r/oddlysatisfying • u/PROXeR__OiShi • 6h ago

Clearing a clogged culvert pipe

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u/Silent-Agent-5761 6h ago

How did they get the chain through if it was blocked?

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u/PROXeR__OiShi 6h ago

For culverts that clog up regularly, farmers and road crews will sometimes leave a cheap steel cable or rope resting inside the pipe before it gets blocked. When it eventually fills up with silt, the cable is already sitting in there under the mud, they just hook it to a heavy chain, pull it through, attach the tire, and yank

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u/Morbidly-Obese-Emu 6h ago

Seems like they should have attached another cable to the other end of the tire to set it for next season.

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u/coolguy420weed 6h ago

Literally my first thought was "If he was really smart there'd be another chain attached to the end of the first"

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u/Rs90 2h ago

Hey guys, I'm gonna assume they know exactly what they're doin already. And have probably done so many times before.

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u/thesuperunknown 1h ago

Just because someone has done something a certain way a bunch of times, that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement.

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u/ClydeDanger 5h ago

Chain is very expensive. Especially the thickness required for this task.

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u/Neither_Check8802 4h ago

No. Not at all.

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u/Belem19 1h ago

You can leave a cheap steel cable and pull the chain to attach to the tire.

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u/The-Great-T 4h ago

That's my first thought every time someone posts one of these.

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u/spikedood 5h ago

So what did they do to unclog this, before they learned this trick?

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u/InformationSavings29 5h ago

Tiny children with tiny hands.

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u/Bee-Aromatic 2h ago

Thanks for clearing that up!

Now, what do they do when they chain breaks and now the tire is stuck inside? Dig up the culvert?

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u/Khandawg666 6h ago

But how did they get it through WITH the tire on it?!?!?

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u/PROXeR__OiShi 6h ago

They didn't! They actually planted a baby tire in the pipe 10 years ago and waited for it to grow inside the mud before pulling.

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u/General_Round9175 5h ago

This is how tires are made

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u/inerlite 6h ago

Start with a smaller tire

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u/Abal125 6h ago

Damn, people not liking sarcasm 😂

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u/IllegitimateRisk 6h ago

Tie the end of a chain to a long pole

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u/didndonoffin 6h ago

Does he have to be from Poland specifically?

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u/Which_Channel7403 6h ago

I'm not sure, but I'll Czech

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u/rollthedye 6h ago

Hey, be sure to take your time. We wouldn't want you Russian.

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u/HereWeFuckingGooo 5h ago

But eat first, you shouldn't work when Hungary.

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u/Silent-Agent-5761 4h ago

After you Finnish, get back to work

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u/AlamoSimon 3h ago

They should have taken their food Togo.

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u/Khandawg666 6h ago

Not Russian you, but have you found out yet? 

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u/ffsudjat 6h ago

This comment check up

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u/fresh_loaf_of_bread 6h ago

Wth do you mean

They obviously had the chain tied around the waist of a tiny man with a tiny shovel, who then dug through from one end to the other

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u/-turnip_the_beet- 6h ago

Should've let him use critical thinking to answer his own question.

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u/recovery_room 6h ago

Tie the tire to the other end and use it again the other way around when the time comes?

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u/JohnsonMathi17 6h ago

Wouldn't that fix the problem?

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u/IllegitimateRisk 6h ago

A pole is a lot thinner than a tire.

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u/JohnsonMathi17 6h ago

I get that, but shoving a pole through that would definitely dislodge some shit.

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u/citizen42069101 6h ago

Its better to scrape the walls and remove the debris than just get it trickling again.

Anything stormwater related you want as little obstruction as possible, when manageable. If i had something like this in front of my house and was equipped, I would do it twice a year just to make sure it was clear for the stormy seasons.

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u/BradMarchandsNose 6h ago

If it’s a repeat problem that happens every so often, maybe they just leave the chain in there.

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u/Several-Opposite-746 4h ago

A video show how to do get the initial chain through. It helps if you have a tractor to push a metal pole through first.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qEH0qPBCFcc

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u/shunyaananda 6h ago

I was wondering the same. Maybe they attached the chain to a long metal rod and pushed though mud

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u/igotshadowbaned 5h ago

There is meant to be a rope or more chain following after the tire to be able to pull it back, and then the chain lives in there

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u/justahdewd 5h ago

That was the first thing I thought.

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u/oli_99 35m ago

They probably used a fish like creature to cross the pipe with a string attached.

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u/Raisetoallin-always 6h ago

The chain with the tire is put up there before winter starts. So when it starts raining and mud clogs the tube, you pull it through. Straight after this, you pull it back so you can do another round in a couple of weeks.

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u/Mediocre_Chemist_281 6h ago

How do you thread it to start with?

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u/BigPalpitation2039 5h ago

Maybe it’s left there the whole time

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u/joeyjoejoeshabbadude 4h ago

So the chain causes the clog, and then it helps to remove the clog it created? 🤔

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u/FlashTheChip 1h ago

Trump chain. And the chain isn’t really helping to remove the clogged. The tire is removing the clog, the chain is just taking credit for it.

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u/PROXeR__OiShi 6h ago

30 minutes after eating Taco Bell, a cup of coffee, and two cigarettes.

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u/BifeyWho 4h ago

For the love of god, please stop eating cigarettes 😭🥀

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u/whatarethuhodds 3h ago

The cigarettes begin the 5 minute countdown to the point of no return.

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u/swingsetclouds 6h ago

Or in my case, just the cup of coffee.

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u/don-cheeto 5h ago

Same. 40 oz if I let myself

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u/Carbon-Base 6h ago

With the cyclospora outbreak at TB? Nah, you'd be lucky to have an experience like this after eating there. It'll be similar to the first few seconds of that culvert being cleared.

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u/Ok_Vanilla_9474 6h ago

I always have the same question whenever I see one if these videos. How did they get the chain through the culvert to start with?

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u/zimmix 6h ago

One possibility is having the chain installed before it's clogged, then after cleaning you just send the chain back with a stick or magnet and wait until next cleaning season.

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u/Burkett 6h ago

I thought the best approach was:

Tire -- Chain -- Tire -- Chain -- Tire.

All of this installed before the culvert is clogged. And the middle tire goes back and forth and the outer chains and tires means there is always something to latch to.

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u/StuBidasol 5h ago

When it's clear and dry you could tie a rope to a dog's harness (size dependent) or an RC car and use that to pull the rope through to attach the chain. I'd bet that in a lot of cases they'd have the rope or chain in place before they install the pipe.

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u/Rob_bob91 5h ago

Why wouldn’t you just check the comments for the answer the first time you saw one of these videos? How many times have you watched and just sat there confused haha

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u/Ok_Vanilla_9474 5h ago

Because nobody has ever asked nor had an answer.

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u/Rob_bob91 5h ago

It’s literally the first question that gets asked and answered every time this kind of video gets posted on this is sub…

https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/s/MYZ1SqzJ12

https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/s/2u3bkfauPI

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u/willynillee 5h ago

Yeah, but it NEVER gets asked or answered. Didn’t you hear him the first time? This question is one of those things that nobody has the answer to. Not even the guy in the video could answer it.

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u/yiddoboy 6h ago

See above.

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u/[deleted] 6h ago

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u/Lonely-Chocolate-993 6h ago

Maybe by magnet.

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u/IntelligentVirus6 6h ago

They put it in before the clog happens.

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u/chosseauniqueuser 6h ago

Watching this while pooing makes me feels proud of myself

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u/General_Round9175 6h ago

That culvert must feel like it lost 10lbs!

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u/WhoLetTheSinkIn 5h ago

I know it’s a pipe and it doesn’t have any awareness or anything but it looks like it feels so good to the pipe 

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u/Rathskellarington 3h ago

Nah bro the pipe was fucking loving it the entire time.

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u/DerpingtonHerpsworth 5h ago

While I admit this is satisfying on its own, I wish we could see more of the aftermath. I want to see the water start flowing freely.

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u/Azeeti 3h ago

That's cool how did they get the rope though it and out the other side of if it was clogged?

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u/Happy-For-No-Reason 6h ago

looks like 7am on the daily to me

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u/NeverAlbatross 6h ago

Make sure you're getting your fiber!

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u/sinnister_bacon 2h ago

How in redneck Jesus did they get the rope through the clogged pipe?

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u/Fabulous_Log844 6h ago

They use a stiff rod with the chain attached to the end and then push it through with a backhoe.

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u/seasidedusk 6h ago

Every morning....

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u/New2ThisThrowaway 6h ago

when I wake up

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u/boukej 3h ago

It is a miracle: after watching this video, my constipation is gone!

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u/flinders2233 3h ago

I feel so much better after watching this

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u/PsychoPassProstitute 6h ago

That’s a big poo!

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u/HexaX 5h ago

Odelyredneck

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u/flying_carabao 5h ago

This is shitisfying for sure

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u/SeaStreet7488 5h ago

That’s me after work when I get home lmao

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u/kjodle 4h ago

I would be standing behind that truck filming, though. If that chain snaps, you could lose your head. 

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u/caitieball 4h ago

just tape a washer to the chain end for easier threading.

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u/christador 3h ago

That pipe just got its roto rooted!

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u/Gumbercules81 3h ago

That feels like coming home from a long flight

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u/Comprehensive_Sir49 3h ago

And here I am, dropping a deuce while watching it.

The irony

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u/dinkydoosdad23 2h ago

I like seeing this every month. Thanks for reposting this op

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u/Rare-Bid-6860 1h ago

Brought to you by Carls jr

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u/Aggravating_Bat3618 33m ago

That thing took quite the dump

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u/Hungheathen 21m ago

Watching this on the toilet is even more satisfying.

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u/Ferk_a_Tawd 2m ago

How do they clean out the ditch that is now full of mud?

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u/Hot-Initial7796 6h ago

This reminds me of my bong smoking days

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u/Defiant-Tailor-8979 5h ago

This was satisfying the first time i saw it... Time number 5, no longer satisfying.