Dumb A$$

justjeepin86

justjeepin86

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When your installing a fence, don't do this!

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I thought I was way clear from where my tail lines should be. Note to self, check everywhere no matter what!

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Duct tape and concrete!
 
This reminds me when my stepdad decided to have a pool installed. He said he knew where every line in the backyard was. He told the contractor "your good, go ahead". The first scoop of the backhoe severed the main power supply to the entire neighborhood. Cost him a pretty penny to fix it. It wasn't funny for him, but I couldn't stop laughing. I'm 100% certain that the Clark Grizwald character was based off of my stepdad. This was one of many stories.
 
Wes said:
This reminds me when my stepdad decided to have a pool installed. He said he knew where every line in the backyard was. He told the contractor "your good, go ahead". The first scoop of the backhoe severed the main power supply to the entire neighborhood. Cost him a pretty penny to fix it. It wasn't funny for him, but I couldn't stop laughing. I'm 100% certain that the Clark Grizwald character was based off of my stepdad. This was one of many stories.
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Ouch. So he had an easement in the back yard he didn't know about? I bet plans changed with the pool?
 
We were putting in a new set of septic lines for a guy in kernersville one day and we got the main cable line for the entire neighborhood.
I didn't know so many people worked from home:shaking:
811 marked it and they were way off on their markings. Scary thing was the power line was less than a foot away from the cable.
 
Infamous1 said:
Probably got plastic shavings while drilling the post hole and the big hole is for the repair.

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This ^ exactly. It just so happened that the center of the bit hit the center of the pipe. There are a lot of trees in the back yard, so I thought I just hit a root and kept digging. Till I saw a piece of black plastic come up, that is.
 
Wes said:
He still managed to get the pool in. I believe he adjusted the design slightly, but it turned out nice.
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I joked with my wife last time I had to dig up the lid to our septic tank. Told her it was the inground pool she has been wanting. Just need to shower real good afterwards.
 
Riddle said:
We were putting in a new set of septic lines for a guy in kernersville one day and we got the main cable line for the entire neighborhood.
I didn't know so many people worked from home:shaking:
811 marked it and they were way off on their markings. Scary thing was the power line was less than a foot away from the cable.
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Get it located and dig up shit with the confidence that you won't have to pay for it. :beer:
 
Wes said:
This reminds me when my stepdad decided to have a pool installed. He said he knew where every line in the backyard was. He told the contractor "your good, go ahead". The first scoop of the backhoe severed the main power supply to the entire neighborhood. Cost him a pretty penny to fix it. It wasn't funny for him, but I couldn't stop laughing. I'm 100% certain that the Clark Grizwald character was based off of my stepdad. This was one of many stories.
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Neighbor just did this, but at the cost of the power company. He had a deck put in last year and had the lines marked so they didn't hit them while digging the posts in. Then this year has the pool put in and the power company again comes out to mark lines.

Neighbor notices the mark is farther back than the prior year and the contractor agreed. Power guy said it was OK, first dig hit the line.

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We hit the main fiber optics cable at work last week was mark and we were told it was min. 30" deep first pass with the dozer cut it in half. AT&T said it was our fault to bad we have documents of them coming and marking and telling us the depths. AT&T supervisor said we would be getting a bill over 40,000

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I put a new mail box for my parents on Easter weekend many years ago. I lined it up with others on the street. There was alot of small roots in that hole considering it was sand at Nags Head. Neighbors were later complaining that their children had not called to wish Happy Easter. I cut the main telephone line in the subdivision and this was before cell phones
 
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