Water Line Repair

Water line broke when Pine Tree Removal fell on it. This repair job is amazing and professional.

[@hsmith3844]

I was a pipe welder for years, I hated getting into a damn nasty hole wet, cold, hot, dirty work. Not necessarily water line any kind of pipe in a nasty dirty hole. Good money but I earned it.

[@USIU-3USIU]

My all time favorite piece of industrial equipment. Had fun for over 20 years.

[@catabaticanabatic3800]

And that, folks, is why you wear a hard hat during crane operations. Excellent video. These guys are unsung heroes. People turn the tap and don't give a second thought as to how the water gets to them.

[@ctsewerandwater]

Huge vacuum truck, I bet your son enjoyed watching this video with all the trucks and equipment around performing the city water main line repair. Nice jon bro...thanks

[@GearyLewis]

The utility company absorbed the cost.

[@somosprolongaciondelsolasu2053]

Last video of the trees when I saw the new river being born I wondered if we would know what happened about it, after finishing the video I see that there was another video about it !! brilliant !! You should set up a TV channel for that area, the filming is far better than I've seen on any official news channel ... Giant trees falling, thick pipes pouring water and artificial rivers ... that must be the funniest neighborhood ever! I want to move there !! : )

[@harrisonblake1978]

The worst breaks come over the start of the new year. Always loved going out and listening for breaks when the temps were in the single digits and blizzards. Finally had a million dollar upgrade and got rid of the cast iron pipes, heaven. and this is a break from the main to a house and those lines are not buried very deep and by the looks of things the tree cutter probably put their truck in the grass.

[@hdj81Vlimited]

then it means the pipes was not deep enough. in Europe pipes like this are 2 meter under groundlevel.

[@brutusjb3814]

i did this with a presure washer and a shop vac when i was running electric to my garage, dug a 20 inch deep 25 feet long trench through my driveway with only a pressure washer haha. neighbors thought i was crazy.

[@podamis314]

How wide did the channel turn out to be?

[@SongOfEire]

Good Grandpa! You’re getting so many points with Braden!

[@kathyf3656]

They may be grown, but they're still little boys having fun playing in the mud. LOL

[@georgedavidson7986]

I have done the job and it is not fun

[@imkrane]

Thank you for continuing the video!!!

[@tonymoore5568]

Excellent camera work thank you.

[@pauldarlington5589]

No small wonder you have problems with water mains that shallow in the ground.

[@allaindaigle1682]

Yeah water main should be at least 5-6 feet deep…..but that pipe might be 100 years old….they where NFG in that time

[@williamcameron6796]

Two great video's in one. Clad you recorded the whole event.

[@julianadams5753]

Those guys are not wimps! They get in there and get the job done. Good work ethic.

[@wire2394]

No sir, they milking the clock. Also, I witness a lot of safety violations during this video.

[@5herwood]

You're a good narrator. Your intro to this was classic.

[@davidhattenburg9011]

nice looking band-aid

[@davidhattenburg9011]

and it didn't even work, geeze

[@DannnyFMartin]

I worked for the Tulsa, OK. water dept. for 11 years. We would have had that repair done in 4 hrs. start to finish only using 2 trucks, a backhoe, and 3 men. I've done it many times.

[@jefflinduff8962]

BOOMER SOONER

[@TheCrustyFry]

Not trying to sound like an ass but I agree with you as well. I mean come on how hard is it to make sure the watermain is clean enough for the clamp to seal? You can tell from the video the thing is not sitting on there right and there is corrosion underneath it. Get the dam wire wheel clean the pipe thoroughly till it shines, put the clamp on than crack a valve open and run those bolts down with an impact till the water stops. Recharge and blow off as needed. DONE. These guys were milking it.

[@1523yankeess]

They should of just cut it and fitted it with a new section of pipe for how long it’s taking them. I mean wow this is WAY WAY WAY TO LONG LOL

[@barbaragoerlitz1552]

You said it.

[@I.AM.Issachar.]

a backhoe? are you pampered you should consider yourself lucky with a shovel what do you need two trucks for i would hanndig it repair it and bacfilled in 3 hours

[@nobodyisperfect4937]

Who have paid for those works ? An property owner ?.... Or tree-remover guys ?

[@MishaDaBear]

Now that was a shallow pipe. Ours are 6 to 8 feet down, and very likely would not be affected by that tree trunk

[@believeme5903]

Can't believe this is only a temporary fix, they should have shut off the water and done the job the right way, they will be back!

[@KeyKeeper86]

Exactly! I don't see a pipe well welded... 🤦

[@wingnutjack9463]

should have underfilled, tamped, side filled, tamped, the top filled

[@dejanfilipovic1876]

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[@davidregan9872]

Boy! It's cutting into those guys beer drinking time! LOL

[@jamesshanks2614]

Worked a job on the coast water main line replacement took out cast iron replaced with 12 inch rubberized line. That's heated at the ends with a portable machine then when up to temp forced together hydraulically to form one continuous line when it cools laid 4 feet under road surface lots of granite to hammer and remove just over 2.7 miles of line were replaced. Normally buried 5 feet or more but the state inspectors signed off on the job. Original line was at some locations only 2 feet from the surface locals said frozen water mains were not uncommon in winter.

[@Ramdodge582]

Fook me that's no small water line! one might think that size line would be a bit deeper.

[@Nivasi]

lots of manual work due to the tree removal.. massive THUNK several times.. the pipe couldn't take it .. great footage

[@candicehanson2854]

Best video. Kept thinking to myself conquer by parts. Would have never tried to hurry. Women’s intuition.

[@MrBumlicker]

This video cracks me up they take so much care about the branches and logs comming down until the last of the tree comes down, next do your home work first if will save a big bill or just cut the rest of the tree in small parts ha ha

[@mdgforeveroutdoors9881]

Nice, the home owner now has a better driveway

[@Maugwa]

fookin jackleg tree service should pay for that gotdamn repair

[@robpeters5204]

Always have a guy with his frikkin hands in his pockets just standing doing nothing.

[@michaelinhouston9086]

Guarantee he is a supervisor or an "inspector" - give that mope a shovel/rake/broom and put him to work

[@ravenfeather7087]

This crew reminds me of the village crew near where I live. If there is truly a similarity they'll do a terrible job and will be back next year. And the next year. And the next - ad infinitum.

[@steveperry1344]

we had a guy like that, and we call him...pockets.

[@tommyhaukedalhansson2797]

The kind of guy that wear a boilersuit for a week and still looks brand new.

[@billexusaf1542]

Wow, that really turned into one very expensive tree removal....

[@siviajuseng3250]

How much is the labour cost for cutting that tree?

[@Vixinaful]

Wait, the state doesnt pay for these things in the US?

[@wolfeaglet1]

@@Vixinaful Wait, WTF is your point? Does the State not take responsibility for Private companies> Seriously, are you that ignorant?

[@zheka69]

Thank you! Great unique video

[@DormantIdeasNIQ]

I wonder if the broom was in the engineering specs of this bohemus water ditch drilling monster!?

[@sairaqsa]

Good job men.

[@PiJay-pl7pw]

how many watched this water line repair actually had no idea to watch a water line repairing video..?

[@wolfeaglet1]

I'm guessing. just you, since imply you are an expert.

[@vickiolson1198]

Playing in the water and the mud...I spent hours doing that as a little kid !!!

[@redbird1824]

Up here in Alaska we always run the vacuum truck hose past a sluice bow to get out all the gold nuggets out.I used to work for FKAA-[that's "florida keys aqueduct authority" for those that are ignorant]out of Marathon Florida-down there me and Tracy[the hoe hand]would always use a metal detecter when we dug a repair hole to find the Spanish deblumes .It didn't pay very well so we had to supplement our incomes on night time repairs that way.Less people to share with on night duty that way while the bosses slept in Key West.All said and done we probably tripled our salary.Concerning this particular easy repair on this video-the best part about working on a water line is that it is not a sewer line.always be careful not to contaminate the inside of a sewer pipe with nasty groundwater--leave it running some if you have to[especially if you are not the one in the hole.]I see they went with a right handed SS repair clamp--you can tell from the bolt pattern---we usually used left handed ones because FKAA must have got a better price on them.Most of the water pipes in Key west are asbestos [transite-transgender]you can drink out of but you can't take it to the dump to dispose of it --it dangerous.Ah hite men!!Cover the hole when you leave for lunch so dirt doesn't get in there.

[@nguyenngocducha]

impressive, full force and overnight to complete the mission, congratulationS!

[@Okanagan48]

Water main sure close to surface, wow! In Canada 8 to 12 feet deep.

[@peterfield8307]

David Okanagan

[@jamesrivis620]

David Okanagan Moderate temps in. Oregon

[@JT11243]

David Okanagan serf

[@emiliojaneiro8129]

David Okanagan yen

[@BYWaudio]

SoaringTractor "Why are you always right NOT !!! at the end of a post, should be more like NUT !!! LOL"

[@Caleb_Mandrake872]

16:00 - Pipe leaking 31:01 - Pipe repaired

[@waynep343]

nice thing about Vactor type trucks.. they can be used to extract dirt from around workers that have gone into excavations without proper shoring.. it is really important to have at least a 50 foot length of hose for them .. 100' is better.. sometimes you can't get close to the cave in.

[@barbaragoerlitz1552]

Glorious make work project. Took 2 days for a 4 hour job. Bravo...

[@jeffwilliams196]

@Dominic Unions are why you aren't working 12 hours a day.

[@keithhughesheritagelogging6888]

This must be a municipality the way they are working

[@nomanjones4803]

which crack was bigger the pipe or the guy putting down top soil?

[@michaelprice6364]

Noman Jones g

[@hornett22]

homeowner has a sweet Sequoia!

[@jrstrange123]

Hard to imagine that tree breaking that line.

[@aspincelaframboise5300]

That log must have been at least 4 or 5 tons. It was green and had some velocity in it's fall eh...

[@comment2009]

Looking at their other video, it landed on a section of tree perpendicular to the one they fell. Concentrated the impact force.

[@jrstrange123]

@@comment2009 I've broke several water lines like that. I was looking at the depth to which it was buried. That's pretty deep. I was just thinking that other factors were involved which contributed. Perhaps the age with an extent of corrosion.

[@kevincresswell5272]

@@jrstrange123 KUNG FU HART PUNCH HAYA

[@karaDee2363]

Where I live, water mains like that are installed under streets, not in private property. Only the smaller branch lines to each house runs through the private property.

[@_Us.A]

На стыке "попустило" от удара)Труба лежит на глубине меньше метра?))) И ещё удивляет, что не перекрывают центральную линию. Так и ковыряются в болоте)

[@KeyKeeper86]

Тут даже американские обыватели недоумевают в комментариях. Говорят, либо идиоты, либо намеренно делают говено, чтобы снова прехать и снова чинить... Сваркой даже не пахнет, временное решение.

[@joemc111]

That looks like Ductile iron, I have seen that pipe 50 years old and looking like new inside.

[@Rickimusic]

It is cement lined cast. Ductile would not have broken. Why ductile can be dropped off the side of a tractor trailer while staging a ditch for installation. www.portlandoregon.gov/water/article/556132

[@TheCrustyFry]

Looks like ductile but is not it’s actually cast iron that has not gone thru the superheating and cooling process to make it ductile. It looks like ductile but is very brittle actually.

[@Rickimusic]

Tualatin Valley Water District, well done, cast iron water mains two feet deep. Minimum is 5' or deeper with proper fill around and above the whole pipe. Over half of the mains are cement lined cast iron; > 1.300 miles of the stuff and most all of it, way too shallow.

[@labrd41]

That tamper only packs the top 6". Should have been used from the bottom up, but better than nothing.

[@abcxyz8136]

They should have used a lorry crane to lower the logs and made a survey of underground services before dropping the tree. What if there was a high pressure gas pipe underground that ruptured.

[@hdj81Vlimited]

pipes supposed to be deeper under the ground. so that this not can happen.

[@edwinthompson6510]

@@hdj81Vlimited True but it seemed to me who ever employed this tree felling firm did it on the cheap,,,,, no inspection of pipe underground to cut n drop,,,, those logs was horrific the vibration through the ground wound have been horrendous and to top it they dropped a 10 ton tree trunk,,, directly over the city water line another 3ft to the left and a new driveway would have been needed,,,, horror movie

[@lisawaters2585]

So, Geary, you're one of the neighbors? Thanx for recording !

[@danr5105]

Sorry about the broken line. Looking at all the parts of the tree in the yard made me think of the last job I helped on. The customer was my boss at a L.A. auto repair facility. We bid the job with him taking all responsibility regarding brush removal (all we were to do was stack it). I will admit there was quite a bit of brush to deal with but the deal was for him to handle it. Now I would question a customer several times (perhaps get a signature) concerning if they really understand how much brush there is going to be.

[@blacksmithden]

Where I live in Canada, the utility company would have handed you a bill for $10k minimum. This is why you don't cut down large trees in a residential area yourself, and you have a copy of the tree removal company's insurance paperwork in your hand before you let them set foot on the property with a saw in hand.

[@GearyLewis]

The contractor had insurance. The utility company did not even contact the contractor. The workman told me that this is common in our area because of changing underground springs. It is just part of their maintence process. They did a very professional job. We were happy with the work.

[@jjmcq2327]

I have seen plenty of crane fails while doing tree work. They lose the crane and part of the house. I say good job!

[@seriouslyreally5413]

Geary Lewis 811 locator service is free and required law in Washington state. for digging AND falling around buried utilities. Sad to see the taxpayers of your town had to pay for a multi-thousand dollar repair that was clearly the fault of the tree feller for 1) not checking city utilities to locate sewer and water line location and depth in the path of the fall. All hollow entities buried in the ground will absorb the concussion of falling objects. Damage is based on weight of object, height of fall, depth of buried contact and composition of the buried pipe. Basic science. Water and sewer are the most vulnerable as they are usually the oldest and likely made of the more brittle clay or cast iron. 2) for not hiring a crane. But then I guess why would he if he already knew that taxpayers would pay for any utility damage if he didnt. If I lived in your water district I would have be outraged, taken this to the city council and had them your publicly posted video as legal proof of liability. The cost of my water bill is high enough for routine maintenance costs without paying for other people's negilgence.

[@bdawg7213]

I bet people that know you can't stand you.

[@seriouslyreally5413]

soaringtractor BS. I live in eastern Washington state it's the law. They come out to undeveloped parcels all over the county all the time. Look at pipeline and utility maps and mark buried stuff from right of ways on, through or around any planned or existing buildings all the time. This video is on a city lot for crying out loud, a no brainer. People that don't call just don't want to be bothered by the work delay at the expense of everyone else when they hit something. On a personal note, I called 811 one year to locate the buried main feed from the county road to my house and barn. I was designing a new perennial garden which included installing a split rail fence down the driveway and another fence with a rose hedge down a 300' long path across the property. Found out to my surprise the driveway was safe but not the OTHER site. The original installer crossed over the property line not down the driveway like everybody else in the area but right through the semi wooded pasture I was relandscaping, right through a natural path through the trees where I was headed! Near the house it veered back on the other side of the driveway and then buried three giant coils of excess loop in the yard before it was wired into the transformer to the house. Coiled right in the spot I was also going to build a patio and plant a rose garden. So if I had used the post hole digger on the tractor or dug a shallow trench for the hedge planting or dug to re-contour the area around the future patio I could have hit the main power feed to my house, got hurt and paid a fortune to fix it. As it was, the driveway was most suspect but the safest place to dig on the property.( btw If you cause the damage against the law, no 811 call, your insurance company usually won't pay for the repairs and if it interrupts puplic service elsewhere, the city/ county will fine you.) It was only 18 inches below ground. Legal or not. And not where the line of sight would have guessed it's path. The unexpected location of the excess loops also changed my landscape plans and budget. I either had to pay $$$ to reroute the cable or relocate the patio garden. I hand dug the fence posts. I could cover the patio base with removable pavers ( allowed), no poured concrete, but could not ultimately plant the trees and rosebeds the way I wanted so the garden location was moved. Far less dangerous, cost less than the electrical work. Some plans start out innocently enough...

[@davidregan9872]

Years ago we had to sandblast the inside of a city water supply tank, so we could paint it. Thank god they had the BIG VACUME! Kind of like they have there. It took them 2 1/2 trips to get rid of all the sand we used!

[@ckilo11]

i wonder if they had to come back and fix it again yet... they left a void under the pipe. eventually the pipe is going to settle in this void and make that over coupling leak again. also air powered impact wrenches are a good thing.

[@GearyLewis]

That seems like a possibility since that part of the lawn seems to be more green in the hot summer. However, they laid down a deep amount of rich soil.

[@cliffcollins4124]

Lets see now I think there may be a need for somebody to invent a spade and a shovel. what a crazy way to dig a hole

[@jimthode]

Interesting method of "digging". These guys need to learn how to properly compact back fill under and around a buried pipe.

[@hildertgroenenberg4033]

indeed !

[@tvs3497]

That's so they can come back and fix it again when something else falls on it. Job security.

[@ron827]

Not fixing it too good means job security.

[@AStanton1966]

Tree job $2,400; water main repair $5,000?

[@KeyKeeper86]

Since the repair is just temporary; rinse and repeat the $5'000 part...

[@VWbugman]

A Stanton1966 LOL

[@wills8288]

Insurance claim for the home-owners.

[@parapulsetv8459]

Wow, that would be cheap. Here in Canada our dollar is less by about a quarter, and this tree job would be 5k or more with taking away the wood as part of the deal. The water main repair I'd only be guessing but 10k+ cdn seems realistic knowing how municipal utilities are run. So $10k + $5k = $15k, cdn. That's about $10,800 american.

[@WhySoLoud]

@@wills8288 out here that would only be covered with an extra insurance rider.

[@joebrown1382]

Those guys work like our city employees.

[@georgedavidson7986]

In Toronto water mains can be down 8 feet because of frost freezing

[@grafophone]

In Montreal, Canada, a water line such as this one would be as deep as 10 to 12 feet, otherwise is will freeze in winter.

[@wolfeaglet1]

We are not in Canada, what is your point?

[@raymondgonzalez5535]

Same here in san antonio tx . They should have used the backhoe in the first place and the water pump. No need for the combination unit . We didn't have that kind of time in watermain break season.

[@TheCrustyFry]

Yeah man we never used the sewer truck to dig holes this method is new to me. We go out with the backhoe and a shit ton of stone and give her hell.

[@kurthuck2630]

Wonder if home owner had to pay for water main repair?

[@tinydancer7426]

The company cause the damage not the property owner. That is why you need to make sure that who ever is working on or around your property has proper liability insurance to pay for anything they damage.

[@davidhare4023]

Actually the city took care of it because the water pipe was not deep enough and it should not have failed anyway, if I got the last part right.

[@educatedmanholecoverbyrich8890]

Is this pipe cast iron?

[@calmeblondy]

wonder who paid this big bill, put alot of people to work that huge pine did.. wow. hope home owners insurance paid it.

[@TheCgilbert9935]

You have to keep some pressure in the line so you dont start having dirty water getting into the main

[@Tod_oMal]

Nice vid. Thanks. Did the tree guys have to pay for the water line repair?

[@mrzed2349]

yea it's the Pacific Northwest alright. look at that depressing weather

[@saltzmann1]

We can go to the Moon but we can't keep water lines from braking. LOL.

[@AbacosAbaco]

no es por nada pero eso es una chapuza, es mejor soldar la tubería que haber echo eso.

[@enriquetorres5841]

Abacos Abaco no se puede soldar, por qué es agua potable y la suelda es ☠️ veneno!!

[@BYWaudio]

Not sure but here in Quebec pipe are pretty deep, but perhaps the owner should have known or get info about the liability and the contractor should normally have liability insurance, because it is dangerous work.

[@DaleDix]

Did

[@bobbikuhn3496]

I just watched the tree removal that caused this. LOL

[@pnwRC.]

Me too!

[@joserode1222]

Professional ? You're joking ! Pourquoi ne pas couper l'alimentation en eau avant tout travail ?

[@siviajuseng3250]

So professional job

[@131dyana]

Love watching the City people work. they know what they are doing.

[@mikegregory2535]

lol Bonus footage, I bet that was not a cheap repair.

[@VWbugman]

Did they call the city, or a Dentist?

[@francishagen8508]

Loki at all the threes in that area🙃

[@spudpail]

Tree 1, Pipe 0!

[@cbsctomh]

Probably quicker with 2 shovels...

[@ralphdyson7926]

No three. You need a supervisor and then some one has to make the tea, especially in the UK.

[@gunlover1955]

Lucky it was not a big gas pipe

[@user-rh6tf1br4n]

Посмотрел как государство заботится о своих граждан в других Странах. В Россия, при таком правление власти. Россия ни когда не войдёт в пятёрку ведущих Стран мира.

[@jamestate7851]

How long will that Patch last ?

[@TheCrustyFry]

Forever. Those clamps will out last the life of the pipe.

[@Mikesroadtrip-ec5kp]

YOU GUYS ARE BAD ASS. THE GUY DOING THE CUTTING HAD TO BE WORN OUT?

[@danienilsen5330]

Mike's is bad ass tree cutter and safe worker, knows what's he's doing😀:-)

[@zippolighters8306]

Must have ben a monday. City workers.

[@ratj4715]

Water workers not city workers

[@CaptainLoveBoob]

In WI that is not even below the frost line.

[@paulanull8731]

That was an observation about depths in different places not a statement of location. And in fact I wish we had the depth of this site, our water gets so warm in the desert we don't have cold water most of the year.

[@Chase-Chase]

so who paid for this repair? tree crew or home owner?

[@GearyLewis]

The utility company paid for it since they accepted the fact that it was not properly maintained.

[@pnwRC.]

@@GearyLewis That's a rare occurrence, that the utility accepts the cost of repairs!

[@quanglamtran6409]

hi Geary Lewis, were these three guys get fired after the accident?

[@nebtheweb8885]

That tree got its revenge. A few tons of tree trunk toppling over and "Thud" you've got a leak. Two days for the tree removal, and two days for the pipe fix... And the tree is still there all sliced up on the lawn.

[@andykokes5690]

If you're curious, tree guys break the line at about the 1:49:00 Mark here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIeWaJ6MhrJsgq8

[@tug_slug3161]

Who was responsible for paying for the repair?

[@bloodandsnatters]

The Sheep! Baa Baa Baa!

[@joe4lily]

Just found the second video about the water repair

[@jeffwilliams196]

look for the one about removing the stump.

[@denaredford6701]

What a job .👍

[@stephenfoxall9655]

So much machinary, men and equipment to do a hand spade job!

[@patrickfoster7859]

That is not a hand spade job when you have a live 12 inch water main leaking.

[@stephenfoxall9655]

Patrick Foster you are correct. Hadn't appreciated water would not be turned off.

[@iwilfix9407]

The guy on the hoist was obviously the Foreman.

[@johnisenberg6259]

Job well done! Job security is the bottom line!

[@georgeedwards208]

who pays for the repair?

[@Mark-nu5vg]

The local maintenance outfit fixed it for nothing if you read the comments thoroughly enough.Well it's probably not for nothing considering the state and local taxes people pay in some areas are outrgeous.

[@James_Bowie]

You call that a professional job? They had to do it twice.

[@bobbeck5947]

YA BUDDY .. that surface tamper is compacting about 8" of that 4 foot thick pile of gravel!! Got to LOVE gov't workers!!! LOL DOINK!!

[@ratj4715]

Bob Beck These guys work for the water company not the government.