@@mikasagar6446 me and another crew have been QCing a past project our company has done for Comcast that's been done since about January of this year and it's been viewed by Comcast and failed 2 times now. And as we've gone through the different nodes and side streets i've seen lashing wire wrapped wrong, no bug nuts lashing wire just wrapped around cable and strand, no straps and other unbelievable things i never thought i'd see. i've even seen 3 sets of lashing wire all wrapped around a single bug nut. It's a pain to go to every pole that should just need comcast tags and fiber carrots and add 2 more bugnuts, unwrap each piece of lashing wire, wrap it correctly and put each on it's own bugnut like it should have been done the first time. But i guess that's what our company gets for hiring contractors that don't know what they're doing. I've been with this company for about 2 1/2 years now and have been a lineman since May of this year and i'm still learning new things and trying to learn my own pace. But i feel like the stuff that's common sense, a lot of people don't seem to get. But all it takes is teaching
I was a telecom lineman and supervisor for many years. I would never ever, nor let my crew, drop their trash. If something did fall, the groundman picked it up immediately.
Wait until work is done above head before you pick things up, I wouldn't go pickup a zip tie on the ground while the guy accidentally drops a wrench on my neck.
Little bit of advice get a set of 9s cut the coating off them weld a 7/16 and 1/2 deep well socket on either side of the handle put shrink boot on for a coating won’t need two tools when you go up for new build, but I do carry a set of cable cutters with me in case I need to cut a strap
I carry the tools for any situation. Plus the tools I have are completely broken in and been in use for little over a decade so they're reliable in a pinch like a pickle.
If there was a lead hand on that crew he wasn’t doing his job. He should have never let you climb with no gloves, he should have kept the other guys out of the fall zone, that bolt should have been replaced , the lashing was wrapped incorrectly on the left side of the pole,. Other than that congratulations on getting into the industry , it fed and housed my family for over 40 years
Amen brother I agree 100% with what you said I also through the grace of God 🙏 fed and housed my family for nearly 30 years starting with Southwestern Bell telephone co and finishing with At&t I thank God for such a wonderful job working outside in all weather types making a great living, maintaining and helping to build the communications infrastructure of America.
Waiting on fibre in my neighborhood, and am curious how it gets strung. Thanks for the video, and thanks for your work. Doesn't look fun at all, doing this without a bucket truck. Why are there five guys doing what looks like a two-man job?
swapping a lasher is a one man job, and it actually is fun to be in hooks, sometimes i hate doing it because of the condition of the poles but with the right crew hanging fiber is really easy and enjoyable and when you see all your work and knowing that you changed someones life and they now have good internet, cheap phone bills and good tv. You just need to be careful on where and how you hang it depending on conditions and clearances.
Ahhh we still don’t know how to properly tie a bug nut. Also, you can transfer the lasher first, so your bug nut isn’t so far from the pole, then cut the wire in the middle
@@zeeregard My point is after 43 years on hooks is that you'll learn just as I did. I meant no harm. His first commendable step is getting up there and wanting to do it
And another good point is in order to learn safety, quality, and speed you have to learn to take constructive criticism. No matter how long you do linework your still always learning and sometimes even the groundhand has a better idea
Lmfao I don’t know why but headaches as long as no one got hurt always make me laugh cause you know there’s a wise ass down bottom gonna say some smart shit
Why does everyone do the 3 wraps and big ass loop (beauty mark) on their big nuts? The manufacturer very specifically says that wrapping it that way "will result in premature failure".
Every company is different regarding them. To my benefit my company didn't care what you did, this was the fasest way for me in terms of getting the bug done.
Snips for side-cutters, wrap the lashing in the washers, two peanut clamps, climbing with no gloves. If I went up as an apprentice without a handline and dropped a tool, back down my ass was going. Times have changed. This cat was laughing and shouting and the way he spoke to crew, nah, not in my day. Tough to watch.....and listen.
I am embarrassed to see the quality of work now being produced by "gumps" such as these. I spent 50 years in the telecom industry and was taught quality is an absolute. Hence the name - Craftsman. But those days are gone. There are too many quality / safety issues with this video to take up time addressing. I think these dudes need to find another job. I know that I they had come on my job sites they would certainly have been read the riot act and probably escorted out the door. Shame that no one is teaching proper construction procedures and you can see this all across the U.S. these days.
amen to that. the 16-17 yrs of my !ineman career were fantastic taught by a guy with like 40 yrs and open minded enough that if i saw another way that could be safer or easier on the body he could envision what if any issues may come up and try if it was feasible good times
When you aren’t taught the correct way to lash cable it’s a radical crack waiting to happen. Where are your gloves, Jackson cable bending block, shot gun with roller and a bell wrench to tighten the pole hardware and suspension clamp? Gone are the days of quality construction. 😂
Bro I hope that u progressed since the time of this video. all sequence get up pole place call out number bugnuts left nut right washer stand lock front gate back gate if using a c bridal swap lasher then fuck with ur straps and bonds
7x times for lashing wire to be wrapped for bug nut Need a Jackson bender for loop which would have prevented the suck out...If I was Comcast QC...you failed QC
Isn't it hard to climb so close to the pole and with your squeeze so tight on the pole? As I've gained experience climbimg I've learned it's much easier to climb with slack on your rope to let you have room from the pole. Lets you really lock your knees out easy. Having a little more slack on the squeeze on the pole lets you flick your wrist as you climb instead of pulling the whole squeeze up. You can tighten it when you get up if ya want.
I didn't know what the belt he used till some electrical line said I was using Widowmakers for my climbing gear and yeah bad job with the tools and trash. Sorry bro you would have been in trouble if I was training you.
I hope to God for the sake of the product that you have grown and by grown I mean out of these bad hbits. I understand that you may not have a board or jackson bender but take dome sort of pride in your work. I myself treat it all different than this. 6 to seven wraps on your loop side man idk do whatever but id put my foot down we were on the job together. Either you would do it right or id go up and literally delash your whole span. Either way 💯 percent it would get fixed
His lasher isn’t a good one, if it has butterfly holes you can choose what side of the lasher to pull on, you can use the d ring. Wich is what I like to do but his lasher is just broke
lmfao, I would love to be on that country life. looks too ez compare to my city life. and did you just kinked that new .750? 😂😂😂 Idk about that Jackson Bend dude. plus how is a bug nut kicking your ass? lol that side snipper though. that double edge slow 7/16 though. what are those for? lol I hope you're hourly . cuz damn. lol 😂 😆 🤣
Give the industry a bad name. People all underneath you waiting to get there brains busted when you drop a wrench. No bender. Specs state no hand bends. Bolt to long. Cussing where the property owner can hear you all. Bad news. U fired
WHAT EVER YOU DO, DO NOT BUILD AERIAL OSP LIKE THIS!!!!!!!!! WOW! I dont know where to start with all that is wrong with this video. I would reject everything. In no particular order this plant would be rejected by me for the following reasons; 1)too many safety violations to name, 2)you need a bending board or jackson bender to form the loop, 3) the bolt is way too long, 4)I would never allow twisted lashing wire, they need to stay parallel, 5) never drop you waste to the ground, 6) if you do they for a living you need a pair of lineman boot at least a pair with a significant heel, In addition swap the lasher to the other side of the pole first, us a bridle on the lasher, (it is only a matter of time before it gets dropped), use the correct linemen tools, Klein 9s with 7/16 nut driver welded to the handle, get up higher on the pole to swap a lasher, repair the lasher, it is only half there (backdate is missing, briddle is missing, get the correct lineman tool pouch
I could literally do this so fast. And with gloves on. I rather stick to the power side of things. Much more exciting. I watched a telecom guy for 20 minutes try to figure out how to climb.
These videos were uploaded to benefit myself more than anything else. I've seen the flaws in my abilities and I'm currently onto better things from learning from these videos.
@davidbrown2239 I feel like this is the same ignorance as racing a child. If they took 20 minutes they obviously needed some pointers. Instead of dogging on thrm I hope you helped.
Yes, that's the consensus working hourly and understaffed with a company not paying for proper tools. Most if not all of my tools were personally bought because of the lack of quality when given tools to me.
@@nolandoe8352 He meant "looks good from my house". Those little peanut clamps were kicking his ass. Guess that wrench wasn't ratcheting. Freaking Goobers! What's bad is he was cocky. I was a power lineman back in the day. Those line gangs would have been all over this kid. Wouldn't have made it to Wednesday. Lol
@@leezy7787 yooooo lmfao!!! foreals. this video was played in our meeting room for all the dont's. lmfao and if you are to bend by hands, at least do it with pride lol
How many clamps do you plan on putting on that thru bolt.
lmfao, foreals, this video was actually played in one of our meetings for all you must not do 😂😂😂
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Yes.
@@mikasagar6446 me and another crew have been QCing a past project our company has done for Comcast that's been done since about January of this year and it's been viewed by Comcast and failed 2 times now. And as we've gone through the different nodes and side streets i've seen lashing wire wrapped wrong, no bug nuts lashing wire just wrapped around cable and strand, no straps and other unbelievable things i never thought i'd see. i've even seen 3 sets of lashing wire all wrapped around a single bug nut. It's a pain to go to every pole that should just need comcast tags and fiber carrots and add 2 more bugnuts, unwrap each piece of lashing wire, wrap it correctly and put each on it's own bugnut like it should have been done the first time. But i guess that's what our company gets for hiring contractors that don't know what they're doing. I've been with this company for about 2 1/2 years now and have been a lineman since May of this year and i'm still learning new things and trying to learn my own pace. But i feel like the stuff that's common sense, a lot of people don't seem to get. But all it takes is teaching
I was a telecom lineman and supervisor for many years. I would never ever, nor let my crew, drop their trash. If something did fall, the groundman picked it up immediately.
A piece of wire or zip tie isn’t a big deal lol, however me myself I go around and pick up the scraps.
Exactly! 4 guys standing on the ground doing nothing.
Wait until work is done above head before you pick things up, I wouldn't go pickup a zip tie on the ground while the guy accidentally drops a wrench on my neck.
@@AllanS69 Never had that happen, but good point.
Damn right the crew I’m on even picks up the tiniest pieces of cut off lashing wire when we delash
Little bit of advice get a set of 9s cut the coating off them weld a 7/16 and 1/2 deep well socket on either side of the handle put shrink boot on for a coating won’t need two tools when you go up for new build, but I do carry a set of cable cutters with me in case I need to cut a strap
I carry the tools for any situation. Plus the tools I have are completely broken in and been in use for little over a decade so they're reliable in a pinch like a pickle.
thats what i do. klines 9's and a socket on each side.
If there was a lead hand on that crew he wasn’t doing his job. He should have never let you climb with no gloves, he should have kept the other guys out of the fall zone, that bolt should have been replaced , the lashing was wrapped incorrectly on the left side of the pole,. Other than that congratulations on getting into the industry , it fed and housed my family for over 40 years
Amen brother I agree 100% with what you said I also through the grace of God 🙏 fed and housed my family for nearly 30 years starting with Southwestern Bell telephone co and finishing with At&t I thank God for such a wonderful job working outside in all weather types making a great living, maintaining and helping to build the communications infrastructure of America.
Lashing in the left is rolled on the wrong side! And why an 18" bolt on small pole like this? 🤷♂️
Need a bending board or Jackson bender, that expansion bend is a radial crack a few years down the road
That’s what maintenance contracts are for
Nice. 1 guy doing all the work while 4 others watch. Just like any other site 😂
and these are contracters so think about this next time u go bashing UNION LineMan
Waiting on fibre in my neighborhood, and am curious how it gets strung.
Thanks for the video, and thanks for your work. Doesn't look fun at all, doing this without a bucket truck. Why are there five guys doing what looks like a two-man job?
swapping a lasher is a one man job, and it actually is fun to be in hooks, sometimes i hate doing it because of the condition of the poles but with the right crew hanging fiber is really easy and enjoyable and when you see all your work and knowing that you changed someones life and they now have good internet, cheap phone bills and good tv. You just need to be careful on where and how you hang it depending on conditions and clearances.
Ahhh we still don’t know how to properly tie a bug nut. Also, you can transfer the lasher first, so your bug nut isn’t so far from the pole, then cut the wire in the middle
U can also speed lash and my company allows upto 3 spans with no bugnut. BUt you are right
wtf why did you go against the wrap of the lasher when you started the left side no wonder that gets a window halfway back the span
Did line school, signed the books as a groundman. I just want a job climbing but seems there’s no work.
Try with 600 pair telephone cable 😅
Lol now there’s a real telecom lineman. 600 pair ain’t no walk in the park
600 is actually fairly small by me. We are actually taking a 1500 down this week. We still have lead cables up and running.
Just wrecked out 1200 feet of 1800 with lead casings
Wrapped his wire wrong
To funny watching you newbies,reminds me of me back when and now I see it as so simple and easy. Time will tell,you'll learn
This comment was bound to happen, he did fine, nobody’s as good as you
@@zeeregard My point is after 43 years on hooks is that you'll learn just as I did. I meant no harm. His first commendable step is getting up there and wanting to do it
And another good point is in order to learn safety, quality, and speed you have to learn to take constructive criticism. No matter how long you do linework your still always learning and sometimes even the groundhand has a better idea
Lmfao I don’t know why but headaches as long as no one got hurt always make me laugh cause you know there’s a wise ass down bottom gonna say some smart shit
Where do you get those zip tie spacers
Is it me or did that expansion loop look a little long?
One guy works hard and four others do nothing, what kind of crew is this?
Why does everyone do the 3 wraps and big ass loop (beauty mark) on their big nuts? The manufacturer very specifically says that wrapping it that way "will result in premature failure".
Every company is different regarding them. To my benefit my company didn't care what you did, this was the fasest way for me in terms of getting the bug done.
Double lash a fiber lol
Or was it a road crossing
Snips for side-cutters, wrap the lashing in the washers, two peanut clamps, climbing with no gloves. If I went up as an apprentice without a handline and dropped a tool, back down my ass was going. Times have changed. This cat was laughing and shouting and the way he spoke to crew, nah, not in my day. Tough to watch.....and listen.
I like loose lashing if it's appropriate for your climate.
You need to take about 4" off that bolt
What a hack job! Please tell you went back to work at Wal-Mart!
What the hell is that strap on your belt around the pole as you were climbing? I climbed 30 years hand over hand.
I am embarrassed to see the quality of work now being produced by "gumps" such as these. I spent 50 years in the telecom industry and was taught quality is an absolute. Hence the name - Craftsman. But those days are gone. There are too many quality / safety issues with this video to take up time addressing. I think these dudes need to find another job. I know that I they had come on my job sites they would certainly have been read the riot act and probably escorted out the door. Shame that no one is teaching proper construction procedures and you can see this all across the U.S. these days.
amen to that. the 16-17 yrs of my !ineman career were fantastic taught by a guy with like 40 yrs and open minded enough that if i saw another way that could be safer or easier on the body he could envision what if any issues may come up and try if it was feasible good times
When you aren’t taught the correct way to lash cable it’s a radical crack waiting to happen. Where are your gloves, Jackson cable bending block, shot gun with roller and a bell wrench to tighten the pole hardware and suspension clamp? Gone are the days of quality construction. 😂
I feel like this is safer that the ladder crap with the harness
Bro I hope that u progressed since the time of this video. all sequence get up pole place call out number bugnuts left nut right washer stand lock front gate back gate if using a c bridal swap lasher then fuck with ur straps and bonds
Trash work. They will let anybody build these days.
I dont wanna be a dick but I agree. Where is the pride
That 1 long bolt there
7x times for lashing wire to be wrapped for bug nut
Need a Jackson bender for loop which would have prevented the suck out...If I was Comcast QC...you failed QC
Lol. Why didn't you use a bending board? Prob because it's harder than swapping the lasher? Good job bro.
No need to make it look pretty if you can do the same with your hands
Isn't it hard to climb so close to the pole and with your squeeze so tight on the pole?
As I've gained experience climbimg I've learned it's much easier to climb with slack on your rope to let you have room from the pole. Lets you really lock your knees out easy. Having a little more slack on the squeeze on the pole lets you flick your wrist as you climb instead of pulling the whole squeeze up. You can tighten it when you get up if ya want.
Dude can't climb. Look at his form.
oh! lashing machine
I didn't know what the belt he used till some electrical line said I was using Widowmakers for my climbing gear and yeah bad job with the tools and trash. Sorry bro you would have been in trouble if I was training you.
In search of an experienced cable lasher to run a crew in Wisconsin as a permanent job
Oh you line god. Comm sucks. 2” tape and zip ties work just fine.
No working gloves, not safety
I hope to God for the sake of the product that you have grown and by grown I mean out of these bad hbits. I understand that you may not have a board or jackson bender but take dome sort of pride in your work. I myself treat it all different than this. 6 to seven wraps on your loop side man idk do whatever but id put my foot down we were on the job together. Either you would do it right or id go up and literally delash your whole span. Either way 💯 percent it would get fixed
People like you suck
You got him there
Pulling with the front gate instead of the d rings then complaining the gate came open?
His lasher isn’t a good one, if it has butterfly holes you can choose what side of the lasher to pull on, you can use the d ring. Wich is what I like to do but his lasher is just broke
I hope it was by accident you dropped all of your trash on someone’s property
Do you know what a bending board is?
Get your self a pair of nines makes life way easier
lmfao, I would love to be on that country life. looks too ez compare to my city life. and did you just kinked that new .750? 😂😂😂 Idk about that Jackson Bend dude. plus how is a bug nut kicking your ass? lol that side snipper though. that double edge slow 7/16 though. what are those for? lol I hope you're hourly . cuz damn. lol 😂 😆 🤣
Nice ripple in that expansion loop...I'm forwarding video to Comcast ...you all need a better trainer!!
Give the industry a bad name. People all underneath you waiting to get there brains busted when you drop a wrench. No bender. Specs state no hand bends. Bolt to long. Cussing where the property owner can hear you all. Bad news. U fired
Sounds pretty familiar to me. Go troll other people. You're too funny Acker. You're fired.
@@nativewolfpride5371 I am the king
@@georgeacker9649 the king of milking the clock for sure. Speed up some slow poke.
Why you taking so long. I did this for 5 years and every person I know worked way faster than this.
sloooow af up that twig lol
Looks like you need help
WHAT EVER YOU DO, DO NOT BUILD AERIAL OSP LIKE THIS!!!!!!!!! WOW! I dont know where to start with all that is wrong with this video. I would reject everything. In no particular order this plant would be rejected by me for the following reasons; 1)too many safety violations to name, 2)you need a bending board or jackson bender to form the loop, 3) the bolt is way too long, 4)I would never allow twisted lashing wire, they need to stay parallel, 5) never drop you waste to the ground, 6) if you do they for a living you need a pair of lineman boot at least a pair with a significant heel,
In addition swap the lasher to the other side of the pole first, us a bridle on the lasher, (it is only a matter of time before it gets dropped), use the correct linemen tools, Klein 9s with 7/16 nut driver welded to the handle, get up higher on the pole to swap a lasher, repair the lasher, it is only half there (backdate is missing, briddle is missing, get the correct lineman tool pouch
I hope u don’t get paid by the door bc your slow af 🤣
I could literally do this so fast. And with gloves on. I rather stick to the power side of things. Much more exciting. I watched a telecom guy for 20 minutes try to figure out how to climb.
These videos were uploaded to benefit myself more than anything else. I've seen the flaws in my abilities and I'm currently onto better things from learning from these videos.
If you can get into the power side you’ll love it. There is a lot that goes into learning power. But well worth it.
@davidbrown2239 I feel like this is the same ignorance as racing a child. If they took 20 minutes they obviously needed some pointers. Instead of dogging on thrm I hope you helped.
Good job 🙂👍💪
There’s no excuse for poor craftsmanship
You are not doing it right!! You need a shotgun and a 750 if you trying to lash trunk of the ground. The way this is set up is over work
Yes, that's the consensus working hourly and understaffed with a company not paying for proper tools.
Most if not all of my tools were personally bought because of the lack of quality when given tools to me.
@@utility9850 5 guys is not understaffed
@@woodhook 4 of those guys can't/won't climb/ don't understand the system to the minimal level that the few that climb do.
5 grounds for a guy that can barely swap a lasher 😂😂😂
Lol, oh these youngsters and their bucky squeezies
LMAO
Bro you need to go back to line school lol wtf
Slowwwwwww
Oh noooo and you handbent a trash ass loop 😭😭😭 those guys are fucked up letting you wheeze your way up that pole AND let you film it
The nerve he has to say “looks pretty good to me”
@@nolandoe8352 He meant "looks good from my house". Those little peanut clamps were kicking his ass. Guess that wrench wasn't ratcheting.
Freaking Goobers! What's bad is he was cocky. I was a power lineman back in the day. Those line gangs would have been all over this kid. Wouldn't have made it to Wednesday. Lol
@@leezy7787 yooooo lmfao!!! foreals. this video was played in our meeting room for all the dont's. lmfao and if you are to bend by hands, at least do it with pride lol
You need to work on your climbing buddy let some greeen out and stop stressin out ur brown
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