I used to do it. It's a bit like picking a scab. How deep should you go. I think I'd fall in that rabbit hole for days.
ETA wooooaaaahh. That's some crush he's got there.
ETA 2. he didn't scrub it first. Wtf. Straight in with an angle grinder. I used to hose the foot off, get in there with a scrubbing brush, and then all hand tools. Clearly that's soooo last century.