Hey Everyone! These "Being a lineman" videos typical appeal to a consistent group of approx. 10 000 viewers. Feedback from these particular viewers has been leaning towards more raw footage and less editing. So in this video, you will see exactly that! A whole lot of chatter and audible word bubbles (Basically my thoughts as I trouble shoot 😁) Hope you all enjoy! Oh,... Merry Christmas and Happy New year everyone!🎄⛄🎉🥳🥂
I liked this i don't work on the lines, but find it intresting what you do so yeah I enjoy your thought process & random thought like everybody else :). Merry Christmas Happy New Yeah hope you had an uneventful day yesterday.
I'm in lineschool right now, but it's been fun slowly understanding more and more of what is going on in these videos as time goes on. You're the only person I can find on RUclips that does these kinds of videos, so it's greatly appreciated.
Great video. We don't use salt on the roads very much in MB as it is brutally cold but yeah I hate icy roads around the freezing point. I used to go out 24 hrs a day fixing furnaces in houses 365/yr and working XMAS and Easter so you have my appreciation for being a essential services worker. We have HUGE hydro dams in Northern Manitoba and I am really interested is seeing how the power actually gets to us so your videos are really interesting. Not so much overhead where I am in Winnipeg but when I lived in a rural town we had the same lifestyle as you. Keep up the good work.
I'm a ham radio operator in the Maritimes and I have to say, You guys are great on the radio.. I love how you guys communicate. Very professional and efficient transmissions !
I'm one of those guys who worked out on the road during storms, (recently retired) and I always kept an eye out for issues in my travels. Wires down, fuses out, reclosers that are open, broken neutrals, branches on a line, etc were constantly in the back of my mind. Had all the power companies and local PD / FD numbers on speed dial so I didn't have to wade through the 911 system to supply information to whoever needed it. Always had pole # and cross streets handy too. 20 years in the fire service will teach you how to stay organized in this regard. My area was lower Ct and just across the NY line doing nights and weekends. Never ran into any really wild animals but did stumble on a few aggressive dogs. Almost fell into a swimming pool one dark night because the cover had a light coating of snow!
Love this format. As a truck driver on the US west coast, after the first couple months of Covid it actually got easier, because lots of the restaurants started allowing foot traffic to pick up at the drive through, or were doing curbside delivery. So lots of places that used to refuse to serve me after the lobby closed, for "safety reasons" now are available for me, assuming that I can find parking nearby! Lol If the place near you won't serve you on foot, you should talk to the manager during the day and see if they can set up some procedure to allow the night responders to be able to be served. Some places you can even call them, tell them that you are in a truck that won't fit through, and they will meet you at the front door etc. Since you are the power company guy, you are more likely to be helped than I am as just a truck driver since people seem to love to hate us lol Anyway, you should check and see if there are any accommodations that they can make to save you having to make a special trip there.
great advice, mate! a really thoughtful way of defusing a situation that might otherwise needlessly result in all-round unpleasantness and mutual resentment. i can imagine the restaurant staff accusing the customer of being a karen who thinks rules don't apply and the customer thinking the restaurant staff are over-officious, petty and thoroughly unhelpful. i'm on karen's side for once but that don't get you your lunch whereas your way does! 😋
Sir I want to thank you first and foremost for being a Lineman! Second for teaching this News Gatherer so much about the Power System! As a News Cameraman I have been to hundreds of Electrical Emergencies in my time but have known little about the system. Here in California @PG&E is The Power Company and their Linemen are great but not very talkative to the Press on scene! I now know what a Fuse Cutout is I know transformers don't explode This channel has also taught me that customer generators and solar equipment can back charge a line Who Knew?
When I worked the midnight shift at a radio station, I would make stuff at home that I could carry with me and eat when I got to work (a peanut butter and bacon sandwich on whole-wheat bread) It looks as if you need to know a lot about tree surgery as well as electricity.
You know you what you’re doing when you get a biscuit before running a trouble. That’s a lesson you learn the hard way… Best video you’ve posted in a while. Excited to see that search light, looking online they are going for almost a grand $$$
The life of a lineman, I'm sure he's been caught one too many times for wayyyyy to long. I'm a "CATV" lineman for 26 years and have been there many times.. I know... I know I'm not a real lineman. :)
Great video as always Aaron, being from the area I find it interesting to see what is happening behind the scenes to get the power restored but also learning about the cause of the outage and how the grid works.
I was shown some of his vids in training for the customer service center at his company - it really is interesting to see what happens after we put something in our system :)
Just get a little propane camping stove and a small kettle to carry with you and keep it in a ammunition box in the cab along with some instant coffee. That way you can make yourself a hot drink to warm up.
Just went through 5 day power outage after storm in orange Va. and this video pops up. I think they said 250,000 people without power. We praise you guys for your hard work during rough conditions.
I've learned that everything in the right of way has thorns lol. I've worked in several states in the US and it doesn't change no matter where you are. EVERYTHING has thorns.
Hey Aaron, watching from West Virginia, USA. I’m not in the industry but have always been fascinated with electricity and love learning about what you all do. Many thanks to you and everyone else out there working all hours of the day and night in all kinds of weather to keep our lights on, we appreciate you!! Enjoy your videos a lot, keep ‘em coming 🤟
My man Aaron. Dan again. Hearing you say “that Covid thing” Tells me I like you even more now. That’s exactly the way that I feel here in America. That Covid thing… And I could talk about this shit for days. Anyway be safe my man great stuff
Happy Christmas and New Year! Thanks for another great video. Kind of silly that there's no exemptions in place in terms of access to food etc for essential workers on the road. We even had that here!
I am always impressed at your safety awareness. Thanks for the way you inform us of what you are doing and why. I did a little bit of low voltage work during my 35+ years at my last job although never was working on anything above 277/480. My job was centered around electronics but I did some HVAC, a bit of plumbing and lots of telecom. I ended up with mostly IT. I think that our local linemen may have been nearly as safety aware but your narration brings it out very well. Gordon Frost
Everyone should be aware of their surroundings and what's going on around them at all times. Not only will it keep you safe, it will make you successful as well. Situational awareness is the key to success.
Awesome video, I enjoyed the length of the video and the insights within. I spent a couple of years as a groundhand with a cable company subcontractor, with an emphasis on aerial construction. It was a great experience overall and I went up in the bucket a few times and did some basic work. I was lucky and had a awesome guy as the linemen on the crew who was a great teacher. Much respect to all that line people do, you really keep everyday life running with your work.
The utility I work for does not use rubber gloves when switching with an extendo stick so I appreciated your explanation! Also I know I can show your videos to our apprentices because your rules and clearances always meet or EXCEED ours and I can count on the work being done safely!!
A week ago Thursday bad storm came threw at two thirty a.m. power out for eight thousand for the upper peninsula of Michigan house got too 46 degrees was crazy too see are crews work grounding like on your videos thanks for teaching even those who don't work in your field true great people working 24 hours to get the eight thousand people back on. Another great vid I see the equipment on the poles nice to know what they do. Thanks again was another great job done thanks too all the line men around the word Mike from upper Michigan
I live in town and most of our outages only last an hour or two. If it goes longer, there's a major problem -- like when an ancient transformer at the closest substation blew up. That was two years ago and there's still a mobile transformer on a flatbed truck doing "temporary" duty. Our utility isn't too fast to invest in upgrades.
Again great hearing your content. My friend is leaving our current job and grabbing a gig working dispatch through a local Massachusetts company and having zero experience with electricity (how he got the gig is a mystery) I’m gonna highly recommend your videos as a nice way to show him he’d better pay attention and learn from the experience of true linemen.
I hope a lot of folks from the 'general public' look at these videos. It always amazes me how impatient and nasty people can get about how long it takes to restore power. Thank you my friend and stay safe! 👊👊
several videos ago you were wondering about bridges supporting power lines on their structure. Hillsboro bridge between Charlottetown and Stratford p. e. i. the line is designed and insulated for 138 kv but at present is operating at 69 kv. the line is known as T-2. enjoy your videos very much, happy new year and be safe.
Same with road work. They cry about the condition of the roads and then cry when they're getting worked on. Same with ag too. They cry about slow moving ag equipment while rushing to get to their fast food or the grocery store to stiff their mouths. People have gone completely insane. They always need something to complain about. They can't just exist or go on about the good things going on. I can't stand people like that. Especially at work. These people cry and completely "I shouldn't have to do this its not my job" or "why do theu need so much of this" or "can't he/she do it all themselves" and do everything they can to make it miserable for everyone else. They want you to do everything you can to help make their job easier but they can't be bothered to do the same for others. Or the ones who complain about having to work or how long they've been there. People are so sideways now a days. They don't realize how good we have it and that other people would literally KILL to have the "problems" so many people now a days think they have. Rant over lol.
Watching your videos has help me understand why it takes so long for the power to be restored I live in Alabama in the country and your channel has been a big help hope you had a Merry Christmas stay safe and be careful, although you live in Canada thank you for what y you do.
Amazed at your resourcefulness and practicality, and how much you work as a singleton. I applaud your involving the local PD to make a work site safer, for everyone’s safety. Have a great Christmas and a safe New Year.
The OR did it’s job, preventing the fault from getting to the station transformer. Great video as always. I noticed there wasn’t a control at/near ground level.
Aaron - great video and thanks for the work that you do. If I was your boss, I would get you a mini-Keurig coffee machine for the truck for Christmas in appreciation for your hard work.
Great video I had 35 years on trouble work in australia your procedures where very similar to yours . We usually set our reclosers to single shot before trying them back some brands would automatically be single shot anyway until the oil dash pots internally filled with oil .
Here in northern California, if any trees are ANYMORE, ANYWHERE NEAR that CLOSE, to ANY 3 PH, 12K line, a power company executive can lose their job and possibly go to jail. Tree trimming is now JOB ONE! Mainline outages, from trees, is now nearing ZERO, thankfully.
@@grabasandwich TRUE! Thankfully, two leftist professors are in jail for forest fire arson. So too are multiple antifa arsonists for shooting bottle rockets from moving cars as well. AND, 60 Minutes did a segment on the cause of 70+% of all USA arson fires. Wait for it!,,,, VOLUNTEER FIREMEN!
Good video there. I'd have to say that is pretty brave for whoever cut through the meter on the home. Thank goodness it wasn't live but here in Ontario, there's been many who have drilled into meters installing cabletv and ESA put a bulletin out on it.
That's nasty when that happens! Those wires aren't really fused.. other then the cutout! I've only had 2 of those calls in the last few years. Very dangerous!
Our power company in Michigan had crews from Canada up in northern Michigan to help out our power company after very strong winds went through I just think that was cool to that Canada helped our power company out
Araon, that is a perfect video you cover all of the highlights and details without getting boring or dragging out a step unnecessary. 30 to 35 minute videos are perfect with good content. Your RUclips stats should be good for this video. Second point, that is total BS that the local fast food joint can't not let you at least walk up to the window or walk your food out. It would suck for them to have a power outage and have to wait just a little longer to have power restored. Be safe out there.
Great vid man! The cooper form 6 oil reclosure are the best, we have a ton of the g&w vipers and they are exploding all over the place. I agree with you on the gloves on the stick, you will be fine but its a company policy. If we test them on the job before ww use them we can use leather gloves while hotsticking. If not they require us to wear rubbers too
Love watching these videos! But I do wonder (not Canadian btw), when your walking the lines off road do you ever think about wild life? if so do you have any protection against it/to scare it?
Nothing to worry about. Animals are more afraid of us than we are of them. I do believe he mentioned he has bear spray in the truck? Don't quote me on that though. Either way, it's like everything else in life. Pay attention to what's going on around you and your surroundings. You'll know if it's safe to proceed or not. Biggest take away is to always be paying attention. Situational awareness, being aware of what and who is going on around you at all times, is a major trait that most willing choose to live without. It won't only keep you safe, it will keep you on top of and aware of every else going on in life. Life is a giant, long, ever changing situation. Knowing what's going on around you is key to being successful.
Merry Christmas Aaron & your family 🎄🎁 I know you & your dispatcher use you 3 part communication. We use 3 part communication as well. You use that extendo stick line a surgeon. 👍👍👍 I saw the burn marks on the limb & immediately thought you found the problem. Like you I would continue to patrol the line. You have a good report with DOT crews. They are a valuable resource! Take some time off-please! P.S. I never noticed to your nose hairs before? You always look good to me. 😉
When we reconductor we actually frame everything parallel. AA BB C C makes it easier we can energize new wire and swap load and de energize old wire and drop out old wire without any service interruptions. In New York we have so much load that we would have some very pissed off customers if we just dumped a whole neighborhood to do our work. Just my input. Also our wire is all tree wire so it’s a little easier not dealing with All bare wire
We'll do that on our transmission lines, well sort of... We'll build a by-pass if there are no grid feeds and parallel onto it. Rebuild the old line then tear apart the by-pass, no interruption required. All tree wire would be nice! Most times anyhow .. I can see some circumstances being a pain to work with
@@Bobsdecline yup pain in the butt. Having to skin it. Also trouble shooting can be a pain. I’ve had outages where half the block was on and rest wasn’t. Mid span lightning strike where conductor was burnt and separated but the insulation was still holding wire up. Had to go along with tester until we found the break. Also the utility gets lazy with tree trimming because of the incidental contact won’t trip the line unless the trees rub through the insulation.
With all the forests over there in Canada, i think it's less of a problem but in addition to many restaurants being closed, there's a severe lack of public toilets for people on the road imo.
Great video and I quite enjoy the new format of more footage and less editing for this (as a non lineman myself). However, I can't help but wonder if you've thought of, or allowed to use, an inspection drone for checking lines where they go off the road. Seems like it would have been a quick zoom out for a drone with a camera to verify no trees touching lines or lines down etc.
Thanks! Drones are something that we have been experimenting with. We've done a few pilot projects already. When it comes to transmission lines, they'll fly it in a chopper.
I tried that :( they wouldn't bring out the food. Ironically, when I went with my car, they told me drive ahead to a parking spot where they would bring the food out lol
@@Bobsdecline wow that’s BS, I was down on storm in southern Il and mayfield KY last week and from where I live (Wisconsin Illinois border) every place was more than happy to have someone walk outside, I’ve even walked the drive through cause my bucket would rip half that building off
@@TheFool2cool I’ve been there and said that, use it as a last resort, that was 15 hours storm recovery with no food beginning of Covid, was not a happy camper that day
Some folks don’t get that being a lineman isn’t all what it’s cracked up to be. It’s hard work and long days and missing family all combined. There is a reason we get paid.
It looks way better than being stuck working inside...still trying to get a feel if its gonna be the right career path for me...do you guys get decent time off, are you always on call?
@@subsonicelf9271 if you’re at all concerned about time off and you want some guaranteed days don’t join the trade, anytime bad weather happens you’re getting your weekend taken away most of the time . I work 4-10’s but have really only had Saturday off this past week because of bad/cold weather in Alabama/Georgia
Hey Everyone! These "Being a lineman" videos typical appeal to a consistent group of approx. 10 000 viewers. Feedback from these particular viewers has been leaning towards more raw footage and less editing. So in this video, you will see exactly that! A whole lot of chatter and audible word bubbles (Basically my thoughts as I trouble shoot 😁) Hope you all enjoy!
Oh,... Merry Christmas and Happy New year everyone!🎄⛄🎉🥳🥂
I liked this i don't work on the lines, but find it intresting what you do so yeah I enjoy your thought process & random thought like everybody else :). Merry Christmas Happy New Yeah hope you had an uneventful day yesterday.
I'm in lineschool right now, but it's been fun slowly understanding more and more of what is going on in these videos as time goes on. You're the only person I can find on RUclips that does these kinds of videos, so it's greatly appreciated.
Great video. We don't use salt on the roads very much in MB as it is brutally cold but yeah I hate icy roads around the freezing point. I used to go out 24 hrs a day fixing furnaces in houses 365/yr and working XMAS and Easter so you have my appreciation for being a essential services worker.
We have HUGE hydro dams in Northern Manitoba and I am really interested is seeing how the power actually gets to us so your videos are really interesting. Not so much overhead where I am in Winnipeg but when I lived in a rural town we had the same lifestyle as you.
Keep up the good work.
Totally! Raw footage is welcome, editing can take a lot of time and we all have skip buttons if necessary. Merry Christmas!
Great video
Merry Christmas
Thank you and all linemen for going out when everyone else would rather be inside. All to restore power for us. Greatly appreciated.
I'm a ham radio operator in the Maritimes and I have to say, You guys are great on the radio.. I love how you guys communicate. Very professional and efficient transmissions !
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I'm one of those guys who worked out on the road during storms, (recently retired) and I always kept an eye out for issues in my travels. Wires down, fuses out, reclosers that are open, broken neutrals, branches on a line, etc were constantly in the back of my mind. Had all the power companies and local PD / FD numbers on speed dial so I didn't have to wade through the 911 system to supply information to whoever needed it. Always had pole # and cross streets handy too. 20 years in the fire service will teach you how to stay organized in this regard. My area was lower Ct and just across the NY line doing nights and weekends. Never ran into any really wild animals but did stumble on a few aggressive dogs. Almost fell into a swimming pool one dark night because the cover had a light coating of snow!
Love this format.
As a truck driver on the US west coast, after the first couple months of Covid it actually got easier, because lots of the restaurants started allowing foot traffic to pick up at the drive through, or were doing curbside delivery.
So lots of places that used to refuse to serve me after the lobby closed, for "safety reasons" now are available for me, assuming that I can find parking nearby! Lol
If the place near you won't serve you on foot, you should talk to the manager during the day and see if they can set up some procedure to allow the night responders to be able to be served.
Some places you can even call them, tell them that you are in a truck that won't fit through, and they will meet you at the front door etc.
Since you are the power company guy, you are more likely to be helped than I am as just a truck driver since people seem to love to hate us lol
Anyway, you should check and see if there are any accommodations that they can make to save you having to make a special trip there.
great advice, mate! a really thoughtful way of defusing a situation that might otherwise needlessly result in all-round unpleasantness and mutual resentment. i can imagine the restaurant staff accusing the customer of being a karen who thinks rules don't apply and the customer thinking the restaurant staff are over-officious, petty and thoroughly unhelpful. i'm on karen's side for once but that don't get you your lunch whereas your way does! 😋
Sir I want to thank you first and foremost for being a Lineman! Second for teaching this News Gatherer so much about the Power System! As a News Cameraman I have been to hundreds of Electrical Emergencies in my time but have known little about the system. Here in California @PG&E is The Power Company and their Linemen are great but not very talkative to the Press on scene! I now know what a Fuse Cutout is I know transformers don't explode This channel has also taught me that customer generators and solar equipment can back charge a line Who Knew?
When I worked the midnight shift at a radio station, I would make stuff at home that I could carry with me and eat when I got to work (a peanut butter and bacon sandwich on whole-wheat bread) It looks as if you need to know a lot about tree surgery as well as electricity.
Hi Aaron I like the way you work so methodical a proper craftsman keep up the good work and the videos greetings from the uk 🇬🇧
This was a great video. I love to see the details of any craftsman in his or her field of expertise. Thanks for sharing.
You know you what you’re doing when you get a biscuit before running a trouble. That’s a lesson you learn the hard way…
Best video you’ve posted in a while. Excited to see that search light, looking online they are going for almost a grand $$$
The life of a lineman, I'm sure he's been caught one too many times for wayyyyy to long. I'm a "CATV" lineman for 26 years and have been there many times..
I know... I know I'm not a real lineman. :)
Great video as always Aaron, being from the area I find it interesting to see what is happening behind the scenes to get the power restored but also learning about the cause of the outage and how the grid works.
I was shown some of his vids in training for the customer service center at his company - it really is interesting to see what happens after we put something in our system :)
@@mariethedicedragon5977 Neat. That's pretty cool.
Great video. Thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks Aaron. Glad it not too difficult.
Hoping you and your family had a very merry Christmas and that there weren’t any calls. Thanks again for the great educational videos.
Just get a little propane camping stove and a small kettle to carry with you and keep it in a ammunition box in the cab along with some instant coffee.
That way you can make yourself a hot drink to warm up.
A wonderful sunrise.
Just went through 5 day power outage after storm in orange Va. and this video pops up. I think they said 250,000 people without power. We praise you guys for your hard work during rough conditions.
I've learned that everything in the right of way has thorns lol. I've worked in several states in the US and it doesn't change no matter where you are. EVERYTHING has thorns.
Thank God for line men
Hey Aaron, watching from West Virginia, USA. I’m not in the industry but have always been fascinated with electricity and love learning about what you all do. Many thanks to you and everyone else out there working all hours of the day and night in all kinds of weather to keep our lights on, we appreciate you!! Enjoy your videos a lot, keep ‘em coming 🤟
Loved the video, the format was good too - flowed nice and natural. If they are easier to edit this way, I'm all for it.
My man Aaron. Dan again. Hearing you say “that Covid thing” Tells me I like you even more now. That’s exactly the way that I feel here in America. That Covid thing… And I could talk about this shit for days. Anyway be safe my man great stuff
Happy Christmas and New Year! Thanks for another great video. Kind of silly that there's no exemptions in place in terms of access to food etc for essential workers on the road. We even had that here!
I am always impressed at your safety awareness. Thanks for the way you inform us of what you are doing and why. I did a little bit of low voltage work during my 35+ years at my last job although never was working on anything above 277/480. My job was centered around electronics but I did some HVAC, a bit of plumbing and lots of telecom. I ended up with mostly IT. I think that our local linemen may have been nearly as safety aware but your narration brings it out very well.
Gordon Frost
Everyone should be aware of their surroundings and what's going on around them at all times. Not only will it keep you safe, it will make you successful as well. Situational awareness is the key to success.
Awesome video, I enjoyed the length of the video and the insights within. I spent a couple of years as a groundhand with a cable company subcontractor, with an emphasis on aerial construction. It was a great experience overall and I went up in the bucket a few times and did some basic work. I was lucky and had a awesome guy as the linemen on the crew who was a great teacher. Much respect to all that line people do, you really keep everyday life running with your work.
The utility I work for does not use rubber gloves when switching with an extendo stick so I appreciated your explanation! Also I know I can show your videos to our apprentices because your rules and clearances always meet or EXCEED ours and I can count on the work being done safely!!
I appreciate the feedback very much!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. From Retired IBEW local #1 living in Costa Rica. Be Safe out there!
Longer format and actually on a job is better than previous vids.
Beautiful moon in your video
May your New Year be safe, prosperous, healthy, and happy!
A week ago Thursday bad storm came threw at two thirty a.m. power out for eight thousand for the upper peninsula of Michigan house got too 46 degrees was crazy too see are crews work grounding like on your videos thanks for teaching even those who don't work in your field true great people working 24 hours to get the eight thousand people back on. Another great vid I see the equipment on the poles nice to know what they do. Thanks again was another great job done thanks too all the line men around the word Mike from upper Michigan
wishing you and your loved ones a safe and healthy new year.
I live in town and most of our outages only last an hour or two. If it goes longer, there's a major problem -- like when an ancient transformer at the closest substation blew up. That was two years ago and there's still a mobile transformer on a flatbed truck doing "temporary" duty. Our utility isn't too fast to invest in upgrades.
Great stuff! Keeping modern society living a quality life 👍🏻👍🏻
Again great hearing your content. My friend is leaving our current job and grabbing a gig working dispatch through a local Massachusetts company and having zero experience with electricity (how he got the gig is a mystery) I’m gonna highly recommend your videos as a nice way to show him he’d better pay attention and learn from the experience of true linemen.
I hope a lot of folks from the 'general public' look at these videos. It always amazes me how impatient and nasty people can get about how long it takes to restore power. Thank you my friend and stay safe! 👊👊
several videos ago you were wondering about bridges supporting power lines on their structure. Hillsboro bridge between Charlottetown and Stratford p. e. i. the line is designed and insulated for 138 kv but at present is operating at 69 kv. the line is known as T-2. enjoy your videos very much, happy new year and be safe.
Same with road work. They cry about the condition of the roads and then cry when they're getting worked on. Same with ag too. They cry about slow moving ag equipment while rushing to get to their fast food or the grocery store to stiff their mouths. People have gone completely insane. They always need something to complain about. They can't just exist or go on about the good things going on. I can't stand people like that. Especially at work. These people cry and completely "I shouldn't have to do this its not my job" or "why do theu need so much of this" or "can't he/she do it all themselves" and do everything they can to make it miserable for everyone else. They want you to do everything you can to help make their job easier but they can't be bothered to do the same for others. Or the ones who complain about having to work or how long they've been there. People are so sideways now a days. They don't realize how good we have it and that other people would literally KILL to have the "problems" so many people now a days think they have. Rant over lol.
Thanks brother... SoCal grunt. Still in the struggle
Grate job. While we sleep you guys are always out working hard to get power back on for us. I do appreciate all the hard work you do.
Happy belated Christmas 🎄. Thank you for taking your time on videos and sharing
Love your videos, my apprenticeship starts at the end of January so I'm watching a lot of them.
Watching your videos has help me understand why it takes so long for the power to be restored I live in Alabama in the country and your channel has been a big help hope you had a Merry Christmas stay safe and be careful, although you live in Canada thank you for what y you do.
Christmas Eve eve is Christmas Adam. lol And you are correct, it is a big fireball!!!
Amazed at your resourcefulness and practicality, and how much you work as a singleton. I applaud your involving the local PD to make a work site safer, for everyone’s safety. Have a great Christmas and a safe New Year.
Thanks Alasdair! Happy New year!
Excellent video. That was really cool to watch .
Vegetation management is a big item in your "line" of working. Keeping up with it seasonal saves future headaches
Beautiful job in bad conditions 👏 👌 👍! Great video!
Love your videos. Thanks for taking the time to make them.
Keep the lights on for us buddy.
The OR did it’s job, preventing the fault from getting to the station transformer. Great video as always. I noticed there wasn’t a control at/near ground level.
Is there a reason they didn't just put the layout arm on the top arm and then pull new in on the pole
A good early morning. With no drama with lots of tips. Now all the paperwork.
Merry Christmas to you and your family 🎄🎁🎉
Aaron - great video and thanks for the work that you do. If I was your boss, I would get you a mini-Keurig coffee machine for the truck for Christmas in appreciation for your hard work.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year ! Stay safe
Great video I had 35 years on trouble work in australia your procedures where very similar to yours . We usually set our reclosers to single shot before trying them back some brands would automatically be single shot anyway until the oil dash pots internally filled with oil .
It’s great to see the other side of things. I work as a telecom lineman and I’m always curious about the other lines above me.
Here in northern California, if any trees are ANYMORE, ANYWHERE NEAR that CLOSE, to ANY 3 PH, 12K line, a power company executive can lose their job and possibly go to jail. Tree trimming is now JOB ONE! Mainline outages, from trees, is now nearing ZERO, thankfully.
"I can neither confirm nor deny that power lines were the cause of the major forest fires"
@@grabasandwich TRUE! Thankfully, two leftist professors are in jail for forest fire arson. So too are multiple antifa arsonists for shooting bottle rockets from moving cars as well. AND, 60 Minutes did a segment on the cause of 70+% of all USA arson fires. Wait for it!,,,, VOLUNTEER FIREMEN!
Thanks for your videos. Be safe.
Thank you sir!
Excellent, thanks for taking us along.
Great job Aaron 👏 Thanks for sharing 👍
Meanwhile in NS ... it was raining. Hope you and your family had a good Christmas.
Merry Christmas to you Aaron
Stay Safe see you in New year
Belated Merry Christmas from Fredericksburg, Virginia.
As always, great job and great video. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you, your family and your coworkers.
Good video there. I'd have to say that is pretty brave for whoever cut through the meter on the home. Thank goodness it wasn't live but here in Ontario, there's been many who have drilled into meters installing cabletv and ESA put a bulletin out on it.
That's nasty when that happens! Those wires aren't really fused.. other then the cutout! I've only had 2 of those calls in the last few years. Very dangerous!
@@Bobsdecline very dangerous indeed. I know someone who done it and the worst that came out of it was a melted drill bit with a hole blown through it.
Great video. Simple but informative
Good job Aaron, I'm not a critic as long as the job is done and working.
Same weather we got in NH yesterday. 23 deg F and raining. Impossible to drive. Makes for a merry XMas.
Our power company in Michigan had crews from Canada up in northern Michigan to help out our power company after very strong winds went through I just think that was cool to that Canada helped our power company out
maybe the high winds whipped the new temporary lines around into the others? as well as that branch.
Merry late Christmas Aaron to you and your family. I hope it was the best one yet with many more to come!
Thanks Mike! Merry Christmas and Happy New year to you and yours!
Always educational. Hope that you got some sleep. Your eyes look very tired.
Great video buddy love the videos Merry Christmas and happy new year
Araon, that is a perfect video you cover all of the highlights and details without getting boring or dragging out a step unnecessary. 30 to 35 minute videos are perfect with good content. Your RUclips stats should be good for this video.
Second point, that is total BS that the local fast food joint can't not let you at least walk up to the window or walk your food out. It would suck for them to have a power outage and have to wait just a little longer to have power restored. Be safe out there.
You should invest in a machete for those thorn bushes 😂😂
Great job and thanks for the videos. Hope you had a Merry Christmas and have a great New year
Great vid man! The cooper form 6 oil reclosure are the best, we have a ton of the g&w vipers and they are exploding all over the place. I agree with you on the gloves on the stick, you will be fine but its a company policy. If we test them on the job before ww use them we can use leather gloves while hotsticking. If not they require us to wear rubbers too
I'm surprised to hear that about the Vipers. We've got a few intellirupters, and some trip savers.... Mostly OR's, breakers and v/EOR's
try an auto-darkening welding helmet/lens for reclosing, that should keep you from being totally blinded by an huge arc fireball.
Out in the middle of nowhere, by himself, dark, snowy, in the woods.... the makings of a horror movie.
Loved the new style format 🇳🇿👊👊
Great video.
Nice video as always.
Was in a man hole yesterday. My local pays double time on holidays though.
i wish there was remote control on that recloser and it would also do tdr to measure length to short...
as a former cable lineman... i do not miss the 2am blizzard calls and having to hunt down coffee and food
Merry Christmas
Love watching these videos! But I do wonder (not Canadian btw), when your walking the lines off road do you ever think about wild life? if so do you have any protection against it/to scare it?
Nothing to worry about. Animals are more afraid of us than we are of them. I do believe he mentioned he has bear spray in the truck? Don't quote me on that though. Either way, it's like everything else in life. Pay attention to what's going on around you and your surroundings. You'll know if it's safe to proceed or not. Biggest take away is to always be paying attention. Situational awareness, being aware of what and who is going on around you at all times, is a major trait that most willing choose to live without. It won't only keep you safe, it will keep you on top of and aware of every else going on in life. Life is a giant, long, ever changing situation. Knowing what's going on around you is key to being successful.
Props to you Aaron, I know its not easy working in the dark, cold, no sleep etc...
Cheers Red Rover!
HI FROM SCOTLAND
Merry Christmas!
great vid
Shoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot to all you folks working on xmas eve
Merry Christmas Aaron & your family 🎄🎁
I know you & your dispatcher use you 3 part communication. We use 3 part communication as well. You use that extendo stick line a surgeon. 👍👍👍
I saw the burn marks on the limb & immediately thought you found the problem. Like you I would continue to patrol the line. You have a good report with DOT crews. They are a valuable resource!
Take some time off-please!
P.S. I never noticed to your nose hairs before? You always look good to me. 😉
When we reconductor we actually frame everything parallel. AA BB C C makes it easier we can energize new wire and swap load and de energize old wire and drop out old wire without any service interruptions. In New York we have so much load that we would have some very pissed off customers if we just dumped a whole neighborhood to do our work. Just my input. Also our wire is all tree wire so it’s a little easier not dealing with All bare wire
We'll do that on our transmission lines, well sort of... We'll build a by-pass if there are no grid feeds and parallel onto it. Rebuild the old line then tear apart the by-pass, no interruption required.
All tree wire would be nice! Most times anyhow .. I can see some circumstances being a pain to work with
@@Bobsdecline yup pain in the butt. Having to skin it. Also trouble shooting can be a pain. I’ve had outages where half the block was on and rest wasn’t. Mid span lightning strike where conductor was burnt and separated but the insulation was still holding wire up. Had to go along with tester until we found the break. Also the utility gets lazy with tree trimming because of the incidental contact won’t trip the line unless the trees rub through the insulation.
With all the forests over there in Canada, i think it's less of a problem but in addition to many restaurants being closed, there's a severe lack of public toilets for people on the road imo.
Great video and I quite enjoy the new format of more footage and less editing for this (as a non lineman myself). However, I can't help but wonder if you've thought of, or allowed to use, an inspection drone for checking lines where they go off the road. Seems like it would have been a quick zoom out for a drone with a camera to verify no trees touching lines or lines down etc.
Thanks! Drones are something that we have been experimenting with. We've done a few pilot projects already. When it comes to transmission lines, they'll fly it in a chopper.
If they do online orders park somewhere and put that in the notes of the order, when they come out give them a quick strobe flash, it’s worked for me!
I tried that :( they wouldn't bring out the food. Ironically, when I went with my car, they told me drive ahead to a parking spot where they would bring the food out lol
@@Bobsdecline I know this feeling, work on the road and I just want some food sometimes. Feel like saying do you know what we're doing for you.
@@Bobsdecline wow that’s BS, I was down on storm in southern Il and mayfield KY last week and from where I live (Wisconsin Illinois border) every place was more than happy to have someone walk outside, I’ve even walked the drive through cause my bucket would rip half that building off
@@TheFool2cool I’ve been there and said that, use it as a last resort, that was 15 hours storm recovery with no food beginning of Covid, was not a happy camper that day
Tell'em if they don't bring your food out, you can remove their power :)
You have amazing eyesight
Some folks don’t get that being a lineman isn’t all what it’s cracked up to be. It’s hard work and long days and missing family all combined. There is a reason we get paid.
It looks way better than being stuck working inside...still trying to get a feel if its gonna be the right career path for me...do you guys get decent time off, are you always on call?
@@subsonicelf9271 if you’re at all concerned about time off and you want some guaranteed days don’t join the trade, anytime bad weather happens you’re getting your weekend taken away most of the time .
I work 4-10’s but have really only had Saturday off this past week because of bad/cold weather in Alabama/Georgia
The official name for fractal wood burning is pyrophoric carbonization.
Fist bump 👊
Happy New Year Aaron , really respect your trade , knew many of your collegues at the Tracadie region , does Gilles still works at the dispatch ?
Happy New year, yes he does!