Because. The tools we use to remove asphalt don't work well with steel and are expensive AF. Tungsten carbide bits. Better to pull and then mill out the asphalt.
Possible to fish it through, too. Curved, stiff 3-4mm wire with the end bent sort of hook-shaped, you push it through and finagle till you've caught the chain, then pull it back up.
You can also do that with a line of string or rope, feed that in and fish it out since its easier to hook and manipulate than chain, then tie the other end off to the chain and pull through,
I'm going to conquer the world with my cutting edge stone age technology and tactics! muwhahahahaha! fear the might of the wandering hunter gatherer tribes!
I mean if it really needs to be opened, or re-opened there's not much else you can do here. Even if you cut the top off with a torch it's not like it's repairable at that point
And I'd certainly not cut in there if it's a sewer. There can be hydrogen sulfide or methane in there. It could go boom, and there's no easy way to check if there's a build up in there.
Hydrogen sulfide is heavier than air. But yes, they could have cut into the asphalt first. However, they probably didn't expect it to be THAT stuck, and by the time they did, they already damaged the road and said fuck it
Yeah maybe, the asphalt was already cracked up pretty bad and that keyhole shape piece came out, and they'll just reload and seal that with a new manhole lid. Asphalt is pretty low tech to repair
Most likely they are releasing the road and intentionally locked the lid so they could easily rip it out. You can scrape/grind down the top layer easier with the manholes removed.
Nope. Now the road is ruined. All that cracked tarmac? Needs to be replaced. Should have sawed up a square around the lid first, then pulled it. Would have been a lot smoother and less expensive.
someone upthread pointed out that if it's a sewer drain there's a chance that methane or other flammable gasses could have build up under there and there's no real way to check without blowing shit up. no way to saw into it without the possibility of sparks.
A repair is a repair, whether a smooth cut square or marginally more rough it isn't going to cost any different. The down time, man power, getting the saw, etc, would waste more time and money. They were going to have to repair the road anyway, it being square would change nothing.
Lunarion12
My brother when its a screw top bottle
slidewhistlesymphony
Well, shit.
IamAlbertPotato
A partial success
Frogasmol
That didn't look consensual
ruint
This is what happens when you cut WD40 out of the highway repair budget.
rigello
Why not cut the tarmac around it?
Davos10
Because. The tools we use to remove asphalt don't work well with steel and are expensive AF. Tungsten carbide bits. Better to pull and then mill out the asphalt.
duktayp
THe C.H.U.D.s In the sewer
Zuegma197777
Rollcall for the Kids from the 80's watching unsupervised horror movies... Here.
Mostlydeadpool
to be fair, once they went vegan, the VHUDs have been much much more cranky.
MisterPrimeMinister
When you're taking apart a laptop and you find there was just *one* more plastic tab you were supposed to release before trying.
FriskyDing0
This kills the road.
ViolentlyJaded
Prep is important
theAught
They're is a certain joy that comes with victory over stubborn inanimate objects
PWBoiler
Ah, so you’re a high school teacher?
eidam655
you're a stubborn inanimate object!
https://media1.tenor.com/m/7o9H-KzY-rsAAAAd/in-bruges-inanimate-object.gif
eidam655
@theAught no, sorry, that was uncalled for
https://imgur.com/14sAsYe
duktayp
LieutenantBlueBird
That thing was a gonner anyway. They knew what they were doing
Valkor
we put that snail in there FOR A REASON!!
historycat
Some forgot their key.
HypoMix
Chain under tension? Let me stand right up next to it.
OmnibusLatinName
Not as bad as braided wire rope but yeah.
sircowdog
Can we talk a sec about how strong that chain is tho? I thought it was damn impressive!
Killianislyingtoyou
Its ok. He got his safety boots on.
LeMegachonk
While the roadway was literally crumbling around his feet, no less.
ItsCaptain0bvious
My first thought holy shit, have these people not seen videos on LiveLeak?
DrewThe3DPrinterGuy
DeserTimmy
Did they try tapping it with a spatula first?
IAmGORT
Let’s hear it for that chain!
Fedotia
That is why you de-crust these manholes before using moar force till something breaks.
rbudrick
But how'd they get the chain around it?
SilverStarling
Someone went down another one and walked back up to this one to get the chain on it.
SirNinjaPirateBot
Possible to fish it through, too. Curved, stiff 3-4mm wire with the end bent sort of hook-shaped, you push it through and finagle till you've caught the chain, then pull it back up.
FelixG
You can also do that with a line of string or rope, feed that in and fish it out since its easier to hook and manipulate than chain, then tie the other end off to the chain and pull through,
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
Handed it to the sewer-dwelling mutant through one hole, then the sewer-dwelling mutant passed it back up through the other hole.
fartharder
CHUDs
bangerjay
Always bothered me how easy people throw those things off to escape out of a sewer, those mf’ers are heavy
bangerjay
In a movie *
LiterallyAWizard
Man, wait till these guys discover that jackhammers exist to cut through asphalt without wrecking half the street
AlienJeffries81
Have you ever heard of WD-40?
MapleSyrupMafia
It's meant to displace water, not wrought iron.
Zahnradfee
WD-40 is lame. Try Ballistol!
cyanideremark
I wonder if they tried turning it before lifting? Might be just working against a large, short coarse threading. Maybe its being replaced anyway.
ruint
imo the prior cracks on the road imply the manhole was sunken and basically load-bearing, which may have sealed it shut?
YippeeKayakOB
This kills the road.
BrianMMXIX
It’s a twist off mate!
DVSBSTrD
gimlismellyfoot2410
That’s how it’s done
JetstreamGW
It probably is when you're replacing the whole goddamn thing :P
SidonisAntares
FINALLY, AFTER 10,000 YEARS I’M FREE!
Panserclaw
"Alpha, Rita's escaped! Recruit a team of teenagers with attitude!"
disinformatique
Ivan is that you?
doppelfisch
Written words you can hear.
Cilvaa
StarscreamAndHutch
Says the snail
OrdinarilyBob
DexterDouglas
Mostlydeadpool
I'm going to conquer the world with my cutting edge stone age technology and tactics! muwhahahahaha! fear the might of the wandering hunter gatherer tribes!
GRaffted
Kimberly screaming “The best is yet to come!”
RogueFerret
https://imgur.com/jSEIHo3
HisBubbliness
"Ah, it's the brightest day the moon has ever seen!"
SirVG
TIME TO CONQUER EARTH!
MagicBeets
I mean if it really needs to be opened, or re-opened there's not much else you can do here. Even if you cut the top off with a torch it's not like it's repairable at that point
bluerazzgummy
But why is it even there if it’s not designed to be opened that badly?!
Jamesstin
Torch cutting that baby would be such a loss imo(it's possibly cast iron so torch cutting is gonna be a shit show anyhow.
Fedotia
Nope. You're supposed to de-crust these manholes before using moar force till something breaks.
SarcasticComment
they might have welded it shut to reinforce it. at some point if it is fucked, night as well make removing it safer
StellaMatutina
Yeah that's a good point. New vault gonna be needed either way
RPCharImages
Cut it at an angle so it cant slip inside the sleeve
TheNLK
And I'd certainly not cut in there if it's a sewer. There can be hydrogen sulfide or methane in there. It could go boom, and there's no easy way to check if there's a build up in there.
HedonistBeard
They'd be cutting into the asphalt, that's around the sewer line, not in it. And there's holes in the lid.
TheNLK
Hydrogen sulfide is heavier than air. But yes, they could have cut into the asphalt first. However, they probably didn't expect it to be THAT stuck, and by the time they did, they already damaged the road and said fuck it
skibbyAU
There’s an easy way, but it’s not safe.
YurtleAhern
Just set it on fire. If it doesn’t blow up then there’s no gas. Easy peasy
RubyPorto
I feel like you'd do less damage to the rest of the road by cutting the asphalt first.
usernameusedinlessplatforms2
That is how they do it here
munkis
What are you, an ashaltologist?
BrotherOwl
I read this as asshatologist
MagicBeets
Yeah maybe, the asphalt was already cracked up pretty bad and that keyhole shape piece came out, and they'll just reload and seal that with a new manhole lid. Asphalt is pretty low tech to repair
rmcarboy
Most likely they are releasing the road and intentionally locked the lid so they could easily rip it out. You can scrape/grind down the top layer easier with the manholes removed.
astrangehop
I bet half a can of PB blast would have worked.
MagicBeets
The ol panther piss never fails!
Zixtank
Nope. Now the road is ruined. All that cracked tarmac? Needs to be replaced. Should have sawed up a square around the lid first, then pulled it. Would have been a lot smoother and less expensive.
Davos10
It was probably being pulled in preparation for the whole road being replaced. You have to take out the manholes before you mill the asphalt.
TheDreadPirateBoberts
someone upthread pointed out that if it's a sewer drain there's a chance that methane or other flammable gasses could have build up under there and there's no real way to check without blowing shit up. no way to saw into it without the possibility of sparks.
SherMattLockSmith
A repair is a repair, whether a smooth cut square or marginally more rough it isn't going to cost any different. The down time, man power, getting the saw, etc, would waste more time and money. They were going to have to repair the road anyway, it being square would change nothing.