildlandscaping5445]

How long did it take before the town showed up?

[@TheTreeShop]

3 hours

[@kylegallardy1894]

Do you have poison ivy or anything like that down there, how do you not get just getting in and out of the machine?

[@TheTreeShop]

Yes we have it. I am actually extremely allergic to it. Not sure why the machines don’t spread it but they don’t.

[@seawhaturnissen]

Oh shit! We have done that and also with a gas line... Its only money you will make more Lol. Also is drone service included? or would a guy need to bring a case of beer to persuade folks? asking for a friend

[@TheTreeShop]

😂😂 I’ll crash my drone sober. No beer required. But I only fly it on projects with minimal canopy because otherwise it’s just looking down at the tops of trees. Would like to get one of those FPV drones and fly through the canopies fast 👌🏻

[@jonathantaylor6926]

If your miss utility is anything like mine, you hit stuff.. I’ve had them be off 20 feet for primary electric.

[@sfernandez664]

How long did it take them to get out and fix the water?

[@TheTreeShop]

3 hours 😂. It was a water line for a fire department so it didn’t effect anyone thankfully.

[@farsideofhell7644]

Have they fixed it yet?

[@TheTreeShop]

Yes they have. And they also didn’t charge us or go after our insurance. Said they covered it with scheduled maintenance😂🤷🏻‍♂️

[@billfeldman3234]

Good JOB with a Little OOPS

[@williamcarl4200]

Oh dude...Captain Hindsight wants your ass!!! But men laugh together and that is what bonds us. Women do not know comradery.

[@lot6129]

Who paid for the repair?

[@TheTreeShop]

The owners of the pipe.

[@inthedarkwoods2022]

Any man who has a Ford tattoo should not operate heavy equipment.

[@TheTreeShop]

Try again. That comment is boring.

[@marshall0792]

You mowed their lawn and watered it too.

[@Press1for]

Part of doing business.....

[@TimeLapseVideos-Garbagetrucks]

I would of thought that would do more damage

[@TheTreeShop]

Got lucky

[@joe964]

All that talk about making it pretty before you leave but you didn’t take the time to close the gate while mulching to get behind the gate you went around it. Just an observation.

[@TheTreeShop]

😂😂 good eye.

[@joe964]

@@TheTreeShop been there done that. The crew always makes fun of me every time we’re done I still get the blower out two more times haha. Stay safe!

[@zacharyholbrook7930]

811 is not a bad idea its free

[@TheTreeShop]

Lol. I didn’t dig… at all. 😂

[@zacharyholbrook7930]

@@TheTreeShop no but I can prevent stuff like that

[@buckhorncortez]

Or, you could call the utilities locator service before beginning the work. Then if you hit something not flagged, it's not your fault.

[@LORFCASTER]

Thats for digging, not running a surface prep machine.

[@AlphaSaber]

I have a couple of issues with this, technically the construction company that hired them to cut would be the ones to call in the locate and relay hazards to them. I wouldn't expect a subcontractor to be responsible for that specifically, especially given the construction company mentioned the fence. Second, around me, water valves on developed properties are flush or slightly buried, the only ones left aboveground are in undeveloped lots where the connection was just stubbed out. Third, utility locate companies are really hit and miss (mostly miss) recently. When I had work done at my house, the telecom locators arrived after the electricians had hand dug out a trench next to where the cable entered my house, and the power locator never showed up. Luckily I remembered the previous locates and knew that where the electricians were working was in the clear.

[@TheTreeShop]

I take responsibility for our own digs. It is a Tree Shop SOP that when we dig we always order our own 811 just to be safe. But we never call a locate in on a mowing/mulching job.

[@ericvonp]

Your on city property not the client. No contact will hold up if your off the property owner regardless who was at fault. Your fault man prepare to pay! Next time request a walk through with the city or village and document meeting with a signature.

[@TheTreeShop]

Thanks for the opinion but, 1. that is not city property. 2. the city paid the repair. Next time I will do the exact same thing I did here because a statistical anomaly is not an effective reason to promote change.