Serious question, anyone work the old pier pilings in Galveston Bay?

We were cutting a section last Tuesday when my buddy's torch just... quit, no warning, right at 90 feet. Turns out the silt cloud we kicked up had a pocket of something that snuffed the flame and jammed the regs. What do you guys use to check for gas pockets in zero viz mud like that?

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wood.uma2d ago

Honestly, how often does that really happen? I've been on crews cutting pilings for years and never saw a pocket big enough to kill a torch. Could it have just been bad gear or the regs freezing up?

ericw932d ago

Ever check with a gas sniffer first, wood.uma?

david_reed222d ago

Bad gear happens, but that silt cloud story sounds exactly like a gas pocket. Seen it before with rotting wood and trapped methane.