Frustration

yup :)

and then at Rick’s last job, they marked all the wires (yah, sure they did) and they dug up the yard and 1/2 the area lost their phone service. Huh.
They forgot to check for wires where the actual digging was going to take place!

-- ~ Debbie, Ontario Canada

The last time I called, when you just called and number and talked to a person right off, they marked the locations and they were all wrong. The street had just been widened, all the services had been moved.
They just used drawings that were out of date by 3 months, luckily I had watched the process and knew where they actualy were, but you still have to call.

Yes…You can loose your shirt if you cut thru a cable…especially fiber optic cable. And I’ve seen power cables take the teeth right off an excavator bucket. Calling before you dig don’t guarantee you’ll not hit a cable, but will C.Y.A. (cover yer arse) if you hit one in an unmarked area.

You know one of the strangest one’s I’ve seen was when our plow crew hit a city water main while doing a road bore. Maps showed the main down at the 4’ depth…they hit it at 17”. Filled the manhole so fast everyone got wet. Came up thru the street and lifted a car off the tires. Amazing stuff water.

-- Dadoo!