I thought of this about 6:30am this morning, as I went to the basement and found that the main sewer line from the house backed up and there was a wet spot on the floor.
Now we had the green weenie tree nut that volunteered for the city, directing were the city should plant trees. Of course the idiot had them plant one directly over the sewer line running to the street. This was about 30 years ago, I had been having problems with roots and it clogging up since. About 5 years ago I decided that I was going to send the city a bill for the basement floor clean out I put in, The two sewer clean out machine I have bought over the last 30 years. And Add the home made sewer cam I made, from a harbor freight under water camera they sold.
Well long story short. I sent the city a bill for the machines and camera set etc along with a DVD of the roots,and photo's of the sewer machines.
I had dropped it off just before the crews wrapped up their work day, I also said my lawyer wanted to know where to send the bills to the city.
The next morning at 7:05am I was woken up to the sound of chain saws removing the tree. Seems the city attorney had his fill of complaints about the trees over sewer lines. And they now were to remove the as soon as the complaints came in.
Well that is the back story, I have a Ridgid K-50 5/8"snake dia. After renting machines that I had to repair, or untangle the snake before use! The other machine is a 1/2" snake one that wasn't up to much more than hair clogs.
The K-50 uses either the 5/8" 7 foot sections of snake, and I have twisted a couple over the 25 years, but they were my fault. So i really like having it since I don't have to go find one to rent haul it home and lug it into the basement.
After 2 and 1/2 hours of pulling roots out it is back to free flowing! This was my fault as I haven't been putting the root killer in a regular basis the last year and it has been almost 3 years since I snaked the line.
But I am happy to say that the Rigid K-50 sewer machine has been the best tool I own for the house!