Same, I was wondering what his plan was and why he could just poke it through the grate, but damn I do think that is a pretty good system, so much easier to clean a clog at the start then someplace in the middle.
They're witches hats. They aren't in vogue anymore for silt control because of this situation where it often goes freeboard over not a lot of ditritus. They are also fucking heavy. Simply put, they are more problematic than the problem they try to solve
yeah I don't get it. Filters require cleaning.. of the stuff that clogs them. Lots of drains means lots of filters and clogged drains. Better to have one large filtration near the exit that can be easily monitored and serviced than 1000's of smaller ones scattered all over the place.
Yeah but doesn't that mean the system can clog anywhere between the entry and the exit? The point of the filter at the start is to keep the shit from entering the system in the first place as clogs in the system are harder to clear
In most countries the underground pipes are a significantly larger diameter than the drain entries to prevent this from occurring. For instance in our country we do not use entry filters and yet clogging is rare.
I live in Finland and we are very sparsely populated. I would assume we use smaller diameter pipes due to costs but honestly I have absolutely no clue how we operate our drainage systems
Well, that's in Germany, of course it needs to be tedious, overcomplicated, and questionable. How else you would have work for all the people doing road maintenance in a scale, to be occupied with all sort of shit but road maintenance.
Where I am, the storm drain covers have a small enough grate that the leaves pile up on top of the grate. So if it starts to back up, I can just sweep the leaves aside with my foot as I pass, and not have to open or remove anything.
On the flipside, people can empty them regularly. If the system relies on big filters underground, then regular folks have no way of clearing problems -- they have to rely on the utility or agency responsible for it, which may not be reliable.
The filters would be at the wastewater treatment plant at the very end of the city drainage system, not somewhere underground. If those are backing up, you have a lot more going wrong with your municipal government.
When I was a teen (16-19 years old) I used to work at this gas station. It had these manual car washing boxes. I sometimes had the task to clean and shovel these out if they got full. I always found this such a satisfying job. Seeing how these drains were full of random dirt, mud, sand and whatever. Also seeing all the water flowing in again after it was emptied was super satisfying. And as a nice bonus I could also use the sprayers and pressure hoses to spray the whole box clean again😂😂
That shit stinks, though. When I worked at a car wash, every month we had to go in after hours and shovel out the Pit; the area below the automated line where all the road dirt and bird shit and everything you can imagine ended up, packed in like a dark, slimy, sandy, shit sludge. And it stank. Terrible experience.
I work at the truck cleaning department of a transport company. We need to clear out the drain every other month or so to dig out all the mud, leaves, salt and all the other crap you can think of. It leaves such a horrible smell that we can't work in it for atleast 2 hours. We usually clean it out om a Friday evening, and leave the door open until next Saturday when we begin again. But that shit will still stink a little bit.
In a similar vein, I used to really enjoy deep cleaning things. When I worked at a DQ Grill and Chill we had the fire system go off so it sprayed foam on everything. I took the day we were closed to not only clean the foam, but took apart the gas grill and the fryers and had them spotless.
Also enjoyed working at FedEx as a loader when I was 19. Enjoyed building quality walls while I was loading. Or like when I worked as a shop manager for an electric company and got to rearrange the entire inventory and create a new system. Something about putting things in order was satisfying.
The ironic thing is I am not the cleanliest person at home, but pay me for it and I'll not only enjoy it but I guarantee it'll be spotless and efficient.
Probably why I enjoy watching videos like the op post on youtube etc.
We used to live in this one house that had a huge tree out front that would drop all of its leaves at pretty much the same time- like a day or two it seemed like. If that happened during a storm, the storm drain was very likely to clog. Getting to go out and unclog it in the middle of the rain was so weirdly satisfying, Id do that every day willingly and happily lol
I love this and have done it before in the past and can say with confidence the most guy-being-a-dude thing was him almost falling over when he went to dump out. Unclogging it was just the just guy part.. Homeboy let his guard down. Thats the being dude part.
Respect to the first car for actually slowing down and not trying to soak the guy. I feel like the second car wouldnt have drove as cautiously if he was first.
He just washed the dirt of. I‘m sure he will wash his hands properly at home.
You normally survive touching things outside without gloves.
Why would there be anything else inside this bucket except leaves and maybe some wrappers or other harmless garbage
That doesn't look like a dirty area... I've done this in much worse places and haven't seen any of that stuff. Needles don't really float, and you're much more at risk of that picking things up than clearing a drain. As for diapers, that's why you wash your hands.
I love the half stumble as he tried to toss the leaves. Such a dude thing. As is the washing of the hands with not enough water as it pours off the street. Close enough.
Eagerly awaiting the future videos where someone tries to replicate this but fucks up and gets sucked into the drain like a crab near an underwater pipeline
Look, this is great and I'm sure the effort is appreciated, however... I just feel like this sub has largely become person does thing and that's mostly it, with extra points if it's wholesome. Like, imo posts here should need to at least be multiple people being dudes together, but then that's something of a seperate issue I suppose.
And ultimately, if no one cares then really why should it matter so whatever, but idk... I think I just miss guys being dudes.
Brand new boots, brand new hooks, knew exactly what needed done and the basket lifted out fairly easily. Am I the only one thinking he blocked it himself so he could film himself clear it?
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It's satisfying to see the man driving carefully in order to avoid splashing water on the dude.
the second one was a little less polite. Not terrible but they could have slowed down a bit more.
To be mildly fair, without sticking around to watch it’s probably like “what the hell is that guy doing?
It had also drained a significant amount by then
I thought they were gonna hit that hole
I thought they were suspicious lol, I was like, this guy should be wearing a hi-vis vest. But yeah your thing makes more sense.
I thought they were trying to watch him do it, without stopping in the middle of the road
For a second i was like why the fuck was there a bucket in there then all became clear. It is actually a pretty well thought out system
Surely a single bucket is not enough for all the rain!!! :D
Stop it, Dad!
And don't call me Shirley.
It would be if it wasn't full of holes.
Better make a 2nd drain. Two holes with two buckets /s
Same, I was wondering what his plan was and why he could just poke it through the grate, but damn I do think that is a pretty good system, so much easier to clean a clog at the start then someplace in the middle.
They're witches hats. They aren't in vogue anymore for silt control because of this situation where it often goes freeboard over not a lot of ditritus. They are also fucking heavy. Simply put, they are more problematic than the problem they try to solve
yeah I don't get it. Filters require cleaning.. of the stuff that clogs them. Lots of drains means lots of filters and clogged drains. Better to have one large filtration near the exit that can be easily monitored and serviced than 1000's of smaller ones scattered all over the place.
Yeah but doesn't that mean the system can clog anywhere between the entry and the exit? The point of the filter at the start is to keep the shit from entering the system in the first place as clogs in the system are harder to clear
In most countries the underground pipes are a significantly larger diameter than the drain entries to prevent this from occurring. For instance in our country we do not use entry filters and yet clogging is rare.
I live in Finland and we are very sparsely populated. I would assume we use smaller diameter pipes due to costs but honestly I have absolutely no clue how we operate our drainage systems
Probably the same in NZ. Smallest diameter you'd find is 150mm, and that's just pit to manhole. It all flows to a water course anyway
Well, that's in Germany, of course it needs to be tedious, overcomplicated, and questionable. How else you would have work for all the people doing road maintenance in a scale, to be occupied with all sort of shit but road maintenance.
I guess i wasnt the only one.
Haha yah same
Where I am, the storm drain covers have a small enough grate that the leaves pile up on top of the grate. So if it starts to back up, I can just sweep the leaves aside with my foot as I pass, and not have to open or remove anything.
Just like what I do with my bathroom sink.
Pretty well thought out? He dumped the bucket on the grass next to it. It's just gonna get washed back in
That bucket makes it harder for the clown to pull children in.
why wouldn't it be a well thought out system?
Because people have to empty them regularly or they end up flooding like this one
On the flipside, people can empty them regularly. If the system relies on big filters underground, then regular folks have no way of clearing problems -- they have to rely on the utility or agency responsible for it, which may not be reliable.
The filters would be at the wastewater treatment plant at the very end of the city drainage system, not somewhere underground. If those are backing up, you have a lot more going wrong with your municipal government.
Exactly this. That householder knows what he’s doing and he’s doing it that way for a reason.
When I was a teen (16-19 years old) I used to work at this gas station. It had these manual car washing boxes. I sometimes had the task to clean and shovel these out if they got full. I always found this such a satisfying job. Seeing how these drains were full of random dirt, mud, sand and whatever. Also seeing all the water flowing in again after it was emptied was super satisfying. And as a nice bonus I could also use the sprayers and pressure hoses to spray the whole box clean again😂😂
Recreational stress relieving power washing should be a thing.
Powerwash Simulator for training
https://www.reddit.com/r/powerwashingporn/
That shit stinks, though. When I worked at a car wash, every month we had to go in after hours and shovel out the Pit; the area below the automated line where all the road dirt and bird shit and everything you can imagine ended up, packed in like a dark, slimy, sandy, shit sludge. And it stank. Terrible experience.
I work at the truck cleaning department of a transport company. We need to clear out the drain every other month or so to dig out all the mud, leaves, salt and all the other crap you can think of. It leaves such a horrible smell that we can't work in it for atleast 2 hours. We usually clean it out om a Friday evening, and leave the door open until next Saturday when we begin again. But that shit will still stink a little bit.
In a similar vein, I used to really enjoy deep cleaning things. When I worked at a DQ Grill and Chill we had the fire system go off so it sprayed foam on everything. I took the day we were closed to not only clean the foam, but took apart the gas grill and the fryers and had them spotless.
Also enjoyed working at FedEx as a loader when I was 19. Enjoyed building quality walls while I was loading. Or like when I worked as a shop manager for an electric company and got to rearrange the entire inventory and create a new system. Something about putting things in order was satisfying.
The ironic thing is I am not the cleanliest person at home, but pay me for it and I'll not only enjoy it but I guarantee it'll be spotless and efficient.
Probably why I enjoy watching videos like the op post on youtube etc.
Post10 approves
I knew one of my buddies would comment.
Must be weird being the actual person in a video and some randos just keep reposting the content you made to farm karma
It's all those damn clowns in the sewers.
Upvotebecausebutt???
r/upvotebecauseofbutt Update, I guess it was banned.
r/upvotebecausebutt is not banned. works as well as always
Stand corrected.
We used to live in this one house that had a huge tree out front that would drop all of its leaves at pretty much the same time- like a day or two it seemed like. If that happened during a storm, the storm drain was very likely to clog. Getting to go out and unclog it in the middle of the rain was so weirdly satisfying, Id do that every day willingly and happily lol
Man...if you do this in Portland you better have all the itis vaccines
This appears to be in Germany. Not only did the driver know exactly what the man was doing, the man sure has all the shots.
Every time I see a video like this you can bet someone will stick their gloveless hands into the sludge and WHY WOULD PEOPLE DO THAT
It needs a name...city slicker noodling!
If you put the leaves right there instead of a bin, won’t they just make their way back into the drain and clog it back sooner than intended?
its called 'job security'
Wear a funny hat or don't do that.
So they have a filter
Wow, they did it without the need for a man to pop out of the drain wearing no sorts of protection
Ik for fact I would’ve slipped in it the second I removed the drain cover
Every guy. “Fuck yeah”
What a nice dude
All hero doesn’t wear capes, some needs boots and 2 sticks
I love this and have done it before in the past and can say with confidence the most guy-being-a-dude thing was him almost falling over when he went to dump out. Unclogging it was just the just guy part.. Homeboy let his guard down. Thats the being dude part.
The most amazing thing to me is that no one splashed him.
Why have the basket strainer at all? Why filter the storm water?
I had no idea he'd pull up a bucket, but it makes total sense. So, designed for periodic cleanouts. I'm glad someone does it.
What a shame both cars that went by missed the fun. First one couldn’t wait to see it and the second showed up after the party already happened
Respect to the first car for actually slowing down and not trying to soak the guy. I feel like the second car wouldnt have drove as cautiously if he was first.
Wear gloves or don’t do that.
You didn’t see him wash his hands with the water running into the drain after?
Man, y'all are weenies
Weenies? For wanting to wear gloves when doing something that could potentially cause problems? Its just a glove...
Brother, it's not that serious. You're proving my point further lmao
It's mostly the grabbing the bucket part. You have no clue what someone threw down there. You don't want to cut up your hands
He washed his hands with the nasty street rainwater, I don't don't think he cares about remaining healthy
He just washed the dirt of. I‘m sure he will wash his hands properly at home. You normally survive touching things outside without gloves. Why would there be anything else inside this bucket except leaves and maybe some wrappers or other harmless garbage
...or just wash your hands after
He did! With the gross nasty water off the road
I’m talking about the risk of needles or dirty diapers that could be hidden in the water.
That doesn't look like a dirty area... I've done this in much worse places and haven't seen any of that stuff. Needles don't really float, and you're much more at risk of that picking things up than clearing a drain. As for diapers, that's why you wash your hands.
Get Pylons or don't do that.
Construct additional pylons
Not enough minerals
We require more vespene gas
My life for ire
OSHA doesn’t exist abroad.
EU-OSHA does exist. Pretty sure this is Europe, I would assume the low country.
Germany by the license plates
Good catch. ME would indicate Mettmann North Rhine-Westphalia, which borders Belgium and the Netherlands. But Mettmann is not in the same river delta.
Dude being a great dude.
r/oddlysatisfying
Do that in other countries and get fined for fly tipping...
The way he swings his right leg around is so sketch, just being a dude and risking dropping his leg into the drain
Because we can't rely on the local council.
The town hero! Woo Hoo 🙌
I thought for sure he would step into the hole there for a second
Hopefully he has a license for that...
I learned so much
Streets department probably really likes this guy. Parks department probably not so much.
I love the half stumble as he tried to toss the leaves. Such a dude thing. As is the washing of the hands with not enough water as it pours off the street. Close enough.
/r/unclogging
Real life example of a cylinder going into the square hole.
My back hurts now
No wonder it was clogged! There was a whole damn bucket in there!
Traffic is building but it’s all good
That was so satisfying to watch. At first I was afraid this was on r/therewasanattempt
Wears boots but no GLOVES..??
dude going to get sick, be nice, but not stupid please
Hell yeah!
Eagerly awaiting the future videos where someone tries to replicate this but fucks up and gets sucked into the drain like a crab near an underwater pipeline
That car guy needs to get his wipers adjusted.
Hell yeah, brother
r/PipeCleaning
I had no idea how deep that sewer was, but I was fully expecting a dude with a snorkel to pop out of it holding a fish or something like that.
A bucket like filter system makes a lot of sense though.
Surprisingly satisfying lol
So many times i thought someone was going in that hole
Country?
Germany, Mettmann
Guy had a lot of faith in that first swing step. My ass would have went right in the hole
In Germany we asking this Guy : Dürfen Sie das?
So the people we pay taxes for, what are they doing exactly?!
Y'alls got baskets?!
Where is this? Dude find some cones.
Let’s dump everything that clogged the sewer on the ground next to it so it can go in and clog it up again
I thought he was going to step in the hole.
Most german video ever
Look, this is great and I'm sure the effort is appreciated, however... I just feel like this sub has largely become person does thing and that's mostly it, with extra points if it's wholesome. Like, imo posts here should need to at least be multiple people being dudes together, but then that's something of a seperate issue I suppose.
And ultimately, if no one cares then really why should it matter so whatever, but idk... I think I just miss guys being dudes.
Am I the only one whose first thought was "Why did someone put a bucket down there?" before realizing it was a filter?
All that stuff he took out of the bucket, will sadly go back into the sewer after the next rain 😑
Wear s‘ome gloves goddammit!
Glad to see Brit’s wearing wranglers.
It is Germany, not the UK.
It is. Mettmann district in North Rhine-Westphalia according to the number plates on the cars.
Even better
It's not in the UK, the driver is on the left side
👍
or don’t do that I guess
So, instead of proper size of the top “grille” they added extra problem for themselves.
Ooorrrrhhh sh's a ripper!
This is what I imagine the daily life of a Brit is
This is not the UK.
the daily life of a brit is unclogging a drain in germany?
Ja
Cool vid, but and im not hating here, but next time face the camera
Or don’t do that
Brand new boots, brand new hooks, knew exactly what needed done and the basket lifted out fairly easily. Am I the only one thinking he blocked it himself so he could film himself clear it?