RIDGID 52822 Model T-232 H-D 3" "C" Cutter Cable Coupling Drain Cleaning Tool

K400 has a unique tip mount so you don't have to worry about screws backing out and losing your line cleaners. I used my pigtail to punch through the roots in peoples drain lines then run a sink slowly for some flow to push the roots out while I feed this down the 4" main slowly. Never been bound or kinked with this thing. It scrapes the inside of the pipe walls and shears roots off flush when inspected with a sewer scope after (I QC my own work). This is an essential cutter for any plumber. Most emergency calls in winter are from roots swelling and this clears them out so efficiently its almost unreal.

I snaked my main drain with the standard tips/cutters with no luck to find something that looked liked sheetrock. My plumbing friends said it was calcium and/or lime. Used this, and now my drain has been nice to me for 3 months now. A little pricey but still cheaper than a plumber 😉. Note: I used this with a K-380, and only used this once so I cannot give a full review on build. Given its a Ridgid, it will probably hold up for along time

It's a nice effective addition to other cutting heads

It is a strong piece! Should offer multiple sizes!

So my 1975 townhouse has 2-inch waste lines and 4" drain lines thus I could not use it from the p-trap towards and past the drain pipe, would not fit. I kept it because you never know if someone else may need it to rent my machine. I ordered the 2-inch the next day.

These blades are very good and strong. Main reason for review is the delivery driver said it was by the front door but the package was not there but I found them later somewhere else. I gave them a bad review but can not retract it. So sorry to the driver.

I was not sure whether 3" cutter would go smoothly down by 4" main or that it can be handled by my K400 Rigid with 3/8 IW cable. Fortunately, yes on all counts. Previously, I cleared the main drain of roots with an auger than 2" spiral cutter. I have seen pro plummer use something bigger, so I ordered the 3" cutter, although it looked thicker and sharper than for pro plummer used, when they cleared my drain many years ago. Using K400 Rigid, the 3" cutter went in very easily. When it got to spot where roots were, it stopped going in. I backed it up, afraid the cutter was stuck, but it was not. After going back and forth a bit, I tried letting it just work, with K400 rotating it, and it automatically went in a fraction of inch per second, until the it got past where the roots were. Then the cutter went in fast again. Afterward, I could back it out easily. It looks like 3" cutter did not leftover roots from 2" spiral cutter. Very useful and nice tool. Next time, I will just let it work byself from the beginning, when it hits roots.

So 3 inches sounds like it would do a great job but it wont go past elbows (90 degrees). On a brand new 4 inch pipe? No problem! But an aged cast iron or ductile iron pipe corrodes over the years and the inner diameter is smaller and theres no way it will fit it through a elbow with it connected to the cable. It fits great in straight shots but if your going through a basement toilet theres no way in heck you can get it through the first elbow on that toilet. This tool would really only be for a clean out with a tee that has adequate room. Its great quality though, i tried to force it down my aged pipe and had sparks flying with no damage to the tool. Live and learn, time to buy a 2 inch.

I would assume works good in not hard application, but for my application (pipe was completely clogged, was a lot of roots and etc., even 1" end had a hard time to get thru and this 3" end would stuck all the time) but once I sharpened cutting edges (form outside to inside angle as sharp as a knife) - did a job as charm (do not forget to add more water in the sewage pipe), you can hear chop - chop and you'll be impressed how nice it does the job!

I have that 400w auger and snake which is so popular, and have used it for two years now. I would say that the machine is useless without this addition. That is, I got the job done before with just the snake, the machine did not add much, but with this attached and spinning in the auger, you can achieve your sewer pipe dreams with even the nastiest back-ups. This was like a thrilling adventure into the belly of the beast. The ultimate cleaning of one's room.

Bought this hoping it would work on my small vevor drain cleaner as the cable size was compatible. It fit and worked perfectly

WORKS best after starting with small attachments first

This is a good sturdy root cutter. Use it once a year now and not cleaning line every 3-4 months