Sump Drain Surgery: Compact Tractor & Backhoe Dig Sump Drain Looking for Roots or Fiber Optic Cable 

The fiber provider denied any responsibility. ...and with what I've heard from others here (Ken Deckelman ..an expert in the field), they were likely right. Sounds like this was a case of roots in the pipeline...nothing more.

ok thx for the update

Did they come out to look? If not then you have no responsibility if you break the fiber cable, as you would give them a chance to check it out before the home owner tried to fix it.

They denied responsibility. Not sure who fixed.

if it was me i would have said welp if its not your fault you don't mind me running a drain auger with a spade bit down that pipe of mine then do ya :D

How large (diameter) are those ‘innerducts’?

Tractor Time with Tim: They are usually 1”, 1-1/4” (most common) or 1-1/2” inside diameter.

Ok, so we would never see a thinly wrapped fiber by itself? If that is the case, I must have been seeing a root in there rather than the fiber.

I certainly can't say for sure, but generally fiber cables are not direct buried the way copper cables were years ago. I am also speaking of mainline "feeder" cables, not sure if these houses have fiber to them like the "FIOS" network we have here-those are direct buried but I doubt they would be parallel to the sidewalk as shown by the white marks in your video, they would be coming from a distribution box (handhole or pedestal) that's fed from the feeder cable. Of course local practices there could be different from the ones here that I am familiar with. The real key here is to stay away from them anyway...You do not want to cut or disturb any underground utilities. Remember the marks are not always 100% accurate anyway and to should always be hand digging near them. I remember one trouble/cut we had many many years ago...They where the "least cost bidder" for the job LOL...Well they thought they were supposed to dig INSIDE the marks...Oh man did they pay for that mistake!

Yep. Should be some more this spring. Had a visit there last weekend...and video...but this video is all Casey, as he visited too.

Thanks Hound!

This was just a sump pump drain. Thanks for watching and commenting!

This was from September or so. We're almost out of projects from last season. Can't wait to get started this year!

Major difference. The wider bucket is MUCH faster. I would say 3 times as fast as the 8 inch.

I'm becoming convinced. The black corrugated is so much easier to work with...but we seem to be encountering more and more issues where it has been used.

Yes. They denied responsibility. Customer had to pay.

You are right about the choice to use Johnny. This was last fall...before Christy’s surgery.

yes, they got 'kicked out' of Carmel because of the water and gas main breaks. This is unfortunate, because I was looking forward to the additional competition...to lower the price of internet.

Tractor Time with Tim They were shut down several times here in Fishers, but I think they completed the work. I haven’t inquired about cost since it’s such a hassle to switch providers.

Not many (large) rocks here.

Tractor Time with Tim our province is known as the rock lol

2 rocks for every dirt is not a good ratio lol!

gtoboss600 nope 😂

Yea, I DID get dirty. How did I let THAT happen???

I hope you were rewarded with a cheeseburger on the way home.

You are making me hungry!

I'm a pastry chef. ill make ya something good

Oh my! Where are you located? Christy and Katriel are loving watching ‘The Great British Bake Off’ on Netflix. Katriel wants to learn how to make some good gluten free desserts.

Don't give her any ideas!!!

mwa ha ha

Thanks Levi. Hope things going well for you!

Thanks Mark.

Thanks Johan!

We could use your help. Not many folks are "sewer lovers" :-)

I guess " love " is not the word I would use , but I want ask someone else to do a job that I want do myself. Tolerate might work as more of the way I feel about sewer work. God bless you all !!!! Eddy

I understand. Some 'dirty jobs' can have a degree of enjoyment or at least satisfaction to them.

Lots of flags, that is for sure.

Thanks Ryan!

Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching!

Thanks Mark.

I work on software for managing and marketing the transmissions. I do not work on software which directly runs inside the transmissions. There is something ‘different ‘ about the 1000’s in the duramax, but i haven’t been around long enough here to know the nuance.

oh ok i understand thanks for replying.

Thanks for watching!

Not sure. We didn’t do it.

that's what i wanted to hear about also:-(

Yes, we are diligent about utilities. Welcome to our channel.

Thanks Vern!

Thanks Jackson!

I'll admit, it was tempting. However, now with Kenny's and others explanation, I'm not sure I was grabbing the fiber cable. Maybe it was just a root. Not sure.

OETIOHeavyLifter Excellent idea.

Turns out it was not a Fiber issue. Must have been just roots penetrating the pipe somehow.

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Thanks Mike.

Maybe so, but I always tear up the tarp when pushing the dirt back. It never works like you think it should. Perhaps a large piece of plywood would work...for small jobs.

Look into a power sweep.It's rubber paddle that cleans the dirt right out of the grass.

Can you include a link to something like you mean? I see some which look small...like they mount on a weed eater, and some much larger like the sweepers you can get to mount on the front of our tractors.

I do not. There may be such an animal, but not with Deere, and as far as I know, not with Kubota.

Easy one for Me. Get the backhoe. It easily doubles the functionality of your tractor. Of course it is a small backhoe, but look at what I’ve been able to do with it. You won’t regret it.

Yes, it was warm. I think it was in September. We're almost out of projects from last season...the weather had better be warming up soon!

No, did not return. Someone else filled it in after they fixed it. I do not discuss pricing. Sorry.

Yea, who knows at this point? Customer ended up having to pay. I'll never know for sure if he should have or not.

Yes, very nice. It helps a lot. We've had it for a year or so now. Totally transforms the speed of digging.

David Roberts uh. Nv

So what are you saying?

You have to learn to use it. It doesn’t have brute force, but by focusing on the curl functionality...which IS pretty strong, you can accomplish a lot.

Welcome back.

Yea, and turns out. The fiber provider denied that they were a part of it. So, he had to pay for repair anyway.

Not much digging. Wasn’t worth the extra damage to the lawn.

Yep.

I’m not sure now that this ‘wire ‘ I saw was a wire. Maybe it was a root? Ken is saying that the fiber would be in some sort of tube 1-1.5 inches in diameter.

ahh indeed they proably would have had a piece of interduct that they would have the wire in. Okay now is making little more sence. Great videos as always thanks!

I’ll take a look if I get a chance.

Tractor Time with Tim thanks so much!

nice job

Probably not. Does that deserve an insult? I think not. I'm sure there are things you and I have never done either.

Thanks Lod!