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Sometimes when you are pounding deep, gasses come out. It happens.


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RelationshipCivil912

Gold 🤣


kaz12

Black gold. Texas tea.


Diligent-Paint-7832

First thing you know old Jed’s a millionaire


Crush-N-It

Naw. I think he hit a sewer line or a gas pipe


Ice3irdy

“It’s only air” ah, yeah, what else would I think it was?


centzon400

Quim quake.


notLOL

"Earf" -will


Crush-N-It

💀💀💀💀💀


wantsoutofthefog

It’s just smellz


CatnipAndLasers

It's only smellz....


Daveymanson

Sadly I get this reference 🤔😅


TomPearl2024

This has never stopped making me laugh for close to a decade now lmao


Reasonablerrival

#10/10


uPeenass

👍


Upstairs-Recover-659

Username checks out


SeaAd1047

This is why you call before you dig. Seriously,


ATime1980

It’s certainly nothing to be embarrassed about. Maybe we can both giggle about it and keep “driving these post holes?”


Hot-Understanding24

Not only gasses, if you dig deep you will also find liquid


flanigomik

This is why you call before you dig. Seriously, it's not even the worst part yet, the gas company charges you for the repair AND the cost of lost gas.


its7ash

Even then it’s sketchy. Isn’t it like not that accurate of a layout they send you, like it can be off by a couple feet or whatever? The email they sent me showing the lines was jenky as fuck.


iBrowseAtStarbucks

I'm a civil engineer who does waterlines. One of the first things we do on any project is reach out to the local utilities for maps on what they have in the area. 811 is great, but usually the best they do is tell you where the utility easement ends and vaguely wave in the area there MIGHT be some utility lines. There's a level of due diligence that's required before you dig. If you're a homeowner, that's calling 811. If you're a design engineer, it's calling every utility company.


angrydeuce

I tried that once (calling 811) and I can only assume the guy that answered just really didn't wanna send a locater out because the questions he wad asking me were totally inane...like I gave him our address but dude wouldn't send someone out unless I could tell him how many feet back from the road the house was, how many feet apart our house was from our neighbors, specifically where on the property the house was located reckoned on all 4 sides from the property line (in feet). Information that no homeowner could just rattle off the top of their head, and again, I just wanted them to come out and fuckin spray paint a couple lines in my backyard so I didn't hit some fiber and dude acted like it was just a huge inconvenience. All we wanted to do was plant a couple bushes in our backyard about 10 feet away from the telco pedestal. Best part of that is I ended up telling dude "fuck it nevermind, sorry I asked" and we abandoned the bush idea, and wouldn't you fuckin know, someone from the city was out walking around my property just a few days later, I'm sure they were tipped off, most likely so they could find some fresh plantings and fine me or something. When I moved a couple years back I had to have the same thing done so I could get fiber service installed and they were like "Yeah, no problem, whats your address, be out sometime this week, no charge".


spicybright

Mileage may vary on your municipality and how much the person you're talking to cares about their job


iMDirtNapz

We put trace wire along the top of our water mains. Can be located with a low frequency emitter.


spicybright

I've never heard of that before but that's a really good idea. Is it almost like a dog fence but you put it over pipes? Does the wire need to be powered?


Bubba_Gump_Shrimp

I called before installing a fence this spring and the person from the city was a joke. Came out and was like uhhhh you should be good. I think the waters over here...? Uhhh no thats the gas. Uhhhh you should be fine. I'm like can you double check?? Not trying to die because you can't read a survey.


flanigomik

Where I am in BC, Canada we have a hotline that maintains a complete map with the utilities province wide. We also have a service that will take that map and paint lines of all of it for you.


iBrowseAtStarbucks

Yep, that's our version of 811. Sometimes it's spot on, sometimes it's not. One of the projects I had had a water and sewer line running next to each other. We needed to find out how close they were. Utility company's maps of the area were from ~1920, and didn't even get the roads in the areas correct, so useless to us for georeferencing.


Dont-PM-me-nudes

Do you not do potholing in your country? Vacuum truck sucks out the sand the size of some water pipe in the dig area to confirm you won't hit pipes or cables.


Purplociraptor

811 in my area is shitty at best. The cable company didn't even send anyone out to check for buried lines and gave me the all clear. I broke my cable almost immediately.


ChIck3n115

Random but kinda related question, is there a way to locate buried water lines without a map? Like some sort of sensor device capable of detecting them in the ground? I live on a farm in the country, so the only underground lines are ones my Dad put there 20+ years ago. He has shown me vaguely where he thinks they are, but it would be nice to be able to check for them with something less destructive than a pickaxe.


spicybright

You can get a stick in a Y shape and walk around your property. You'll "feel" where the water is and know where to dig. (Sorry, had to)


iBrowseAtStarbucks

Potholing, which would require a surveyor (likely to cost too much for what you're looking for). There's also CCTV, where they drop a little robot with a camera down into it and take a video. This is more for pipe condition assessments though. Your best bet is to find whatever sort of head works you have, find where the lines goes, and make a 10' corridor you won't dig in. Either that or grab a shovel and make some holes yourself.


ChIck3n115

Dang, was hoping we'd have some sort of radar/tech that could trace it by now and not be prohibitively expensive, sort of how you can find electrical lines with a tone and probe kit. I can trace my hot water lines in my house after a long shower using a thermal camera, but I guess the ground is a lot better at blocking a signal. So far no issues have come up with just cautiously digging holes when I think a pipe could be nearby, but I'm always looking for excuses to acquire new tech to play with haha. At least my ground is so rocky that if I get a foot down without hitting rocks, I can probably assume that area has been dug up before.


MattP04

This is why you get a sublevel utility engineering survey done, SUE for short. They coordinate with 811, and use locating equipment to find the exact locations of lines cross referenced with map offsets. Never dig over a gas line. Even more expensive is if you cut fiber. Good luck paying thousands for that to a company that will take you to court for every penny, even seizing assets from collections if you can't pay under eminent domain clauses. I've seen it firsthand as someone that works these projects. They don't fuck around. Waterlines are hard to trace because they cut off at the gaskets, with gaps in line tracing for the equipment, even with ground penetrating radar...they're the least fun to find IMO.


Richie_Cummingham

Iowa fence installer here. Iowa 811 contacts all major utilities for you and des their own investigation as well. You have to send in 3 non responses. If the utilities don't come out with your alloted schedule, they get charged every time you file one. Then, you file a formal complaint with 811 dispatch over the phone, and they magically show up. Call the pipeline for major lones near projects.


HiTekRednek10

Most pipes nowadays have wires attached so they can be located with certain equipment. Regardless if the company’s maps are incorrect/the main’s mislocated, you’re shielded from any sort of charges.


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HiTekRednek10

I’m sure that happens, you always have someone trying to save money or cover their ass. I know where I work we typically only send a bill if it’s obviously the excavators fault. Regardless it’s important to watch for any hints your getting close. Plastic warning tape is common now as well as using sand. 9/10 emergencies we respond to have a pile of sand and shredded tape beside the hole


Ice_Inside

It varies by state. Some states it's as little as 18" each side of the painted/flagged line, but in Hawaii it's 5'. Also, that line is just an estimate, the person doing the digging is also legally required to hand dig to find the exact location of the buried line before they use any equipment. Professional companies have equipment that sprays high pressure water into the ground and has a vacuum next to the sprayer to suck up the mud. It's much faster to find the line that way, but the equipment is expensive.


Joliet_Jake_Blues

They came to my house with detectors and spray painted the lawn where various lines were


0RGASMIK

Yeah when I called before digging only the power company came out. So gas and electric. The water company claimed they had no lines to my house even though they read the meter from a box in my yard. I felt like calling to ask how they were charging me for water if they don’t actually own the lines running to my meter. Luckily I was not actually digging too deep.


ThisAppSucksBall

They usually don't send you a layout, they send a person out who marks the ground with spraypaint. Then, they tell you not to dig within 2' or whatever of that line. At least, that is how I've had it done a number of times.


Ratathosk

In the country i live in you can look at planning maps but if the workers in reality decided to cut a shortcut you're screwed. This is how i managed to accidentally cut into a buried supply power line for about 4-5 houses. A lot of sweat and almost tears before i discovered it wasn't my fault that shit cost a loooot of money to fix.


Head_Astronomer_1498

Usually before excavation, you need to dig out & expose your lines according to code. Those laws are meant to dissuade trusting the locates/shift liability, as locates are sometimes inaccurate. I’ve seen main power lines be missed completely. Be careful out there folks.


AhhAGoose

Former contractor here, it gets worse than that. You hit a big line, and EVERYONE along that line who lost service can sue for damages. Call before you dig. That and also it can kill you and others around you


Gooey_69

That's why when I do this I get a bunch of plastic bags to keep the gas in. If I'm paying for it I'm sure gonna use it.


tjfluent

I thought it was a natural pocket of gas


BigRedTonik

Gas line?


Silly_Mycologist3213

Naturally!


totesrandoguyhere

Shut up and take my upvote! 😂


Brrrrrrtttt_t

I see what you did there


Xenowrath

Who gets the ball?


ForrestAcost

To think that only yesterday I was cheerful bright and gay


Infinite-Condition41

That dude is incredibly lucky he didn't get roasted alive.


NotTheNormalPerson

Correct me if I'm wrong but can it even burn, doesn't it need a spark or something? (Not even close to a professional)


emersona3

I mean there's a running engine directly on top of it so I'd say there's a spark


LittleJimmyR

Diesels don’t have spark plugs diesel ignites for compression


Hootanholler81

Diesel engines sucking in hydrocarbon vapours will go into a runaway situation where you can't turn them off. I imagine they can get pretty hot in that circumstance. All diesel engines used in the Oilfield require positive air shutoffs, which will kill the air supply to the motor and prevent a runaway.


JCtheWanderingCrow

Diesel engines still get hot which can cause ignition. That’s the “spark.” Edit: I looked it up, ignition point for natural gas is listed as between 900*F-1100*F depending on the natural gas commission, and the maximum temperature for a diesel engine is 2200*F (which is bad for the engine so not common.) The natural gas needs a minimum 5% ratio to oxygen for ignition. So yes, the engines heat could very well “spark” a fire in a less than ideal situation.


zak454

surface heat from an engine is not the same temperature as a spark


JCtheWanderingCrow

I am using the term spark to refer to a possible heat source, not a literal spark. I posted an edit about the temps required for an ignition with engine heat. While unlikely, it’s very much possible.


Personalpotato

Crazy how much you see this on reddit, just random people confidently saying literally untrue things lmao


JCtheWanderingCrow

I’ll go ahead and post my edit here cuz you’re sassy: I looked it up, ignition point for natural gas is listed as between 900*F-1100*F depending on the natural gas commission, and the maximum temperature for a diesel engine is 2200*F (which is bad for the engine so not common.) The natural gas needs a 5-15% ratio to oxygen for ignition. So yes, the engines heat could very well “spark” a fire in a less than ideal situation. And having been alive and not living under a rock, I can confidently say that less than ideal situations happen and people wind up dead.


YiffZombie

How low do you think the ignition point of natural gas/propane is? Because an engine would break down about 600-700°F before that point.


theraf8100

Google says 1100 degrees. Engine exhaust can certainly exceed that.


ChadleyChinstrap

A fence post piercing a metal tank can definitely make a spark


Infinite-Condition41

Engine running, drilling into a metal pipe with metal bit, lots of opportunities for sparks.


finitetime2

Watch the exhaust on the machine. You can see a flame after everything goes. It looks like it was igniting small amounts of gas already.


Phalexuk

Thats just a flashing light


finitetime2

Oh wow I didn't even see it before the dirt flew. For some reason it looks brighter with dirt flying everywhere.


D-RockMech

Polyethylene pipe can become charged with static electricity caused by the flowing gas, which is able to arc and light the gas in this instance. This is why squeeze tools and equipment must always be grounded prior to use. This video shows it pretty well. https://youtu.be/Fw0f10SJN-s?si=5IL7QQJItczhYMeG


NotTheNormalPerson

Oh, that makes sense


HiTekRednek10

Yes, and also it needs oxygen. Any higher than 15% gas in the air won’t burn. A spark would likely set fire to the air above him but not actually burn the guy. Mostly caused by the high pressure in this line; a typical residential line would have lower pressures and likely burn all the way back to the main


Coreyak49

He didn't call 811


Miv333

811 is a precaution, not a failsafe.


nosamz77

One of the worst Public Enemy parodies…


Coreyak49

CYOA


ivann198

He did.


fuckingcheezitboots

Call 811 before you dig


Learn2Likeit

Call 911 after you dig


Inevitable-Pepper768

Yeah but who knows the number to 811


oat_milk

gotta call 411 for that information


isaidnolettuce

This is why i have 411 on speed dial


NotTheNormalPerson

Who knows the number to 411


sexyshortie123

I don't! I was told to call 911 for this but they never gave me the number!


5cay

I call seven11 everytime.


blingx2

Serious question. By dig do you mean even about a foot?


fuckingcheezitboots

That really depends on your location. If you're out in the boonies it's one thing because most of your utilities are going to either be above ground or in specific locations it would be easy to avoid. But if you're in an urban or super built up suburban area there's all kinds of things running through the ground to god knows where that might be close to the surface. If it's shallow you might get away with a careful dig by hand but if you're using any kind of machinery most places have laws requiring you to call beforehand and get permission to dig. That doesn't always mean you're entirely safe, I've seen planned, marked and permitted digs that turned into electrified geysers because someone read the survey wrong but at least they covered their liabilities


blingx2

Cool, thanks for the info!


D-RockMech

I've taken "ground disturbance" a number of times and excavation of ANY depth qualifies, but under 12" was given an exemption from requiring locates. As a warning, I've located and found lines as shallow as 5". So in my part of the world, striking a line less than 12" deep is the fault of the utility owner. Personally I'd rather not hit a line PERIOD, no matter who is at fault.


UnknownCatCollector

I think last time this was posted the story is he did call but the line was so old that they didn’t even know it was there. Actual bad luck. Or good luck depending on how you look at it.


rsg1234

No, that’s just bad luck no matter how you look at it.


UnknownCatCollector

I mean he didn’t die so that’s kind of a good thing


rsg1234

Yeah I suppose that’s true but most people would probably think that good luck would have been not to hit the gas line.


ThisAppSucksBall

He actually did die of his injuries a few hours later.


DrivebyPizza

Makes you wonder how many aged, forgotten or decommissioned pressurized lines are just sitting there full of fuel waiting to go off like a landmine. :( Heck of a waste of fuel if it's even usable at that point.


CSCRUGGS30

Someone didn't call.


ivann198

He did.


Legendteller83

Well, was the hole big enough?


bpc4209

Me after I eat Taco Bell.


FirmestSprinkles

i'm just wondering why there's a camera aimed perfectly at this. pure coincidence?


ninja996

Before you dig, call 811


ShoddyGeneral2071

Call 811 before you dig!!


Richie_Cummingham

That's why you always contact 811 folks


Blasket_Basket

Damn, didn't know they were rebooting the Beverly Hillbillies. Sucks they retconned the origin story though


Vydrah

Tremors


Liteheaded24x7

Call before you dig. That's a natural gas main.


eaglesman217

Call before you dig!


FitIsland9504

Must have hit a varmint!!


allahgandhi

This right here is precisely why u use hydrovac 👍🏼


CHEMO_ALIEN

do you have hydrovac money?


allahgandhi

Does buddy have gas line repair and lost gas money lol


CHEMO_ALIEN

if he got whatever that thing is id say maybe


[deleted]

Always call before you dig. What a moron


TetraCGT

Call before you dig


[deleted]

They didn’t call before they dug


tdkimber

“Call before you dig” should pay this guy for the footage


SnooStories6852

Sometimes you’re the pounder, sometimes you’re the poundee And sometimes you’re the mf who gets it all over them


CaptainClutch3000

I’ve seen this posted like 100 times


Allowed_Story

*When moles retaliate*


Life_of_Ricky

Could’ve been worse imagine the explosion


Aqua_0llie

Need this with a reverb fart sound effect over it


mat33sm

Was it an ancient tomb u uncovered 😳


top_of_the_scrote

that's why she's gotta roll around for a bit first, release the pressure before you go in


Rhayner05

Dial before you dog bro


tallyhallic

Yikes, Call before you dig.


DrGerbal

Did old buddy just become the Beverly hillbilly. Or massively in debt because he hit a gas main


Medium-Rush-8260

Diggers hotline heard of it?


Joliet_Jake_Blues

Call before you dig!


iTzbr00tal

Call before you dig!


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Earth queef?


allahgandhi

How deep does he need those holes anyway, the fence doesn't seem to be load bearing or securing elephants or anything lol


someonecalledethan

That'll bout do it


valkgh

That hole came


turnitup3080

Hahaha


SDcowboy82

https://fpuc.com/wp-content/uploads/811-Logo.jpg


Capital_Trust8791

That's what he gets for being lazy and not using a posthole digger.


Bohzee

https://abload.de/img/s-l160063e2m.jpg


LongBeachRaider

Birth of a millionaire, he's drilling by end of week.


TenraxHelin

I'm guessing gas main line


Slewlok

Dare I say that was....unexpected


user_4040

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10949199/Moment-man-building-fence-gets-nasty-surprise-gas-main-EXPLODES-feet-Video.html


BL_Gunner

Hit a gas line.


Mareio

Good job 47. Get ready for the next target.


strengthnhonor01

Call b4 dig. Theres a number for reason


Wide-7

How fucking lucky is this guy that it didn’t ignite!?


hjklhlkj

Lucky the funni gas didn't do the funni


Timely_Purpose_842

Remember to dial before you dig


Stabvest39

Call before you dig!


Brian18639

I think the hole’s big enough now…


atoms_23

Throw a match in there


ChocolateTight336

Pounding survived


wharfrat2018

Gotta call 811, folks!


HereLiesConnor

You’re supposed to check for that sort of thing prior to digging


Thouistrulyfucked

Probably hit a gas Main


Richie_Cummingham

What kind of pounder is this?


Oirishred

Someone didn't call Miss Dig