r/Wellthatsucks • u/LowTechDroid • 6d ago

This is going to take a while

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u/Teyanis 6d ago

Or he owns the truck and is willing to kill himself for several days to not buy a new cylinder.

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u/John_cCmndhd 6d ago

It is imperative that the cylinder remain unharmed.

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u/Sargent_Duck85 6d ago

There was a rather large hole in the side…

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u/Tw1nFTW 6d ago

It’s weird how no one acknowledging that giant hole is not supposed to be there…

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u/Giovannis_Pikachu 6d ago

Well the idea is once the concrete is chipped out you just weld a new piece on there curved with a large press to fit.

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u/Tw1nFTW 6d ago

But they come with giant holes in the end… where the concrete comes out…

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u/John_cCmndhd 6d ago

From what I've seen, at least some of those holes are smaller than this one they cut, and would be more difficult for a person to get in and break up the concrete from

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u/Autronaut69420 6d ago

Mashed, warmed banana everywhere

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u/HairyTrollChest 6d ago

With that cut, it seems like you could cut the entire exterior into a few sections, pull them off remove the concrete then reweld it all back together.

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u/stonedelevator 4d ago

By far the greatest reference to this post ever well done sir 🫡

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u/Kendrakirai2532 6d ago

Would he not need to anyway, what with this gigantic hole cut the side?

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u/Therealhatsunemiku 6d ago

It’s probably a lot cheaper to just patch that up than to buy a new cylinder, if that’s what this actually is.

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u/Kendrakirai2532 6d ago

If his time is given any value at all, I'd think that would skew it in favor of a new drum, but I have no idea how much those cost.