Fun fact:

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 08/22/2020 at 11:20 • Filed to: None

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Fire hydrants use a special five-sided nut & wrench so that hooligans can’t open them for shits & giggles

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Fun fact: you can open them anyway.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/22/2020 at 11:28

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( Laughs manically)

You fools!

HammerheadFistpunch > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/22/2020 at 11:34

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Pipe wrench says what?

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/22/2020 at 11:35

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Fun fact #2: the wrenches used to open them are cool looking.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 08/22/2020 at 11:38

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Yeah but it's harder and makes it a premeditated thing instead of a drunk goof

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > HammerheadFistpunch 08/22/2020 at 11:39

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What

BaconSandwich is tasty. > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/22/2020 at 11:46

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The ones here have three sides.

Kiltedpadre > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/22/2020 at 11:47

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I wish they all did. We have some old enough to still have square nuts, and it’s very annoying.

Also, the threads where the hose connects isn’t universal. Fire trucks will often carry adapters so they can connect to hydrants from other departments if they’re called in for assistance  and they know that a neighboring department has different threads on their hydrants.

Jb boin > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/22/2020 at 11:52

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They have replaced them here with a “safety” system to avoid “street-pooling” which was quite common on some neighborhoods.

On the left an old one and on the right a new one :

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Keep that in mind kids !

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Never slowed down m y drunk high school friend with the bigly channel locks.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > HammerheadFistpunch 08/22/2020 at 12:21

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exactly

Urambo Tauro > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/22/2020 at 17:03

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[Laughs in Chrysler]

Jayvincent > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/22/2020 at 19:23

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plus 5 sided wrenches are cool!