How to pull rocks out of pipe in the ground?locked

sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 57 points –

My mom has a hole in the ground that she puts her clothes drying hanger in. Like this. The hole in the ground is a 2" or so pipe, set in concrete. The pipe has filled with gravel. Anyone have a tip on getting the rocks out? I can only get so many out using my fingers and then trying to use a set of chopsticks.

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It is either a powerful vacuum or a blower depending on the size of the gravel.

a powerful vacuum

A shop vac, maybe with a narrow extender.

If OP is in the US -- which I assume he is, from the inch measurement -- I'd bet that he can probably rent one at a large hardware store, like Home Depot, if he doesn't have any use for one outside of this.

If OP is in the US -- which I assume he is, from the inch measurement

eh, they could live as well in Liberia or Myanmar