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(The Drive)   Old & stale: plugging a hole in a levee with sandbags. New hotness: plugging a hole in a levee with pickup trucks   (thedrive.com) divider line
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2059 clicks; posted to Main » on 17 Mar 2023 at 5:20 PM (7 days ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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edmo [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-03-17 11:19:05 AM  
Doesn't look like it did a damn thing.
 
thomasvista
2023-03-17 5:21:52 PM  
I drove my Chevy to the levy and now the levy is dry.
 
keldaria
2023-03-17 5:22:13 PM  

edmo: Doesn't look like it did a damn thing.


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DarkSoulNoHope
2023-03-17 5:25:08 PM  

edmo: Doesn't look like it did a damn thing.


We're gonna send in more trains!

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Somaticasual [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 5:25:17 PM  
I drove my chevy to the levy, but the fark thread was done....
 
johnny queso
2023-03-17 5:27:41 PM  
thats about 18 washing machines
 
kkinnison [OhFark]
2023-03-17 5:34:54 PM  
Like a rock
 
kkinnison [OhFark]
2023-03-17 5:35:37 PM  

kkinnison: Like a rock


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzT3haPytkg
 
Geotpf
2023-03-17 5:37:57 PM  

thomasvista: I drove my Chevy to the levy and now the levy is dry.


And, [/thread]!
 
AintNoAmoeba [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 5:40:44 PM  
The Truck Got Stuck - Corb Lund
Youtube QCcWzLAcv4o
 
aerojockey [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 5:44:01 PM  
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Wow, one whole foot.  Really saved the day there, fellas.
 
henryhill
2023-03-17 5:44:42 PM  
And stops my mind from wandering.
 
cyberspacedout
2023-03-17 5:45:11 PM  
It's that the spot where you can ford the river?
 
wildcardjack
2023-03-17 5:46:51 PM  
Well, it ain't American pie
 
Senseless_drivel
2023-03-17 5:49:11 PM  
I drove my Chevy into the levy and now they won't find the bodies inside.
 
studebaker hoch
2023-03-17 5:52:43 PM  
Wow, that's desperation for you.
 
studebaker hoch
2023-03-17 5:55:47 PM  
The problem using vehicles to plug leaks in earthen dams is the clearance underneath the vehicle creates a ready-made tunnel and their irregular shape makes it hard to seal around them.

A place where such a sacrifice might be effective would be in the role of rip-rap to protect a levee from erosion by a strong current.

Srsly tho, nice try guys.
 
Kalyco Jack
2023-03-17 5:56:38 PM  

AintNoAmoeba: [YouTube video: The Truck Got Stuck - Corb Lund]


Help me, step levee I'm stuck!
 
RogermcAllen [OhFark]
2023-03-17 5:57:06 PM  
I'm pretty sure insurance won't pay out if you film yourself ghost riding your truck into a levee.
 
dsmith42 [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 6:02:07 PM  
Seem to remember Mel Gibson doing this to the guy from bank's truck in 1984.

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johnny queso
2023-03-17 6:13:11 PM  

dsmith42: Seem to remember Mel Gibson doing this to the guy from bank's truck in 1984.

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nice tractor, sugartits.
 
Spego
2023-03-17 6:20:04 PM  
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pheelix
2023-03-17 6:23:10 PM  

RogermcAllen: I'm pretty sure insurance won't pay out if you film yourself ghost riding your truck into a levee.


Might make it more likely they pay out on a total loss of whatever is on that field though. Those trees they're protecting must be a good but more valuable than a couple farm trucks if they're willing to sacrifice them in an act of desperation.
 
Adamata
2023-03-17 6:32:47 PM  
If it keeps on rainin', Chevy goin' to break
If it keeps on rainin', Chevy goin' to break
When the Chevy breaks, I'll have no place to stay
 
Zizzowop [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-03-17 6:37:09 PM  
looks like they used a Chevy and a Ford. Throw in a Dodge and everyone will be happy.
 
dr_iacovone
2023-03-17 6:41:47 PM  

Zizzowop: looks like they used a Chevy and a Ford. Throw in a Dodge and everyone will be happy.


RAMming speed!!!!!
 
Lsherm [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 6:52:02 PM  

studebaker hoch: The problem using vehicles to plug leaks in earthen dams is the clearance underneath the vehicle creates a ready-made tunnel and their irregular shape makes it hard to seal around them.

A place where such a sacrifice might be effective would be in the role of rip-rap to protect a levee from erosion by a strong current.

Srsly tho, nice try guys.


They just had to slow the water down long enough to repair the levee. And it worked:

https://twitter.com/agleader/status/1635781856657539072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1635781856657539072%7Ctwgr%5Eed536cc47a155d260b6ccbbeb7358f15187ca4a0%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedrive.com%2Fnews%2Fcalifornia-farmers-plunged-their-pickups-into-a-broken-levee-to-stop-a-flood-it-worked

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It wasn't meant to be a permanent solution. You should give them more credit.
 
Zizzowop [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-03-17 7:09:05 PM  

Lsherm: studebaker hoch: The problem using vehicles to plug leaks in earthen dams is the clearance underneath the vehicle creates a ready-made tunnel and their irregular shape makes it hard to seal around them.

A place where such a sacrifice might be effective would be in the role of rip-rap to protect a levee from erosion by a strong current.

Srsly tho, nice try guys.

They just had to slow the water down long enough to repair the levee. And it worked:

https://twitter.com/agleader/status/1635781856657539072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1635781856657539072%7Ctwgr%5Eed536cc47a155d260b6ccbbeb7358f15187ca4a0%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedrive.com%2Fnews%2Fcalifornia-farmers-plunged-their-pickups-into-a-broken-levee-to-stop-a-flood-it-worked

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It wasn't meant to be a permanent solution. You should give them more credit.


I give them tons of credit. I'm sure their crops are worth way more than a 13 year old pickup.
 
Lsherm [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 7:36:41 PM  

Zizzowop: I give them tons of credit. I'm sure their crops are worth way more than a 13 year old pickup.


I can't see the plates that clearly but if it had farm tags then it definitely wasn't worth any money. My ex-FIL ran a farm and he'd run trucks down until they couldn't pass inspection anymore without crazy repairs and then register them for farm use.
 
Daedalus27
2023-03-17 7:44:49 PM  

Lsherm: studebaker hoch: The problem using vehicles to plug leaks in earthen dams is the clearance underneath the vehicle creates a ready-made tunnel and their irregular shape makes it hard to seal around them.

A place where such a sacrifice might be effective would be in the role of rip-rap to protect a levee from erosion by a strong current.

Srsly tho, nice try guys.

They just had to slow the water down long enough to repair the levee. And it worked:

https://twitter.com/agleader/status/1635781856657539072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1635781856657539072%7Ctwgr%5Eed536cc47a155d260b6ccbbeb7358f15187ca4a0%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedrive.com%2Fnews%2Fcalifornia-farmers-plunged-their-pickups-into-a-broken-levee-to-stop-a-flood-it-worked

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It wasn't meant to be a permanent solution. You should give them more credit.


It is perfectly acceptable as an emergency repair as you are trying to get volume in a hurry before it washes away and the truck provides stability that shoveling a few rocks or dirt doesn't provide as the flow will simply wash iat away. The trucks gave the other material being dumped in something to fix to.  You are just trying to stop the flooding and old pickups are a good enough patch job.  Of course those trucks are a weakness in the future so more permanent repairs are needed, but stopping the water from flowing required fast action before the breech expanded.
 
Obscene_CNN
2023-03-17 9:35:51 PM  
Good thing they weren't EVs. The lithium batteries would assplode ant pollute the water something nasty.
 
Lsherm [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 10:01:56 PM  

Daedalus27: Of course those trucks are a weakness in the future so more permanent repairs are needed, but stopping the water from flowing required fast action before the breech expanded.


In follow-ups they've already said they're going to pull the trucks when they can. It worked, and even though it was ridiculous, it looked like they knew what they were trying to do.

I was mostly replying to studebaker hoch's obnoxious, smug, "Nice try" post when the Hail Mary worked.
 
studebaker hoch
2023-03-18 12:09:30 AM  

Lsherm: Daedalus27: Of course those trucks are a weakness in the future so more permanent repairs are needed, but stopping the water from flowing required fast action before the breech expanded.

In follow-ups they've already said they're going to pull the trucks when they can. It worked, and even though it was ridiculous, it looked like they knew what they were trying to do.

I was mostly replying to studebaker hoch's obnoxious, smug, "Nice try" post when the Hail Mary worked.


That sarcasm meter has come loose again, see if you can lock it down.

I mean "nice try", way to commit and execute an emergency plan using whatever you have around.
 
stuffy
6 days ago  
If they had asked the state. They would have been given 10001 reasons why they couldn't do it.
 
Daedalus27
6 days ago  

stuffy: If they had asked the state. They would have been given 10001 reasons why they couldn't do it.


Thats why it is often seen as better to act and beg for forgiveness later.  If they waited for approval, the breech would have been too wide to fill in and the whole area would have been lost to flooding.
 
Lsherm [TotalFark]
6 days ago  

studebaker hoch: Lsherm: Daedalus27: Of course those trucks are a weakness in the future so more permanent repairs are needed, but stopping the water from flowing required fast action before the breech expanded.

In follow-ups they've already said they're going to pull the trucks when they can. It worked, and even though it was ridiculous, it looked like they knew what they were trying to do.

I was mostly replying to studebaker hoch's obnoxious, smug, "Nice try" post when the Hail Mary worked.

That sarcasm meter has come loose again, see if you can lock it down.

I mean "nice try", way to commit and execute an emergency plan using whatever you have around.


You weren't being sarcastic. You just called it wrong. Trucks aren't a good solution filling in a berm, and you were right about that. You assumed they were going to stop with the trucks.
 
Focks
6 days ago  

AintNoAmoeba: [Youtube-video https://www.youtube.com/embed/QCcWzLAcv4o]


Thank you for that! I never heard of him before now.
 
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