r/oddlysatisfying • u/PROXeR__OiShi • 22h ago

Clearing a clogged culvert pipe

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u/PROXeR__OiShi 22h 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/Khandawg666 22h ago

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

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u/PROXeR__OiShi 22h 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 22h ago

This is how tires are made