Verify Utility Lines and Prevent Damage
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The new Guy meets the crew
What happens here
Tools and materials
- Private Utility Locator (optional)
- Shovel
- Utility Location Service (811)
What they say
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What they say
(1,967 characters)tree when the tree just goes oh no oh yeah we got super lucky but no there so there was there's this one right that's that was already busted so I was like Tim we're off to a bad start dude all right so Tim and I kind of mess with each other so we're gonna we got this already busted cable here so we're gonna do a little thing video okay ah Tim dude man we got off to a bad bad start of the day dude call me when you come in and do a job it's your responsibility about the homeowners right yeah yeah we've got to have the utility we've got to have the mark number mm-hmm every contractor does but one thing that the utility locates don't do is they don't mark private lines like see from a house to a garage the electrical or they also don't mark that if somebody has a gas grill they don't work or if they're like a swimming pool anything that comes off from the meter and goes to a private service in their backyard that doesn't get marked and so then that's on us to make sure that we know where everything is but this is a line that's coming off from there's a line back here so it's coming through so this is a public line so it's kind of out of our so when they mark this one you're saying that there was another one or it was misleading that was the they didn't mark this last year when wasn't marked at all there was no flags back here unless they just installed it but it doesn't look like not what's the vegetation over the top of there when I wrong I'm gonna read between the lines here and say that because of dirt monkeys diligence and work ethic they were able to locate this line and save the customer from any type of damages to the cable yeah it's ripped over it no okay no I would say mr. monkey got there but lucky all right well I'm learning I'm learning the language I'm coming again all right well what no technically the utility locate got lucky because if it's not marked we are not responsible for we because we do have the locate number you
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