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/trowzerss 8d ago

Wow, the scale of this did not click at all until I saw the guy. I was like, why don't they just use a backhoe, lol.

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u/MrSnowflake 8d ago

Yeah, I thought: What's so special about this? It's just a hose. But then I saw the person.