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My latest annoyance

Two steps forward. Three steps back.

Here is my latest annoyance. The recent snow melting has left some crater sized potholes. I found one last night. The pipes are 30 years old. Here is what the bump accomplished.

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I see two fixes. Buy some new pipes for $20 each. OR take a steel soup can, slit it lengthwise. Squeeze it to fit and slide it into the pipe and the muffler then tack weld it in place. Either way, a distraction I don't need.
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guadal
guadal●Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg Germany
Mar 15, 2015●252 Blogs●1,805 Comments
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if u can weld it why not....
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Snookums3
Snookums3●Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa
Mar 15, 2015●35 Blogs●1,520 Comments
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Ken

We hardly ever get snow here, and then it is maybe 20cm deep and melts very quickly after (within a day). In my lifetime I have experienced snow just a few times.

How is it possible that it can leave potholes behind? Was the ground loose before the snow, that the melting snow is taking it selectively with and leaving potholes behind?

Please explain?
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Solamente
Solamente●Adeje, Tenerife, Canary Islands Spain
Mar 15, 2015●87 Blogs●1,201 Comments
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I take photos like that when I'm not paying attention and accidentally press the button!
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Ken_19
Ken_19OP●Winchester, Virginia USA
Mar 15, 2015●284 Blogs●3,903 Comments
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Snookums - Too much typing for something already done. :)

See

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pothole
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Snookums3
Snookums3●Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa
Mar 15, 2015●35 Blogs●1,520 Comments
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Ken
I am not stupid. I know what a pothole is. We have them on most of the roads here now. I wanted to know how the snow makes potholes?
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Ken_19
Ken_19OP●Winchester, Virginia USA
Mar 15, 2015●284 Blogs●3,903 Comments
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The ground gets wet when the snow partially melts, then at night it all freezes again. Water turning to ice expands with great pressure. Meanwhile auto traffic stresses the road from another direction. The road alligators and fractures. The next day the ice melts, the ruptured pavement subsides back down, and voila, a pothole. The cycle may repeat which causes an even bigger pothole.
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Ken_19
Ken_19OP●Winchester, Virginia USA
Mar 15, 2015●284 Blogs●3,903 Comments
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Six second repair. This will hold until I can pick up a new exhaust pipe. Perfect tight fit. laugh

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Hans4711
Hans4711●Blayney, New South Wales Australia
Mar 15, 2015●32 Blogs●2,066 Comments
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@ Snook - wave .. Pot-holes happen (on sealed roads) when water (usually rain but snow melting does the same) soaks under the paved surface and pools there allowing the ground to become soft (muddy), when a vehicle passes over the soft spot the paving collapses in that spot or section...... professor


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Hans4711
Hans4711●Blayney, New South Wales Australia
Mar 15, 2015●32 Blogs●2,066 Comments
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@ Sola - wave .. Remind me to never hand you a loaded weapon..... laugh rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing


.... grin cheers
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Hans4711
Hans4711●Blayney, New South Wales Australia
Mar 15, 2015●32 Blogs●2,066 Comments
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@ Ken - wave .. How many seconds..... ??????


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Ken_19
Ken_19OP●Winchester, Virginia USA
Mar 15, 2015●284 Blogs●3,903 Comments
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LoL, from the time I crawled under the truck till the time the little cranberry sauce can went shoooop over both ends was about 6 seconds. I quick tacked it with the wire welder in the back end so a shop can back it off to replace the pipe or do an all around weld and also sealed it with high temp silicone.
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CapNemo
CapNemo●Longview, Texas USA
Mar 17, 2015●2 Blogs●278 Comments
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Hey Ken I think the local part stores sell an aluminized sticky wrap that you can put over the repair you just did. Might help it last longer. Best wishes. beer
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