Monday, January 20, 2020

Digging a Ditch With A Jackhammer

The title says it all.  The local water company is out digging a ditch to lay down pipes and they are doing it with shovels and a jackhammer!



Can they not afford a Ditch Witch trencher?  There is an dealer in Manila. 




I have seen them digging all over so I can guarantee they would get their money's worth out of this little machine. I was on a job site once where this thing was being used and it was great. Made everything easy. But these guys are using a jackhammer!!

It's dumb. What's worse is the guy operating the jackhammer is wearing slippers! Not steel boots or even tennis shoes but flip-flops!!! No safety on this job site.

Now I am aware that there are people who dig holes and ditches using jackhammers. You can do a search and find advice on forums and even videos. But I stand by what I have written. The local water company is not a group of amateurs and should not be using a jackhammer instead of a proper trencher. And their workers should most certainly not be wearing flip-flops while operating a jackhammer!

1 comment:

  1. Wait until that jackhammer skips or bounces off a surprise rock and jackhammers the front of that guy's foot off. Pretty tough to keep wearing sandals after you lose the toes that keep said sandals on...

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