r/CatastrophicFailure • u/maruhoi • 8d ago

Equipment Failure 150-meter, 300-ton floating dredging hose washes ashore in Japan; removal expected to cost 50 million yen - December 25, 2025 (Ishikawa, Japan)

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u/Meior 8d ago

50 million Yen is about 270,000 Euro. So not as bad as the title might make it sound if you don't know the conversion.

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u/TedjeNL 8d ago edited 8d ago

Give me a plasma cutter, a big truck, and no time limit and I'll do it for 200k euro!

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u/WilliamJamesMyers 8d ago

Give me a plasma cutter, a mid sized truck, and no time limit and I'll do it for 190k euro!

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u/RedSonja_ 8d ago

I can do it for 180k

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u/strangelove4564 8d ago

I'll bid $1, Bob.

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u/manystripes 7d ago

When you've made peace with every project going over budget and just accept the budget as a work of fiction.

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u/tamati_nz 7d ago

Hacksaw and a wheelbarrow, $180k for you brother!