Water main break repair

Fixing a 6" iron water main live. Small crack in the bottom that was able to be clamped. Thought we'd do it old school with the old 4 stick 590 today just to remind us how nice mini excavators are on these small jobs! Enjoy!
Music is all jacked up because of my crash course in copyright issues!🤣😂

[@user-bd5md5cm2j]

You should put a smooth mouth bucket on that 590. I have a 3' on mine. It makes 90 percent of my jobs so much nicer..👍 nice video

[@georgedavidson7986]

I done the job in the city of Toronto real tough work in the winter !!! COLD AS HELL AND YOUR fingers freeze

[@chopboss]

I’m from Toronto as well. Do you work for the city, or does ur company have a contract with the city? I’m just working with a small drain and water service company but I really want to work for the city and become the excavator operator.

[@aasstock8465]

You did a good job.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Nice work sir!

[@TimMcArdle]

Thanks Jimmy!

[@jasonrunkles1304]

He did a good job but personally I would have had him turn the clamp around where the bolts facing him! For the next guy that digs it up there wouldn’t be 3 bolts sticking up 3 inches above the main.always put your bolts to the side and wrap that shit with poly!

[@quintonnelson6105]

I’ve never heard of anyone wrapping it with poly that’s actually a pretty good idea

[@repairdrive]

Ours mostly only break in the winter in Chicagoland. I think I've only repaired once in shorts. Lol

[@piperepairclampspipetappin8384]

Nice

[@chadhutchins646]

The 80s called they want their backhoe back 🤣. Remove full joint and replace with c-900 and 2 Hymax couplings. Back fill was atrocious

[@mikemacmillan778]

I’ve repaired, probably a thousand WMs (conservative estimate) with equipment older than that. They did a good job. The main was in the boulevard after all, if it were in the street, I’m sure they’d have done it differently

[@TimMcArdle]

Thanks Mike, we where actually working on our mini excavator when this came up so we broke out the ole "92" Case because we like to run it now and again. We went back a few days later when the mud dried and slicked it off and seeded. Thanks for watching!

[@fredoropesa4939]

Where are you guys located because I used to work for the water district in California and you guys do it totally different

[@TimMcArdle]

We're in Central Illinois.

[@omarhernz7453]

Worked for El Paso Water. We usually cut, add a section of pipe with dressers and fix. I see to much full circle clamps which will not last too long.

[@Jdl223]

What type of pipe are they not working on?

[@rickgoddard6925]

And expensive

[@drone521]

U are absolutely correct!! Ci. Or di split lengthwise....they will regret using that clamp. As a retired water authority worker (39 YRS) if u did a job like that u would get an ass chewing, not to mention getting all the shit jobs, hand digging etc for the next week so you learn a lesson!!!! Cracked around that clamp is fine......split never!!!!

[@doughboy1966]

What is the music in the video?

[@rickgoddard6925]

Man in hole knows his shit!

[@ethersecure2432]

This didnt look that deep, but is there a rule that specifies when shoring is required?

[@TimMcArdle]

There is, We push the limits sometimes but use them definitely when necessary.

[@vanderbok23]

5’ or deeper a box is required

[@jonathanlanglois2742]

You can also get away without shoring if you slope the walls. That's typically what my city does.

[@mootymootmoot1679]

@@jonathanlanglois2742 used to be 1500mm here before battering/benching or shoring is required but I'm pretty sure they have changed it in the past few months to 1200mm and talks of trying to make it 1000mm cause in the civil industry is the past 2 years theres been 4 or 5 deaths due to trench collapse 2 of the deaths were at 6½-7 meters and not even a trench box on the jobsite then a month later the same thing happwned it was the same company aswell for both incidents With that company everyone on site understands the job needs to be done but we all want to go home to our families the higher ups in the office just wanna push using a trench box waste time Now 3 people passed away 3 family ruined and this happened just before the industrial man slaughter bill came into effect so now if companies try that dodgy shit snd someone gets hurt and they can prove they made harm work in an unsafe environment outside of what the jsa says the courts will have a field day with them and it goes all the way up the chain site supivisor, ohs,pm, engineers all the way to the company owner

[@raycruz9449]

Why u not pumping water out of the hole

[@TimMcArdle]

That suction hose we used that day was about 6" in diameter so I doesn't really suck the hole all the way down per say but it was keeping it shallow.

[@hustlehumbly6169]

redand yellow flags "lemme dig this shit right here bruh"

[@southaussiegarbo2054]

I personally wouldn't be scratching at it like you did. Most these old cast iron mains(that's what they are) also contained asbestos

[@ernestogarcia789]

You have to make sure the main is clean before putting the sleeve on if not it won’t seal properly. Main chain and file to clean the main.

[@southaussiegarbo2054]

@@ernestogarcia789 so risk death instead

[@kylehadley7813]

Asbestos in cast that’s a new one on me

[@ernestogarcia789]

@@southaussiegarbo2054 you can just throw a power seal on it with all the dirt and expect it to seal properly.

[@southaussiegarbo2054]

@@ernestogarcia789 anything is better then risking death by asbestosis

[@rickgoddard6925]

First of all dump truck closer easy loading

[@aarondearth5594]

i’m no expert by any means but why not shut the water off while doing the repair work? that’s what they do in my neck of the woods.

[@TimMcArdle]

If the water is blowing bad, we do shut them down. This was what we consider a small leak so we did it live to avoid putting customers on a boil order. Thanks for watching and have a good new year!

[@tombo552001]

It's called positive flow, so you don't have to flush and take sample after the repair. Keep the customer in clean water and good customer service.

[@ethersecure2432]

@@tombo552001 nice 👌

[@ethersecure2432]

@@TimMcArdle awesome job! 👍🏻

[@vanderbok23]

@@TimMcArdle haha if you call that live that was no more than a garden hose flowing! No safety glasses even though it was a bottom blow out and if it was under real pressure it would have blew the clamp right out of your hand!!!!

[@user-xj2fh5ou2k]

Здравствуйте скажите что за приспособление которым вы зычищали трубу с низу

[@TimMcArdle]

We just call it a chain cleaner. Just metal tabs linked together to scrape it clean.