Town: so how long have you been a backhoe operator? Operator: this is my first time. Town: you're hired.

Great video. I am a plumber and have a backhoe. People don't know how much work it is to so this stuff. Loved it.

Some 3/4 clear stone would clean that hole up nice, work comfortable.

I commend you guys you give it hell and you do very good work. Just a Thank you from a friend.

great job. I can imaging that this is twice as much fun in the winter.

I did that job repairing for 5 years in Toronto then I became an investigator

This guy really knows how to lay the pipe.

9:05 Thank god for the trench box! I have heard of horrible stories of guys leaving the trench box while laying down pipe and a sudden collapse kills them.

My cup of tea!

awesome video!

in the colder climates the pipe needs to be barred below the freeze line so the pipe wont freeze.

Nice when you have all the equipment and guy's, even a vac truck back then.

That is one large break!

I love this kind of work its so awesome to watch I wish I could do this everyday!

yes. the water mains are deep here as gets very cold in the winter

Nice thick street!

Great video,I do this type of work here in Newportnews Va. and we do things a little different here! We use hydraulic pipe cutters that seem like they weigh a ton! I think I like your pipe cutters better! We use a ratchet wrench whereas you guys use a neumatic wrench.Our 441 repair couplings look a little different from yours....That main was deep! Are all of your mains that deep?

9:08 now I understand the purpose of the that cage

Have been in that situation so many times.

For the people yip yaping. Yes there is always a better, faster way and there is always a slow time wasting way. You use what you have. And as long as it's safe fine.

Where is this?

Does muddy water flow in the houses after the repair is over?

Nice Video, i know that kind of work myself, is it normal in this area to use such a tractor type digger, for such important work? I think the 8 to 12 ton Mobile Excavator is twice as fast?

That thing they use to cut the pipe is kinda cool we just use a demo saw cuts like a laser

10:30 WOW. Very professional overall.

I do this exact same job. Some things we do different is we almost never have a vector out unless there are utilities close to where we are digging. (I wish we had one available like you do) Also we use a stihl ts700 to cut pipe. I do not envy the way you do it lol. It's hard to tell is the an 8 or 10?

The guy on the backhoe is pretty good.

Wow.. y’all cut out steel and replace with pvc!!! Lol I wish we did that and we cut are pipe with a sthil saw.

27Drynn From looking it up, Edmonton Requires 2.67m for 300mm pipe. Size and depth very - Bigger watermain, deeper down. Where I live it is 2.0m and we had a lot of bursts this winter. Again this is minimum so it can be deeper if needed.

Great

How it's named to big round collar at 10:30?

BOM O CERVISO DOS CARAS

Used to do this for a living. I don't miss it one bit....👍

I can't believe how deep the main is. Getting to the main is actually harder than the repair. You're definitely not in Florida.

IT WOULD BE A LOT EASIER IF THEY HAD A RUBBER TYPED EXCAVATOR. IT WOULD HAVE A STRONGER BOOM THAN THE BACKHOE HAS.

I like the video

why didn't they use mobile excavators?

Safely excavation should be done without damaging main pipe line further. If it's not done that way. Repair cost going to be higher than expected.

Maybe you have different regulations in Canada but you should never fully depressurize the main prior to excavating all the way around it to avoid contamination. Didn't see where they disinfected the new pipe and couplings prior to installation but maybe they did. The main is quite deep and ya, that would take a while with that backhoe.

Wish I had a dollar for every one of those I did!

they never use a backhoe for the whole job in my home town cuz the city has two wheeled volvo excavators

here in the south we call the trench box coffins which makes no since considering their purpose, but in my experience working in the water utilities in the south, everything we do is ass backwards.

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i am really jealous of you guys if you look how i do the same work in greece in my home town nea moudania chalkidiki you will pull your hair of your head... no helping hands no safety plates no power tools no support truck.. me my car ( fiat stilo 1.3) and a bold guy with a very old jcb :/ :/ i cant count the days that i was working inside the bucket of the jcb because the walls of my dig kept crashing down on me ....

да, не как у нас работают))

sawzaw

Shit,,, must have forgot the cement in the concrete

Man when did the world become so scared if it's own shadow. It's kinda sad but some of the stuff we are made to do in the name of safety actually put us in a way more unsafe situation. Like these guys with that safety cage. That cage gives a false sense of safety and they aren't as aware of things around them so if something that that cage can't protect them against but they think it will happens they are more likely to ignore it until it's to late. Jeez.

Put some new pins in the bucket

Gotong fotonya kok enggak di tutupi

das ist eine " Wasserstraße " this is a "waterway"

If you're a NAIT student watching this please inform Mike that he owes me 50 bucks, thank you

So people don't physically open with there hand anymore.....it's not difficult it's easy

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What year is this...1962? Murica is like 50 years behind northern Europe when it comes to constuctionequipment.

I think some serious time could have been saved if for say a 65,000lb excavator was used to dig mainline repair on this job. But then again maybe one wasnt available. Loading trucks with a backhoe on this kind of job calls for an excavator with its reach and swing time

of all the days i forgot to install a thumb...................

Somebody needs an excavator with a hydraulic thumb fitted.

10:09... Did that woman at the top of the ladder get lost on the way to her kitchen?

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Why not use pipe repair clamp? it will be fast and save cost, No need cut the pipe

That's what happens when you push pipes together with a machine instead of using a pipebar

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That guy slow for backhoe operator

No big deal! Its big boy legos

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paarden in amerika

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They should have used an excavator

One of the worst operators I have ever seen!!!

slow ass operator

Real men don't use safety garbage.