He (us) who digs holes............

Logtec said:

Yes,
it’s always nice to see what our brothers are doing..
I used to get into big jobs but that was years ago, now my service work is pretty easy/boring compared to what you’re into.

This is a Tango special, that I came across today.

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dhal22 said:

Another hole photo. Down the hill the guys go. Inspector (engineering firm working for city) insisted in his heavy Russian accent on a 10' head. I happened to stop in while the inspector was there and I asked him for advice on how to get that 10' head he was looking for. We were full up to cleanout at the top of the hill.

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Sstratton6175 said:

I’m sure @hewhodigsholes appreciates you using his preferred pronouns for the thread title

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OpenSights said:

Hard clay in freezing rain! Where do I sign CDC Apprentice up?!?!!!

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dhal22 said:

hewhodigsholes' comments got me thinking on posting more photos. I figure a thread in honor of his user name is a good idea.

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20,000v power lines above the trench box.


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hewhodigsholes said:

Send him to Texas! We'll whip him into shape. Plenty of shovel work and tiny crawlspaces here.

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Plumbus said:

Focusing on the first two photos hurt my neck.

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dhal22 said:

More holes today, just outside of a star buck's drive through is leaking joint between 6" dip and 6" c900 pipe. Looks like they used a wrap around clamp to secure the joint. This job is about to get much bigger,

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OpenSights said:

He actually likes crawl spaces, and digging! Last summer, or the summer after we had our main line replaced he asked if he could dig a hole in the back yard. Since it was all torn up I said sure, as long as it wasn’t where the new line is. He dug down about 6’ by hand. Clay/dirt mix. He found all kinds of treasures (trash from when the house was built).

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dhal22 said:

Just above the green pipe you can see the wrap around clamp. This job will cross $20k before we are finished.

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hewhodigsholes said:

I am quite honored.

Here's the hole we dug for those cleanouts in the freezing rain.

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skoronesa said:

When I was a kid I used to dig foxholes for fun, even built a bunker. The roof was old railroad ties, sticks in the gaps, pine boughs, then sod. Only one small hole to get in/out. I poured gas in and lit it when a racoon started living in it. I was a naughty child. I also dug a hole big enough to fit a car in. As I got older I used most of the dirt to build a bmx track.

I even dug up our nice sideyard because I had started finding marbles. Found about 40 in all. My mother freaked when I started digging under a retaining wall.

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