Mine was out for 4 and half hours due to Blizzard conditions. In Minnesota. Thanks to those lineman who went out in the storm to get us energized again.
Mad Respect for All the Lineman and woman who restore power, I have seen the lines when they fall and I have seen them BLow up, Very Dangerous and Deadly..... Thank you for doing that.....NOTE: As the Guy said in the Video ....if a line is down on the ground, DO NOT TOUCH IT OR GO NEAR IT.....ESPECIALLY IF ITS AROUND WATER EVER!!! CALL THE POLICE ASAP........
Actually some jobs you are working around energized lines. Regardless you assume all lines could become reenergized. Once everything is isolated you still maintain your safety.
I hope all the negative commentors realize, he's does it this way because, he's on film. These are the rules his company demands he work from. So, the name calling is quite unfair. It just goes to show that every linemen is a critic and believes he can build it better.
You're both shit talking losers taking his words right out of context. He made a mistake, extinguish instead of distinguish. He might be underslept, exhausted. You're both losers.
@@ashfordminer2390 Actually, he said distinguish instead of extinguish. And this in no way is taking words out of context. That's exactly what he said. Yes, he made a simple mistake, just like you did. Mistakes are to be acknowledged and avoided, not have excuses made for them.
@@stargazer7644 This video is a joke. Real lineman are heroes, but they don't look or talk like this. They don't casually walk on-screen in a group when they show up. They don't stand in the middle of the street making a video when they should be opening switches after lines are down on the road. They don't pull out a piece of paper and proclaim "It shows here that IM IN CHARGE". This isn't 1980, the information about an outage (which they all have since they showed up in the right place) doesn't come on a piece of paper. They have a sense of urgency and if they're just arriving on site they're looking up at the problem and the work they need to start preparing for (while discussing it), they're getting on their radio getting work authorization, parts, additional resources and help, and they're assessing risks to safety and property, as well as assessing other damage. They don't stand there like minions awaiting commands from a dweeb with a god complex that has to tell them "it's overhead".
Yes in a perfect world everyone should have a lock however in this industry there's not always a lock so the lead puts the tag on the poles on both ends. Also before you heat anything up you call dispatch and they will aslo tell you if anyone else is work on the line
Why the negative feedback? I think it's a good video. he's going in detail of what the procedures are. just like you would in a classroom/field training. For the ones that want to rush, go ahead and forget the details climb up and pray you don't end up Barbecue.
I’m a labor in facility maintenance department at a company. A lot of the safety stuff is CYA. Cause we’re open to the public when we work, you never know when the insurance or powers that be are watching. After being a private investigators assistant, we’d get calls all the time to check if company’s have traffic cones, safty vests, caution tape and such out while working. My boss hated doing these jobs and would charge crazy amounts just to try to avoid them. The companies that hired us ended up not caring about the price and would send us to places to see if safety were being followed.
Everyone must have lockout locks. Everyone working on the job should have their lock on that disconnect lockout. Be safe don't trust anyone with just one lock on there with your life.
The Foreman for this demonstration is doing everything by the company book..... In real life these process seldomly takes place as you can tell he stumbled through the process like he very rarely ever does it.
I am not a Lineman, although I have worked with up to 500KVA..... and this is painful to watch. WHO IS THIS GUY? Where did they find him, and has he ever done this before?
Hmmm, I've worked cable before. Funny, I could have swore that we worked at height, in trenches and alongside power. I guess that wasn't electricity flowing through my lines to power the amps that bring your TV and Internet into your house. Hmmm, I guess I didn't read that safety bulletin about the cable installer who was killed because an electrician back fed power onto CATV causing the installer to be electrocuted. I guess those classes I took in electrical theory and engineering must have been a dream. I'd like to see you do the job. Bet you wouldn't last a day. I worked great with the power guys and they worked great with me. At least I know what channel to block from UA-cam now.
@@mikel9567 Listen here, young man. You haven’t touched or even heard of electrical equipment. Now go on and get back to your TikTok videos and your MP3s. Your generation makes me sad. Yes, I’m talking to you Mikey-boy.
LOL First thing I thought of was he`s a company suck ass! I could only watch so much of this because it was starting to make me sick, as to how he is saying look at me i'm the boss and all you lowlifes are below me and need to kiss my ass if you want to keep your jobs. oh and dont forget safety first!
3:10 A pocket full of keys is not a good thing. Key's in your right pocket will require a skin graft from your left thigh if electrocuted. Trust me, I've seen it happen.
God bless him, he is an enthusiastic guy who no doubt worked his way up the ladder of the power game. BUT . . . .not at all a polished speaker and the presentation content is harmed badly by the style and various idiosyncratic things about him. The ear ring complaint however is silly. Hell, what if he wore three ear rings? Just wish they had held a long practice session for this poor guy before putting him on camera. Safety emphasis was excellent.
James Lee he knows the set up and should have practice if he didn’t. If you don’t don’t something every day your not gonna be good at it. Besides, we just dumb asses doing a job nobody else will do.
23:10 Talk about Safety hu? Working 14, 16 Hour Days. Maybe he shudda had keep that one hush. Also whats with the earings and the rings, ah i know perfect way to check if line is energized, beats using a multimeter right?.
I'm actually surprised. Every seabee i talked to loved their job (until they were forced too cross rate). I just finished 5 years as a EM, did a little construction and roofing and thinking about being a lineman. What about the job is the worst? (Edit: I tried to convert to construction electrician in 2016, 23 ppl applied and 2 ppl got it in my command)
Austin Crane line work is easy more than it’s hard. Worst thing is working with dumb asses or someone that knows it all. Or working with ppl that’s there just for a check. Transmission is the way to go, that away from distribution.
Linemen used to be rough guys. Pull everything with ropes. Nowadays linework is like navy seals. It isn't too hard and every big kid wants to do it. I climbed with no buck squeeze and let me tell you when you're 90 foot up, looking down with 2 spikes 1/4 inch in the pole, you lose it for a moment. One slip you're done. I slipped coming down and not falling is the only fucking thing God has done for me. I slipped on a step down and one knee jammed into my chest. Those bucksqueezes save lives, but allow some pussies to be linemen. Alot of guys wouldn't do it without bucksqueezes. I'm all for them though. A safety measure to save someone from lifelong impairment is a good thing. I think they waited so long to make them because linework was "mans" work. It's kinda like tight rope walking. Everyone'll do it if there's a safety to keep you from falling. Nobody will do it, very few, if there's no safety.
@@jonathanwillard663 You: "This safety equipment means some pussies or doing the job" Also you: "This safety equipment saves lives" Also you: "I'm all for them". You sound like a moron, nobody is a pussy because they demand standard safety equipment.
@@jonathanwillard663 I work for a cable company and we dont use buck squeezes. just your regular climbing strap. I had a co-worker slip down a pole, he hugged on to the thing and boy did that pole fuck up his stomach and chest. we dont need to climb as high as power lineman, i think the highest ive climb was 40 - 50 feet high,, but after 15 feet, whos counting. thats high enough to kill. still though, it never bothered me, i feel safer strapped to the pole than on a extension ladder on a downhill line. have you ever been on a 30 foot ladder then have it slip only to have it hanging on by the tip of one strand hook? it takes nerves of steel just NOT to jump off.
@@jonathanwillard663 you’re a fucking moron. Imagine degrading someone for being safe. I’m sick of all you old school lineman calling out the new guys because they use fall protection. I have a family to go home to. I’ll be god damned if I’m going to put myself at risk of losing that. You realize being a lineman already is dangerous and they’ve come a long way to making it a safer job... the idea of fall protection just makes the job that much more safe. Quit bitching you idiot fuck.
foreman on jobs like these are always sitting in their pickups in california. The guys on the ground do all the hard work. Most forman.... not all... but most don’t know how hard it is to do the work and need it done “NOW” and “FAST” Also guys that work on the “line’ don’t have rings on their fingers
mrpatt1983 ... exactly...comment above is ignorant..Foreman is sitting on his ass because usually he's done what the crew is doing about 1000 more times than them..lol
I’m a lineman in New York. My title is “working foreman “ I work with my guys. We are a team. I am not above my brother. I’m just a JL that writes all the paperwork and takes all the responsibility
this is older, but lineman should be trained as arborist to handle smaller issues, clearly not whole massive trees, split in half whole trees, but small to mid size branches they should be capable of handling
Blocks and Tackles for "thousands of years".. Ok... i didnt know they had electricity for that long.... And Yes those pickles do come off... Seen them fall off before!
I work in plant maintenance for an isp. We’re banned from using pickles as they are all failing on us a few years later. Pretty dangerous for some guys up on their ladders hanging drops haha. We use straight preforms only now.
Ok Popofab and ChrisB. Just briefly. He uses the word "I" in a "Team Event" a little too much. 2nd) once the Crew arrive, you don't dictate anything. You ALL WALK OR DRIVE the Lead or a portion of the Ckt, to make sure nothing else has broken or come down. Once in a while you'll find a smoldering body under a Line. During this ride /walk visual, WE, come up with a Plan, NOT "I"He talking to Office Folk so a lot of what he HAVE to say is not the reality. The rest is just stuff that us Lineman are laughing at when we watch this. It's not a Critique on this LineMech or the Crew. STAY SAFE MEN!!!!
Gary Nelson fuck it bruh, I’ll help ya. Ear ring, one wheel chock, no gloves running the hand line, no one checked the pole before climbing and no one checked the adjacent poles before work started. All should have been covered in the pre job briefing. And for heavens sake let the damn hoist out before u try to put it on. Put ya grip on the conductor first. Might wanna let every one know the out riggers r coming down. Didn’t barricaded the trucks so I guess they were grounded. Ok I might have missed something. I ain’t scared to call somebody out. Oh, the 7yr lead man is in charge if ya didn’t know. With the clear glasses on. Ok I’m gonna stop now. 🤣there ya go popofabulous and Chris.like he said, as a linemen this is hard to watch. Ok I’m done, no for real this time I’m done. 😂🤣. He didn’t check them rubber gloves.
@@scorpion5700 Your right,. THe guy is an ego maniac. How bout the we been doing this with block and tackle for thousands of years and that type of stuff. I mean come on man. Yeah long hrs. then gopes on to say I work 16 then go home for 8 . etc etc. Its embarrassing.. I think even some of the Bell Guys would have an issue working with this lineman.. The dude is a joke with his ego. cant work for someone like that. where its me me me me me. not we we we we. this dude is a real charm i bet to work with i bet...!!! LOL. embarrassing. But hes trying hard he probly just doesnt know how to talk to the general public without sounding like a General on the battlefield who isnt really a general..
You can usually just wear rubber gloves and rubber boots and safely solder two downed wires together to restore electricity more quickly. The electrical company will probably come along later and do their own more durable fix, but if you don't want to wait for them, it's easy to do on your own. Just always remember to wear gloves and ground yourself by attaching metal spikes to the bottom of your footwear and stand on soft dirt or grass (no crushed rock, it can permanently reduce the voltage which leads to costly replacements).
Your an idiot. No one should be touching any lines or doing any repairs. Even a trained professional shouldn’t be touching or repairing any lines without consent.
@@LawFarin I agree you should totally get consent beforehand, but anyone can fix a downed power line, it's easy. There used to be a lot of tutorial videos of how to do it on youtube but they all got taken down for copyright claim because they were playing Puddle of Mudddddddd in the background, which is the best and most badass music to listen to while handling live wires.
Most other areas, the crews take a look at what is needed to safely restore power. They notify the operations center and then do the work. They notify the operations center when the power is back on. They make notes and sketches of any changes that were done and provide the notes to the records department for updating the records of any changes. This guy is doing an over-production on what needs to be done and how long it takes to do the restoration. I would have three areas restored by the time this guy does one area. If this guy worked up in Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine where the temperature in the winter time is often at or below -20 degrees, he would learn to work a little more productively and do less talking.
“Alternating current continues to rotate around through the process of electricity” wut ? Lol I give him credit cause he’s just shooting from the hip... thumbs up for the line crew tho ...
He’s trying to dumb it down for the people. He could definitely start talking ohm’s law, amps, watts, volts, grounding, transmission, transformers, insulation, the electrical properties of metals used for wires, the purpose of step down transformers, how what he’s working on gets down to house current etc… but the presentation would be a few days long and half the people there wouldn’t understand any of it.
and ring... Ridiculous. But Hes trying hard. Hes Just not a good presenter . Its not his best job to do presentations. Though I would beleive he may be good at his job ..
@Moonshiner Jay bruhh these dudes are straight newbs lol I'm sure that one guy still trying to get that wire into that sleeve with that hoist sucked all the way in😂😂
1) There's no way everyone "understands" what work is going to happen because the only thing you told them about the job they're going to be doing before asking them if they understood was that they're going to be "maintenancing" which isn't a word. 2) Your truck had better not be the only one with a first aid kit and emergency blanket. 3) "I want those primaries back up in the air" -- yeah? really? you don't want them all over the street? 4) "You're going to be doing grounding over there" (with a vague hand motion) is certainly extremely descriptive and describes exactly where the safety grounds need to be applied. Let's not bother with any kind of pole numbers or actual location information. 5) Why isn't the primary de-energized and checked for potential before dude #2 gets that close to it with a bucket? 6) Alternating current oscillates, it doesn't "rotate". 7) "It has an insulating property around the wire", yeah that would be called insulation. 8) "De-energized" is a verb, not a noun. You don't "test for de-energized", you either "test for potential" or "test for de-energization". 9) That's not a long stick. A long stick would be the 50+ foot fiberglass extension pole that he should have been using from the ground to test for potential before getting within arm's reach of untested primaries. 10) You didn't see your family for 14 days in 2010 because they had better things to do than to listen to you scream about how you're a LEAD LINEMAN. 11) Mister Shapiro thinks you look like a loud Elton John
I have never seen a lineman climb. And judging from the ages of some of the seasoned lineman, they are not required to climb. That’s for the younger guys.
These men working with 7k volts up on the heights are truly a heros, my respects for all these hard working dedicated men.
13k lol
7kV 14:05 LOL @@Ghost.uppercut
Ty 😊 🙏🏻
Mine was out for 4 and half hours due to Blizzard conditions. In Minnesota. Thanks to those lineman who went out in the storm to get us energized again.
Ty 😊 🙏🏻
Ours has been out for almost 4 days now thx to Helene lol
God bless these people. These are the real heroes.
Mad Respect for All the Lineman and woman who restore power, I have seen the lines when they fall and I have seen them BLow up, Very Dangerous and Deadly..... Thank you for doing that.....NOTE: As the Guy said in the Video ....if a line is down on the ground, DO NOT TOUCH IT OR GO NEAR IT.....ESPECIALLY IF ITS AROUND WATER EVER!!! CALL THE POLICE ASAP........
“We don’t wanna be working on it with it energized because that’ll hurt us” thats one way to put it 😆
🤦🏻♂️
He’s not wrong
Actually some jobs you are working around energized lines. Regardless you assume all lines could become reenergized. Once everything is isolated you still maintain your safety.
Yea 7k volts will stop your heart.
I hope all the negative commentors realize, he's does it this way because, he's on film. These are the rules his company demands he work from. So, the name calling is quite unfair. It just goes to show that every linemen is a critic and believes he can build it better.
There has to be some morons commenting in every video. They seem to feel it makes them important.
Excellent video, this should be done state wide.
12:04
"It distinguishes itself." The fire must make itself known to be different from other fires, as this fire is happening on a person.
KLM This is the guy running the job 😐
You're both shit talking losers taking his words right out of context. He made a mistake, extinguish instead of distinguish. He might be underslept, exhausted. You're both losers.
Yeah.... Nevermind all the other dumb shit he said and did... This video is fucking retarded....
@@ashfordminer2390 Actually, he said distinguish instead of extinguish. And this in no way is taking words out of context. That's exactly what he said. Yes, he made a simple mistake, just like you did. Mistakes are to be acknowledged and avoided, not have excuses made for them.
@@stargazer7644 This video is a joke. Real lineman are heroes, but they don't look or talk like this. They don't casually walk on-screen in a group when they show up. They don't stand in the middle of the street making a video when they should be opening switches after lines are down on the road. They don't pull out a piece of paper and proclaim "It shows here that IM IN CHARGE". This isn't 1980, the information about an outage (which they all have since they showed up in the right place) doesn't come on a piece of paper. They have a sense of urgency and if they're just arriving on site they're looking up at the problem and the work they need to start preparing for (while discussing it), they're getting on their radio getting work authorization, parts, additional resources and help, and they're assessing risks to safety and property, as well as assessing other damage. They don't stand there like minions awaiting commands from a dweeb with a god complex that has to tell them "it's overhead".
That's a job for younger guys with strong legs and no fear of height. I'm glad they're on the job to keep the lights on.
Lockout tag should be on the lock lol
That's what I was thinking
@@smokum0 lmao two years later someone feels the same thing
@Donald Henson Every one working on it needs to have a lock on it. That is basic lock out tag out procedure
Yes in a perfect world everyone should have a lock however in this industry there's not always a lock so the lead puts the tag on the poles on both ends. Also before you heat anything up you call dispatch and they will aslo tell you if anyone else is work on the line
@@whitelightinggaming3737 even with that, a tag should have the name and number of the lead or foreman that locked it out on it.
You guys are amazingly awesome. Kudos... you rock
Great job and video. Stay safe
I'd like to say thank you, for all the hard work and sacrifice, I noticed nor one person could do that but rather make stupid comments instead
This very informative video on safely working around electrical lines.
No it's not...
John M pay this fucker no attention.
23:26 look how his voice cracks when he is asked what he's gone through.
Why the negative feedback? I think it's a good video. he's going in detail of what the procedures are. just like you would in a classroom/field training. For the ones that want to rush, go ahead and forget the details climb up and pray you don't end up Barbecue.
Im a lineman for a cable company, outages never happen when the weather or other conditions are ideal.
Yea its like in plumbing. You only get OT when a bug storm comes and clogs up drains
Gotta love them outages... Not.. Most of the time it can wait until the morning. Especially if you have to wait on power
@@boxfox1239 God I hate those bug storms.
@@stargazer7644 here in Bayou bug storms happen to offen
Cars hitting them over here is common. People either looking at their phones, drunk or had some medical issue.
I like his ear ring he must be in HR
Good Info and thanks. Sparky4life ...Electrical 101- Demetallize ...Do I see a ring ?
May the Lord bless everyone of you and keep you safe, and Thank you for your service,I applaud you all 💖🙂
12:48 patience is waning.
Nice job, hard work 🚎
Straight to work getting the job done safely
That earing really stands out
I’m a labor in facility maintenance department at a company. A lot of the safety stuff is CYA. Cause we’re open to the public when we work, you never know when the insurance or powers that be are watching.
After being a private investigators assistant, we’d get calls all the time to check if company’s have traffic cones, safty vests, caution tape and such out while working. My boss hated doing these jobs and would charge crazy amounts just to try to avoid them. The companies that hired us ended up not caring about the price and would send us to places to see if safety were being followed.
I have a question. Does your company trim the trees on your power lines? Or do you make a home owner do it????
if its the same as in france you have electricity people and lanscape people, two separate jobs
Everyone must have lockout locks. Everyone working on the job should have their lock on that disconnect lockout.
Be safe don't trust anyone with just one lock on there with your life.
The Foreman for this demonstration is doing everything by the company book..... In real life these process seldomly takes place as you can tell he stumbled through the process like he very rarely ever does it.
What safety measures have been put in place regarding the block and it's rope?
Did u test the gloves?
He looks like a guy that doesn’t get out of the office very often
good video but aren't the boots wrong for pulling the gang switch?
I am not a Lineman, although I have worked with up to 500KVA..... and this is painful to watch. WHO IS THIS GUY? Where did they find him, and has he ever done this before?
Goop
Bunch of cable guys and machine operators in the comments. I’d like to see a handful of you do with these guys just did.
Hmmm, I've worked cable before. Funny, I could have swore that we worked at height, in trenches and alongside power. I guess that wasn't electricity flowing through my lines to power the amps that bring your TV and Internet into your house. Hmmm, I guess I didn't read that safety bulletin about the cable installer who was killed because an electrician back fed power onto CATV causing the installer to be electrocuted. I guess those classes I took in electrical theory and engineering must have been a dream.
I'd like to see you do the job. Bet you wouldn't last a day. I worked great with the power guys and they worked great with me. At least I know what channel to block from UA-cam now.
@@mikel9567 Listen here, young man. You haven’t touched or even heard of electrical equipment. Now go on and get back to your TikTok videos and your MP3s. Your generation makes me sad. Yes, I’m talking to you Mikey-boy.
11:35 I sense a bit of sexual tension
HR getting a misconduct boner
Going in for a lil’ squeeze.
When he said "okay", i knew he was fucking legit....
Cover up isn't orange for visibility, its orange because of what class it is.. omg this hurts to watch but I will continue
No LDL testing?
Are those there trouble trucks?
Thank you. Excellent video. Thank you again. Peace be with you brother z
I'd probably learn just as much with the volume off.
Doggone it, when they make videos like this I wish they would include who's in charge????
The guy talking said dso relinquished site authority to him so I'm assuming he's in charge of this job
I think he was being sarcastic.
LOL First thing I thought of was he`s a company suck ass! I could only watch so much of this because it was starting to make me sick, as to how he is saying look at me i'm the boss and all you lowlifes are below me and need to kiss my ass if you want to keep your jobs. oh and dont forget safety first!
6:27 Apparently David Faustino (Bud Bundy) found a new job...
drink everytime he says isolate
Remember sliding allway down in lineman school abt 1964 pole has splinters !! US army .🤗
3:10 A pocket full of keys is not a good thing. Key's in your right pocket will require a skin graft from your left thigh if electrocuted. Trust me, I've seen it happen.
So try really, really hard not to get electocuted. Mm'kay?
Where else do you keep your lockout key, aren't they required to be on your person so it can't be re-energized while you're working?
God bless him, he is an enthusiastic guy who no doubt worked his way up the ladder of the power game. BUT . . . .not at all a polished speaker and the presentation content is harmed badly by the style and various idiosyncratic things about him. The ear ring complaint however is silly. Hell, what if he wore three ear rings? Just wish they had held a long practice session for this poor guy before putting him on camera. Safety emphasis was excellent.
James Lee he knows the set up and should have practice if he didn’t. If you don’t don’t something every day your not gonna be good at it. Besides, we just dumb asses doing a job nobody else will do.
Comedy gold. Thank you for the laughs
Dude quit pretending and get out of the way while the linemen do their job. It’s so obvious it’s insulting.
Guys that say "ok" that much drive me crazy. Likes he's talking down to you like you're a dumbass
That's y my food got ruined, cause this guy making you tube video.
14 16 hour days in a row. bless your heart. human hyperbole or no
Could this guy say "ok' or "alright" one more time please?
AR556NATO he’s nervous man...his boss probably made him do this video
Ok
23:10 Talk about Safety hu? Working 14, 16 Hour Days. Maybe he shudda had keep that one hush.
Also whats with the earings and the rings, ah i know perfect way to check if line is energized, beats using a multimeter right?.
Hector Ortega no thats the manditory working hours when on storm restoration 16 on 8 off for as many days as your on Storm Restoration.
I was a seabea in the navy and did all of this, these guys so not make enough. I would not do this shit ever again.
I'm actually surprised. Every seabee i talked to loved their job (until they were forced too cross rate). I just finished 5 years as a EM, did a little construction and roofing and thinking about being a lineman. What about the job is the worst? (Edit: I tried to convert to construction electrician in 2016, 23 ppl applied and 2 ppl got it in my command)
Austin Crane line work is easy more than it’s hard. Worst thing is working with dumb asses or someone that knows it all. Or working with ppl that’s there just for a check. Transmission is the way to go, that away from distribution.
Something is just screaming to me that this is the ceo's son or nephew.
Linemen used to be rough guys. Pull everything with ropes. Nowadays linework is like navy seals. It isn't too hard and every big kid wants to do it. I climbed with no buck squeeze and let me tell you when you're 90 foot up, looking down with 2 spikes 1/4 inch in the pole, you lose it for a moment. One slip you're done. I slipped coming down and not falling is the only fucking thing God has done for me. I slipped on a step down and one knee jammed into my chest. Those bucksqueezes save lives, but allow some pussies to be linemen. Alot of guys wouldn't do it without bucksqueezes. I'm all for them though. A safety measure to save someone from lifelong impairment is a good thing. I think they waited so long to make them because linework was "mans" work. It's kinda like tight rope walking. Everyone'll do it if there's a safety to keep you from falling. Nobody will do it, very few, if there's no safety.
@@jonathanwillard663 You: "This safety equipment means some pussies or doing the job" Also you: "This safety equipment saves lives" Also you: "I'm all for them". You sound like a moron, nobody is a pussy because they demand standard safety equipment.
@@jonathanwillard663 Okay 🐀
@@jonathanwillard663 I work for a cable company and we dont use buck squeezes. just your regular climbing strap. I had a co-worker slip down a pole, he hugged on to the thing and boy did that pole fuck up his stomach and chest. we dont need to climb as high as power lineman, i think the highest ive climb was 40 - 50 feet high,, but after 15 feet, whos counting. thats high enough to kill. still though, it never bothered me, i feel safer strapped to the pole than on a extension ladder on a downhill line. have you ever been on a 30 foot ladder then have it slip only to have it hanging on by the tip of one strand hook? it takes nerves of steel just NOT to jump off.
@@jonathanwillard663 you’re a fucking moron. Imagine degrading someone for being safe. I’m sick of all you old school lineman calling out the new guys because they use fall protection. I have a family to go home to. I’ll be god damned if I’m going to put myself at risk of losing that. You realize being a lineman already is dangerous and they’ve come a long way to making it a safer job... the idea of fall protection just makes the job that much more safe. Quit bitching you idiot fuck.
It’s seems like it his first time looking at that safety list. First time restoring power period by the way he’s stuttering and stammering.
He’s a lineman, not a public speaker 🤷♂️
foreman on jobs like these are always sitting in their pickups in california. The guys on the ground do all the hard work. Most forman.... not all... but most don’t know how hard it is to do the work and need it done “NOW” and “FAST” Also guys that work on the “line’ don’t have rings on their fingers
I would think someone would have to be a lineman before they can be a foreman?
mrpatt1983 ... exactly...comment above is ignorant..Foreman is sitting on his ass because usually he's done what the crew is doing about 1000 more times than them..lol
I’m a lineman in New York. My title is “working foreman “ I work with my guys. We are a team. I am not above my brother. I’m just a JL that writes all the paperwork and takes all the responsibility
I see why dominion and pepco don't help each other
this is older, but lineman should be trained as arborist to handle smaller issues, clearly not whole massive trees, split in half whole trees, but small to mid size branches they should be capable of handling
That’s a whole different trade tho
Blocks and Tackles for "thousands of years".. Ok... i didnt know they had electricity for that long.... And Yes those pickles do come off... Seen them fall off before!
I think he means that the block and tackle has been used for thousands of years to help lift heavy things, not just heavy electrical cable.
I work in plant maintenance for an isp. We’re banned from using pickles as they are all failing on us a few years later. Pretty dangerous for some guys up on their ladders hanging drops haha. We use straight preforms only now.
he HIS the trouble man m"kay... and now the system is his!!! get out of the way,
two splices in neutral conductor , change out span of triplex ....
As a Lineman, this is hard to watch!!!!!!!
Gary Nelson how come?
Go on...
Ok Popofab and ChrisB. Just briefly. He uses the word "I" in a "Team Event" a little too much. 2nd) once the Crew arrive, you don't dictate anything. You ALL WALK OR DRIVE the Lead or a portion of the Ckt, to make sure nothing else has broken or come down. Once in a while you'll find a smoldering body under a Line. During this ride /walk visual, WE, come up with a Plan, NOT "I"He talking to Office Folk so a lot of what he HAVE to say is not the reality. The rest is just stuff that us Lineman are laughing at when we watch this. It's not a Critique on this LineMech or the Crew. STAY SAFE MEN!!!!
Gary Nelson fuck it bruh, I’ll help ya. Ear ring, one wheel chock, no gloves running the hand line, no one checked the pole before climbing and no one checked the adjacent poles before work started. All should have been covered in the pre job briefing. And for heavens sake let the damn hoist out before u try to put it on. Put ya grip on the conductor first. Might wanna let every one know the out riggers r coming down. Didn’t barricaded the trucks so I guess they were grounded. Ok I might have missed something. I ain’t scared to call somebody out. Oh, the 7yr lead man is in charge if ya didn’t know. With the clear glasses on. Ok I’m gonna stop now. 🤣there ya go popofabulous and Chris.like he said, as a linemen this is hard to watch. Ok I’m done, no for real this time I’m done. 😂🤣. He didn’t check them rubber gloves.
@@scorpion5700 Your right,. THe guy is an ego maniac. How bout the we been doing this with block and tackle for thousands of years and that type of stuff. I mean come on man. Yeah long hrs. then gopes on to say I work 16 then go home for 8 . etc etc. Its embarrassing.. I think even some of the Bell Guys would have an issue working with this lineman.. The dude is a joke with his ego. cant work for someone like that. where its me me me me me. not we we we we. this dude is a real charm i bet to work with i bet...!!! LOL. embarrassing. But hes trying hard he probly just doesnt know how to talk to the general public without sounding like a General on the battlefield who isnt really a general..
THIS IS MY SYSTEM OKAY?!
You can usually just wear rubber gloves and rubber boots and safely solder two downed wires together to restore electricity more quickly. The electrical company will probably come along later and do their own more durable fix, but if you don't want to wait for them, it's easy to do on your own. Just always remember to wear gloves and ground yourself by attaching metal spikes to the bottom of your footwear and stand on soft dirt or grass (no crushed rock, it can permanently reduce the voltage which leads to costly replacements).
Your an idiot. No one should be touching any lines or doing any repairs. Even a trained professional shouldn’t be touching or repairing any lines without consent.
@@LawFarin I agree you should totally get consent beforehand, but anyone can fix a downed power line, it's easy. There used to be a lot of tutorial videos of how to do it on youtube but they all got taken down for copyright claim because they were playing Puddle of Mudddddddd in the background, which is the best and most badass music to listen to while handling live wires.
Please, no one take this comment seriously.
@lateral1385 right lmao
Nice video thank you for posting, the young forman did, i think a great job, good work, guys. Thank you for your work.
Most other areas, the crews take a look at what is needed to safely restore power. They notify the operations center and then do the work. They notify the operations center when the power is back on. They make notes and sketches of any changes that were done and provide the notes to the records department for updating the records of any changes. This guy is doing an over-production on what needs to be done and how long it takes to do the restoration. I would have three areas restored by the time this guy does one area. If this guy worked up in Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine where the temperature in the winter time is often at or below -20 degrees, he would learn to work a little more productively and do less talking.
23:00 blizzard 2010 lots of overtime = new Harley those guys with all the toys
Is he a serviceman or a lead lineman. I'm confused
I don’t know but he does have an earring
Thank you
Hurricane beryl got me here
Right, The right stuff babe.
Thank you sweetheart thank you 🙏🏻 well
excellent video, thanks
How do I become a lineman?
you apply for electricity at school. then either get work as an electrician, a telephone guy, or a lineman. Depends on where you end up .
Where is the beer cooler, after all this safety crap, it must be time for lunch...
I’m struggling to know who’s in charge 😂😂😂😂😂
Maybe there's a resistance to authority
Someone needs to learn the difference between wire and cable.
Jacking into the sleeve...
Hmm
We don't have anemometer to tell us the wind is 29 or 40 mph
The boss acts like a tyrant!
Thank god for nlc i understand what hes talking about
“Alternating current continues to rotate around through the process of electricity” wut ? Lol I give him credit cause he’s just shooting from the hip... thumbs up for the line crew tho ...
He’s trying to dumb it down for the people. He could definitely start talking ohm’s law, amps, watts, volts, grounding, transmission, transformers, insulation, the electrical properties of metals used for wires, the purpose of step down transformers, how what he’s working on gets down to house current etc… but the presentation would be a few days long and half the people there wouldn’t understand any of it.
Please.stay.safe.while.you.are.on.your.job
I thought electricity was a force generated at the quantum level not a process.
Nice earing dude!
He has his wedding ring on also, dumbass!
and ring... Ridiculous. But Hes trying hard. Hes Just not a good presenter . Its not his best job to do presentations. Though I would beleive he may be good at his job ..
Beats using a multimeter..
@Brexit Monger yeah takes big balls to stand around and watch
Dios los proteja siempre y familia y amigos
this is not a big problem, is just a secundary wires 220 volts down.
steel toe would conduct electricity, im in line school and our boots we wear are composite toe; we wear carolina linesman boots.
Steel shank for climbing
maybe next time youll run your hoist out a little farther so youll have room to work lol
@Moonshiner Jay bruhh these dudes are straight newbs lol I'm sure that one guy still trying to get that wire into that sleeve with that hoist sucked all the way in😂😂
You know he was sweating his ass off when he realized he two blocked that hoist on camera
1) There's no way everyone "understands" what work is going to happen because the only thing you told them about the job they're going to be doing before asking them if they understood was that they're going to be "maintenancing" which isn't a word.
2) Your truck had better not be the only one with a first aid kit and emergency blanket.
3) "I want those primaries back up in the air" -- yeah? really? you don't want them all over the street?
4) "You're going to be doing grounding over there" (with a vague hand motion) is certainly extremely descriptive and describes exactly where the safety grounds need to be applied. Let's not bother with any kind of pole numbers or actual location information.
5) Why isn't the primary de-energized and checked for potential before dude #2 gets that close to it with a bucket?
6) Alternating current oscillates, it doesn't "rotate".
7) "It has an insulating property around the wire", yeah that would be called insulation.
8) "De-energized" is a verb, not a noun. You don't "test for de-energized", you either "test for potential" or "test for de-energization".
9) That's not a long stick. A long stick would be the 50+ foot fiberglass extension pole that he should have been using from the ground to test for potential before getting within arm's reach of untested primaries.
10) You didn't see your family for 14 days in 2010 because they had better things to do than to listen to you scream about how you're a LEAD LINEMAN.
11) Mister Shapiro thinks you look like a loud Elton John
Do feel better now after your rant?
You do a lot of typing!
ohhh and he got the keys!! fk this guy would end up with a spray foamed muffler in my country!
Obviously this is lineman school and these guys are making the video.. notice the retracting device for climbing school on top of pole
Thanks for the explanation, Captain Obvious. I might have thought this was a line down in the middle of downtown otherwise.
how much a lineman earns in a month????
In line work that's all up to you really
They are still using wood poles. My country already replaced them with concrete ones which are much much stronger.
Rahmat Abadi job security, as long as wood is in the air so are linemen.
I'm glad they can't outsource these jobs to China.
There's some guy in China working on a drone with fully articulating arms thinking: _hold my beer..._
correction, the harness saves you from hitting the ground if he falls out of the bucket.
Grip is too close to cigar splice... Ran out of strap on splice.. rookie mistake..
Mr. Whitfield 2 blocked the hell outta himself
I have never seen a lineman climb. And judging from the ages of some of the seasoned lineman, they are not required to climb. That’s for the younger guys.
hegh dis ferst rispanneer iz work @ petco