Lineman Rodeo - Skill Climb
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Drake Thompson with CDE Lightband from Clarksville, TN demonstrates the skill climb competition at the 20th Annual Tennessee Valley Lineman Rodeo at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. (Bob Gathany/bgathany@AL.com)
Equipment has changed since my day in the saddle. We had no snubbing belt to go around the pole, only a single strap. And we climbed without belting off at all until we reached the work location. I didn't like it but it was expected of us. I'm very glad to see progress has been made in the safety aspect of climbing.
My uncle Al was a lineman. He fell and broke his back but survived, with limited mobility. He died a couple years ago. He taught me how to use it. Metal J-hook spikes and leather straps, leather belt. I miss that man.
@phillip perkins if one person falls does that mean everybody will
I was a lineman for 12 years, mostly in the 70s, before being promoted to engineer. I once fell 17 feet but was lucky to just break a leg. The climbing systems are much better these days. Much safer. Not to mention more bucket trucks.
@@MrAquinas1 yeah I was gonna say, isn’t everyone just in buckets nowadays?
Extremely good climber I’m amazed at the fact he got his ratcheting wrench the right way first try
Most impressive thing IMO. I always have to flip mine 😂
@@jamesjay8479 same here man that was crazy
4:11 in, he is human after all
Imagine getting up there and dropping your tool
Doh!
it happens
This seemed like a asmr satisfying to watch
Did he fall at the end?
Good work brother
Nice going bro. Do they make you go back to the squeeze between those braces? Could you transition between them and just use the secondary or no?
You're not supposed to use your secondary more than a foot above something.
Good job 👏🏻
How tall is that pole
If only they worked this fast when there is an actual power outage. You dont see any videos of that.
Because when the power is off, we were always too busy to play with a camera. Electricity is a luxury. Thank you for your contributions. Don't worry, the weather is always perfect, and we never get tired. It's okay. I'm not hurt. Very bad.
Good job
where is the huntsville bubba's videos?
I like the boots. What brand of boots do you guys wear? This question is for all of the guy who read this.
rhymeandreasoning I’m currently in lineman school. We buy or boots from jharlen.com
@@modzilla2950 Hey there. Thanks for the reply. I wish all the best in lineman school. Will check the boots on the site you mentioned. My best to you from Canada
This is me in the video and the boots I wear is wesco. Great for climbing but that’s about it.
@@meximeltextremo Hey. Thanks for the reply. I like those boots of yours. Great video. And you are great at your job.
I wear Hoffman boots and they’re pretty solid. comfortable on the ground and on the pole.
Yee haa ..💪🏾🤟🏾👊🏾
Secondary through the cross arms should have been a dq lol
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Ok where are his gloves and sleeves? Second this is why these buck-squeeze’s are a bad idea if this guy had the old cut-out Kline’s he wouldn’t even been in the race. Let’s put the line work back into what it use to be
Ryan and Michelle Babcock That is me in the video and I came up under free climbing. And this was a event where you could do it in leather gloves. My hurt man rescue was in 2 :10 from tooling up and the time stopped when your foot hit the ground in rubber gloves. What was your time?
Dude there were way way way to many guys getting hurt it’s brought fall injuries down by 82 percent
Ryan and Michelle Babcock yeah let’s go back to one cut out can cost you your life. Your smart