Work with Eustis Cable as one of our contractors in northern NH and VT for the "blue team". Good guys the lot of you, as an in house I appreciate you guys picking up storm damage repairs every winter 👌
Damn dude you are on point holy shit. You’re like one of those guys in the army that can clean a gun in record time blindfolded but you work for a cable company instead
Hey bro I hope you read this. I'm not knocking you at all looks like you got the idea down. A lot of these guys are giving you solid advice even though it sounds like they are slamming you or just acting like know-it-alls. First off when you go to set your Lahser on the line please close the gates one day it will save the Lasher. Next when you get to the Pole swap the last year from one side to the other. Set your bugs cut your wire. Bug it offf strap it tag it bond it cut everything then wrap your handline twice around the bucket. Boom down a couple inches and say yep or pull me forward easy the lasher is tied on. Instead of all that hand pulling and booming down to pull forward. Also Instead of the groundhand pulling the lasher he can make straps for you
Have u ever had issues with that altec Boom control Stop working intermittently? either from ground controls or platform.. whereas u have to let go of safety or reset kill switch? Your attention to detail on the lashing clamps is spot on..
I live in a rural area and I still remember the excitement in 2011 when I saw a crew of these cable guys hanging coax from pole to pole on my road --- knowing soon I would finally have broadband cable internet and could finally ditch the dialup bullshit I was dealing with for over 15 years!
why not wait to cut all your straps and lashing wire til you are done? you are wasting alot of time bringing your cutters out every time like that to indivually cut everything. next time take two coils of extra lashing wire with you so you can change the wire while youre up in the air. it will save you alot of time
work from left to right and back again. This is solid advice from ur comment. It can be done in very much less then 15 minutes pper pole. its also good to just tape the left side in this case it also helps if the wire gets broken after the fact at the clamp , and throw the lasher from one side to the other in one shot but I dont think U can do that without an apollo lasher in this case
Hello dude, I am from Mexico, I admire your work and how great you are. I was wondering if I could buy a cheaper lasher machine in your country, since in mine they are extremely expensive. Hopefully you can help me, I still do it by hand. greetings
Make you 5x faster if you saved all your cuts for last only should have cutters in ur hands 2 times each pole 1 to cut after swap then last at after all your bands ands what not then cut rest after lasher is sent just how we do it saves a little time each Poole but adds up keep on keeping it on my gut
how does it take typically for the service to go live after fiber lines are installed? 3 days ago at&t installed fiber in my neighborhood but the service isn’t live yet
How is the pay doing this type of job and do you get paid by the hour or foot of fiber done in a typical day. Also what's an average length of fiber put up in a day? Thank you for your answers
It's both. You can start hourly as a ground hand. Work your way up to a lineman or a foreman and then you get paid off how much production you do. Thats when the real money comes into play.
@OneSilentGiant We get paid $1.20/ft for stand and Coax in South Ga. You get paid double for De/Re and Wreck out for cable replacement. But if you have small 2-3 man crew the crew you can make some money. We just made 6k in a week and only worked 2 1/2 days due to rain. We had a crew come from out west just 2 guys came in and ran 2 miles a day. They told me they make about 300k a year each on the crew.
@OneSilentGiant I'm a sub contractor. I personally pay out to my coax splicer $.34/ft and $200/day to my ground hand. My coax splicer brings home 2k/wk pretty often. De/Re is usually small jobs where you delash the cable that is up their and relash new cable. Most of the time its small 1 or 2 spans. Sometimes they can get larger though. We just had a 1600' De-Re job which paid $2.30/ft. I am newer to this side of the industry as a contractor. I was working in house as a fiber splicer up to about 8 months ago and when emergencies would come up I would help and that's how I learned I am by no means the best or the fastest at this stuff.
@@Tech_-ez7usI have never seen it not like that. It's standard. The only things off to me was the lasher missing the strand lock and not pulling the lashing wire through the bug nut making a few twists then cutting it so it didn't protrude with sharps. I could go on and on but mostly it's just craftsmanship.
You immediately know you’re watching contractors, as soon as you see milk creates being used as tools trays.. Thats the cleanest, most open lashing Ive ever seen in my life. You dont need to pull the lasher from the ground. Hook the bridle around the corner of your bucket, and pull it with the truck. Then you and driver dont need to keep switching spots.. At least you put the bugs on the right way.. You’re making this so much harder on yourselves.
Exactly! Why on earth would they pull it from the ground! Lash from the bucket and let your kid get experience climbing and bugging and bonding! Behind the truck!
@OneSilentGiant yeah too many times the lasher fucks up somehow for me to took it to my bucket, might get lucky and break something. but to each there own if youre makin money and not fuckin anything up keep movin
You’re young and seem like a great worker. Get yourself into the power side and you’ll only hafta work in the rain when your getting paid double time. Ibew 💪 good luck brother
Telco and Power are all linemen. I have done both, as have a great deal of other linemen. Also, there's nothing lamer than a douche bag throwing shade and using phrases like working "hot"...you're not special or cool. Nobody cares.
I do the same thing daily brother, respect the grind. learned a couple new things as well, definitely using that! Keep it up brother
Work with Eustis Cable as one of our contractors in northern NH and VT for the "blue team". Good guys the lot of you, as an in house I appreciate you guys picking up storm damage repairs every winter 👌
Damn dude you are on point holy shit. You’re like one of those guys in the army that can clean a gun in record time blindfolded but you work for a cable company instead
i find it easier to put the rollers on the sides of the bucket, in the bars
Using a drill to put bugs on...?
I do line work myself, pretty cool to see how other places hang it. I like the content man keep it up.
nice watching the operation. brings back memories
When I was spooling off fiber by hand, I imagined that if I ever went on The Price Is Right they would have to edit down my spin for time.
Hey bro I hope you read this. I'm not knocking you at all looks like you got the idea down. A lot of these guys are giving you solid advice even though it sounds like they are slamming you or just acting like know-it-alls. First off when you go to set your Lahser on the line please close the gates one day it will save the Lasher. Next when you get to the Pole swap the last year from one side to the other. Set your bugs cut your wire. Bug it offf strap it tag it bond it cut everything then wrap your handline twice around the bucket. Boom down a couple inches and say yep or pull me forward easy the lasher is tied on. Instead of all that hand pulling and booming down to pull forward. Also Instead of the groundhand pulling the lasher he can make straps for you
Why is the lineman changing the lashing wire? And why did the lineman pull the fiber off the spool? Groundhand job forsure.
Have u ever had issues with that altec Boom control Stop working intermittently? either from ground controls or platform.. whereas u have to let go of safety or reset kill switch? Your attention to detail on the lashing clamps is spot on..
First time i see someone leaving the cable outside the back door of the lasher!
1st thing i saw
@@solfleming2347 same
It helps keep the air gaps out of smaller fiber
Wish I had you running fiber in my city.
I did a lot of this in barrow AK as a one man crew and it was exhausting work by myself.
I live in a rural area and I still remember the excitement in 2011 when I saw a crew of these cable guys hanging coax from pole to pole on my road --- knowing soon I would finally have broadband cable internet and could finally ditch the dialup bullshit I was dealing with for over 15 years!
Time for fiber eh XD
why not wait to cut all your straps and lashing wire til you are done? you are wasting alot of time bringing your cutters out every time like that to indivually cut everything. next time take two coils of extra lashing wire with you so you can change the wire while youre up in the air. it will save you alot of time
work from left to right and back again. This is solid advice from ur comment. It can be done in very much less then 15 minutes pper pole. its also good to just tape the left side in this case it also helps if the wire gets broken after the fact at the clamp , and throw the lasher from one side to the other in one shot but I dont think U can do that without an apollo lasher in this case
@@culbyj3665 you can! Wrap the wire around the bolt and send it! Go behind and bug and bond!
Yep
Are slag strands good what's your thoughts
Must not be paid by the ft
When you put up the messenger cable, do you string it with sag as a percentage of span length?
Good job like job
Hello dude, I am from Mexico, I admire your work and how great you are. I was wondering if I could buy a cheaper lasher machine in your country, since in mine they are extremely expensive. Hopefully you can help me, I still do it by hand. greetings
I'm loving me some LineLife ,keep that lasher click'in
thanks man, I'm glad you are enjoying the videos
Make you 5x faster if you saved all your cuts for last only should have cutters in ur hands 2 times each pole 1 to cut after swap then last at after all your bands ands what not then cut rest after lasher is sent just how we do it saves a little time each Poole but adds up keep on keeping it on my gut
Why do you put the fiber below the back gate as apposed to inside the barrel above the back gate
what is the material of the yellow tag you use, I tried something different tag but it faded due to weather in.
Why do you wrap the lashing wire around the back of the bugnut? Jw
Why lash from the ground much quicker in the air ?
Where did u get the rollers?
how does it take typically for the service to go live after fiber lines are installed? 3 days ago at&t installed fiber in my neighborhood but the service isn’t live yet
@OneSilentGiant right now at&t has several trucks splicing at the front of my neighborhood where the main big box is… hopefully they are almost done
Are you coiling OFC with Electrical cable ?
U can hang the rollers on ur bucket too !!!
Darn bro, no drive off? Harsh
How is the pay doing this type of job and do you get paid by the hour or foot of fiber done in a typical day. Also what's an average length of fiber put up in a day? Thank you for your answers
It's both. You can start hourly as a ground hand. Work your way up to a lineman or a foreman and then you get paid off how much production you do. Thats when the real money comes into play.
dont work for someone unless theyre paying percentages of production paid work. This work aint worth it if youre hourly.
@OneSilentGiant We get paid $1.20/ft for stand and Coax in South Ga. You get paid double for De/Re and Wreck out for cable replacement. But if you have small 2-3 man crew the crew you can make some money. We just made 6k in a week and only worked 2 1/2 days due to rain. We had a crew come from out west just 2 guys came in and ran 2 miles a day. They told me they make about 300k a year each on the crew.
@OneSilentGiant I'm a sub contractor. I personally pay out to my coax splicer $.34/ft and $200/day to my ground hand. My coax splicer brings home 2k/wk pretty often. De/Re is usually small jobs where you delash the cable that is up their and relash new cable. Most of the time its small 1 or 2 spans. Sometimes they can get larger though. We just had a 1600' De-Re job which paid $2.30/ft. I am newer to this side of the industry as a contractor. I was working in house as a fiber splicer up to about 8 months ago and when emergencies would come up I would help and that's how I learned I am by no means the best or the fastest at this stuff.
My team finds it easier to do 8 with four cones when you have to go the opposite direction, then flipping the eights to continue the other direction
Why would you be pulling an 8 two different ways lol
Next time lashing the fiber from the bucket your killing your groundhand
Say Hi to Mike Palmer for me
Just cutout. Why not catch the lasher off to the boom and pull it with the truck?? Smarter not harder?
came here to say this
Ha. I said it in another comment. 3 times the work.
Double lashed too for fiber SMH. Finish off the bug nut correctly to please you're not tying up a boat.
Do you have to bug every span? There were no terminal cases.
@@Tech_-ez7usI have never seen it not like that. It's standard. The only things off to me was the lasher missing the strand lock and not pulling the lashing wire through the bug nut making a few twists then cutting it so it didn't protrude with sharps. I could go on and on but mostly it's just craftsmanship.
Use temper ties instead of those zipties your using much quicker and does the same job
Show us you jigging the fiber in detail
You immediately know you’re watching contractors, as soon as you see milk creates being used as tools trays.. Thats the cleanest, most open lashing Ive ever seen in my life. You dont need to pull the lasher from the ground. Hook the bridle around the corner of your bucket, and pull it with the truck. Then you and driver dont need to keep switching spots.. At least you put the bugs on the right way.. You’re making this so much harder on yourselves.
Exactly! Why on earth would they pull it from the ground! Lash from the bucket and let your kid get experience climbing and bugging and bonding! Behind the truck!
It was all accessible. Did the job 3 times. placed roller then hand pulled cable then lash. At least pull the cable in when you're placing rollers.
@OneSilentGiant you can pull a j lasher 80 mph out of the bucket tf
@OneSilentGiant you can pull it upside down too
@OneSilentGiant yeah too many times the lasher fucks up somehow for me to took it to my bucket, might get lucky and break something. but to each there own if youre makin money and not fuckin anything up keep movin
how much pay from this work?
Depends between state to states, country, the demand also, some of these jobs can be very time based and part time
You’re young and seem like a great worker. Get yourself into the power side and you’ll only hafta work in the rain when your getting paid double time. Ibew 💪 good luck brother
Or become a fiber splicer and never work in the rain and get paid $60/hr regular time.
Or just join a union.. problem solved.
@@kctyphoon UNion isnt all about money its safety first. what good is the money if your not alive to spend it
Hello sir Ji can you please help me
Good thing he doesn't where gloves
Why are there no gloves the entire time! Put some skins on!
I hate J lashers with a passion.
Line life? 😂 I don’t ever see fiber on those decals. The name lineman is earned by working hot primary.
Telco and Power are all linemen. I have done both, as have a great deal of other linemen. Also, there's nothing lamer than a douche bag throwing shade and using phrases like working "hot"...you're not special or cool. Nobody cares.
I disagree with that