Culvert Cleaning Hand Tool, Made in USA, for Cleaning a 8" Diameter Culvert Pipe, This Size Designed for Culvert Pipes with 8" I.D (Handle is NOT Included) Tool is 6 1/2" Wide

No nonsense, straightforward design to do what it needs to do. No accountant has yet decided to save a buck or two by making parts of it plastic. Nice, solid steel, with a metal pivot bolt, held in place by a locknut that stays put. One of those American ingenuity tools that does the job and does it well. I had 2 culverts that were 70 to 80% stopped up with dirt, and another 10% or so with leaves. It took some effort and some dry weather, but nothing else I'd tried worked. These guys (I got a small and a medium size) got the dirt out. They will be a staple on my property now. I expect they'll last as long as I do. Some may think they are king of pricey for the size and the lack of complexity, but I'm one willing to pay a few more bucks for quality and longevity. I think it's a fair deal. Worth it!

Used with water pipe and duct tape to attached water hose to pipe. Worked better than expected

Unfortunately if your culvert drain hasnt been cleaned in a while, and you have a very long pole connected you cannot get the leverage necessary to drag heavy things out. The pole will bend too much. A make note that the dimensions of the tool listed show a lot smaller than what its listed for . (8” drain is a 6” tool)

Works well we have had no issues with the tool.

They use the same 1/2" IPS coupling on all sizes. That's way too big for the 8" model which leaves little area for the hoe part of it. More importantly, if your culvert is filled solid with silty sand, just forget this tool, as it will not advance into the soil. I used the same 21' of 1/2" galvanized pipe and attached a Better Bilt Products auger-type soil anchor using a pipe elbow, nipple, and tee, making a floppy connection which is advantageous for winding its way through. See the photo. Then at the other end of the 21' pipe, screw on an elbow or tee and 1 or 2' of pipe to form a handle. That was able to get through all 25' of 10" concrete culvert. I'm hoping I can wash the remaining soil out with a 1.5" fire hose. In any case, it gives an aerobic workout. After this breakthrough, I tried the Design-ALL again, but again it was unable to advance. If the washing doesn't work, I'd try a larger ground anchor auger. In conclusion, the screw action of the auger works, while the floppy hoe doesn't.UPDATE: After boring through the main blockage, I went back to the Design-ALL to sweep the soil off the bottom, and I discovered a major hazard with concrete pipe: The edge of the Design-ALL hoe gets stuck in the joint between pipe sections. I had this happen twice (the second time just to live dangerously), and it's a bad, bad feeling. If you're unable to free it, you could try pulling the 1/2" handle pipe with a chain hoist or other strongarm method of tearing it out, and with luck you'll get the whole thing out without the pipe thread disconnecting, leaving the hoe blocking most of the pipe. Luckily I was able to free it with a lot of twisting and jostling. But I would not take that chance again, even with methods of putting heavy force on the handle. The worst case would be having to dig up pavement.

Not really worth the money. Doesn’t get small enough to get into the culvert if it’s almost totally plugged and it does not dig in to remove the material without more effort than it should take

I ordered a 10 inch it was changed to an 8 inch it is not big enough to scrape silly putty, Im dealing with cement culvert 12 inch and this is just tickleing it to death..Ill be working till Jesus returns. MY HAND IS BIGGER AND Im 120 pound woman I am used to using a sledge hammer and 30 ft steel pipe to bust lose the gutter muck...I think they change the order or purpose so you have to order another one...if you are working on a sissy project, like a rain gutter, it would be ok, but Im doing a real construction job of moving a muck, this will not move 2 cups at a time....I NEED ON THAT HAS A DEEPER BLADE DEPTH....THIS IS A JOKE