Pro tip: Thought clearing a clogged intake screen would take 20 minutes, ended up finding a buried anchor cable that took 5 hours and a salvage crew to get free - anyone else have a job that ballooned way past what you budgeted for time?

Ran into a mess of old steel cable wrapped around a stump that took 5 hours to cut and pull out, and I’m betting I’m not the only one who’s had a quick job turn into an all-day fight.

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skyler_adams4d ago

Wait, is this a thing that happens a lot to people? I always assumed it was just bad luck if a job went sideways. But after watching a buddy spend his whole Saturday digging up what was supposed to be a simple pipe repair, I'm starting to think these "quick jobs" are cursed or something.

margaret_chen4d ago

Friend of mine spent half a day digging up what he thought was just a broken pipe.