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All Clear Sewer
03-19-2008, 04:38 PM
Do this with a K-60 and I dont mean your DRILL either ;)

BTW.... this came out of a basement job with the K-7500 doing all the work. Well I did hold down the 5gal bucket and I did have to hold guide pipe till it was started....rotflmao
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/15497P1040543-med.JPG

http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/15497P1040541-med.JPG

Back in for a 2nd run at it :thud:
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/15497P1040535-med.JPG
gear junkie
03-19-2008, 04:46 PM
:bravo:
No BS Steve, If I pulled that out, I would've hung that on my wall. That's some serious roots. Can you give specifics of the job. Imagine if you and Rick combined forces to combat the evil spread of roots? The sewers would be a much better place.
Service Guy
03-19-2008, 04:53 PM
That is the biggest root ball I have ever seen. I agree the K-60 couldn't do it, but I bet a K-1500 with 1.25" innercore could! Sectionals got ballz too.
But anyway mad respect for that rootball and I salute you and your mighty K-7500!!! I have used one too, and its a beast!
Cuda
03-19-2008, 05:22 PM
In the last picture it looks like the laundry room? Where was the cleanout? Low ? High? What a monster! Drain must have been pretty slow for a while with that in there.
TomSV650
03-19-2008, 06:00 PM
I concur. I've pulled out roots like that with my 1065.

Good job, :thumbup2:
haycad
03-19-2008, 06:34 PM
i have a 7500 and i have yet to get roots like that. but i am not a jedi yet. some day me and "larry" (thats what i named the k7500 "larry the cable guy") will be there:)
aero1
03-19-2008, 07:08 PM
nice fish you caught there, looks like there ripe for a camera insp. and a little rehab.
Aaron91
03-19-2008, 07:14 PM
WOW.

Nice work, how long that take you start to finish?
ToUtahNow
03-19-2008, 08:00 PM
Kudos to you for a nice retrive. It almost reminds me of the monster ball of roots I pulled out of a 2" trap on a pool deck with my K-50.

Mark :nyaa-nyaa4:
All Clear Sewer
03-19-2008, 09:23 PM
In the last picture it looks like the laundry room? Where was the cleanout? Low ? High? What a monster! Drain must have been pretty slow for a while with that in there.
Heres the CO. It`s about 3 feet off the floor
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/15497P1040538-med.JPG
A 94 year old lady lived here by herself till she died the other day. They are getting the house ready for auction this weekend. They had 2 other sewer guy`s out there today that couldnt clear the line. One of em uses a K-1500 ;)
I`m always the last guy called in as my price is always a bit higher then the cut throat guys. I was at this house for about an hour and a half.

Heres looking at you Rick ;)
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/15497P1040542-med.JPG
Signed the
Drum Master :D
PLUMBER RICK
03-19-2008, 10:53 PM
it figures it's a single person. we call it the old lady syndrome.

only a little water used and it allows this to drain. put a family in there and it would have been plugged years ago.

nice job on pulling out that mass.

how far down the line were you caught?

did the roots wind up on the length of the cable or just the front cutter area?

what is your cutter of choice?

what tree or root is that?

our roots of mass are typically ficus roots.

rick.
All Clear Sewer
03-20-2008, 08:17 AM
it was just past 100` out. I started with my 2 blade but couldn't get any where. Pulled it back and saw it had a big root ball on the end. Got out my cut down retriever and went in after the mass of the root not knowing it was gonna be this big. Got stuck!!! Played the back and forth game for about minute and it freed up.I was having bad thoughts till it snapped free...lol...

Any way, it was rapped around the cable in length as I had screwed through it. Took a little while to get it out of the CO and off the cable. This root is from an Elm tree.
Gene Bickford
03-20-2008, 11:36 AM
WOW! Thats all I can say is WOW.



You should get a trophy for that. I'd have it stuffed and mounted:clapping:
Herk
03-20-2008, 11:37 AM
Judging by the mass of roots and the leaking fitting in the basement, I'd guess it's about time for a repipe . . .
Drain Medic
03-20-2008, 02:30 PM
Nice pull Steve. What condition was the pipe in after you pulled that bear out?
All Clear Sewer
03-20-2008, 04:50 PM
Dont know as I didnt video it. They just want the sewer to drain for the auction. I put one of my stickers on the waste stack, I`ll be back :wave3:
plumberscrack
03-20-2008, 05:42 PM
16' 4" very impressive ACS

I couldn't find the thread where we post up our root captures so I'll put it here.

Bryson is holding a bundle of maple tree roots pulled out of a 6" clay sewer.

Up until a few months ago I could have swore this was a world record. But you guys proved me wrong.

Sadly, not long after this picture was taken Bryson was killed in a single car accident.

2918

The K1500 couldn't handle it. We needed the John Deer to pull this root
HVAC HAWK
03-20-2008, 05:52 PM
question why would you not want to send a camera down to see what it looked like just for your sake ?

i dont do this stuff so i dont know how much time it would take to take a look in side the pipe
All Clear Sewer
03-20-2008, 08:13 PM
question why would you not want to send a camera down to see what it looked like just for your sake ?

i dont do this stuff so i dont know how much time it would take to take a look in side the pipe
Because I get paid extra for video inspection`s ;) Cant do em for free and if you saw what the seesnake cost you would understand.
HVAC HAWK
03-20-2008, 08:19 PM
Because I get paid extra for video inspection`s ;) Cant do em for free and if you saw what the seesnake cost you would understand.

thanks why i asked
Gene Bickford
03-20-2008, 08:31 PM
16' 4" very impressive ACS

I couldn't find the thread where we post up our root captures so I'll put it here.

Bryson is holding a bundle of maple tree roots pulled out of a 6" clay sewer.

Up until a few months ago I could have swore this was a world record. But you guys proved me wrong.

Sadly, not long after this picture was taken Bryson was killed in a single car accident.

2918

The K1500 couldn't handle it. We needed the John Deer to pull this root
Thats not a root. Thats a limb:D.

We should have a biggest root of the year contest. Kind of like a Big Buck contest. Pay $5 or so to enter and winner takes all. Call it Brysons pull or something.
Aaron91
03-20-2008, 08:33 PM
I like the idea/name behind the contest. I'd enter even though I know I'd lose since I don't do much drain cleaning.