Being a Lineman - Episode 19
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Hey Everyone!
Here's another long one! I was able to capture pretty much everything from the time I got the call until the moment I got home. Still had to chop up 5 hours into about 30 min though 😁. I honestly didn't think the call was going to be much more then crossing my fingers and closing the line in! Other than this one call, it was a pretty quiet day. I guess it was just that tree's time 🤷♂️.
Cheers everyone! Have a great week!🍻👊
For all those impacted by Hurricane Ida over the coming days -
Be safe. Take care of each other. 👨👨👧👧👊👊👊
Keep in mind my videos are to be used as guidelines only!
There are many different ways to preform the tasks shown in this videos.
Always adhere to your own company's policies and procedures.
This work should only be preformed only by those whom are both trained and authorized to do so!
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Just a note... The image you'll see of the car ripped in half, nobody was seriously injured.
Everyone both living and working in the impacted areas of Hurricane Ida, BE SAFE.
Look after each other out there! 🙏👊🙌
Same to you bud. Stay safe and do what you do best!
Very good news on the car vs pole.
a few weeks ago we lost 5 15 -16 year olds car was ripped in half.
Have you ever done a job where you went to red tag a pole and it was already red tagged for another job? What do you do?
I’m a tree trimmer who does a lot of storm work and I think I speak for all of us when I say I commend your effort👍 lol
Beautiful woodsy area.
Love the sightseeing moment.
Greetings from beautiful midtown Oil City, Pennsylvania. I am not a lineman, but my neighbor is an executive for Penelec Power. You give us non line operators a great appreciation of what our power providers go through, and the conditions they work under. I remember the dangers of high voltage while I worked on Navy Aircraft Radar, as well as the temp lines we could run on the ship during battle conditions.
I am curious who's armed forces you served in. Thank you for your service in the military as well as providing power to your community.
Not sure if you have portables or not but being in a rural area on a call like this at the 12 min mark. Has your company ever thought about putting repeaters in the trucks and give you portables that you could have comms with ur disptacher should u get hurt in the woods. Seems like you have alot of areas with no cell service but your radios still work. It could be added protection should something happen and you cant make it back to the truck? Thoughts? also, IS your radio system Digital Like 800mhz or VHF, UHF? Might be a cool vid for you to do?
Good video. I like hearing the the thought process that goes on.
Lots of fun, in the marsh, with the skeeters on a much bigger than expected job.
We call them Toolbox Talks along with a pre-job risk assessment. Interesting to see the travel involved, I still can't get my head around the size of the area you have to cover.
Thank you Brother! Be safe NJIBEW 269!
You too Jason! Heard you guys got lots of rain in NJ 😮
They need to get you a drone with camera for jobs like this
Really enjoying these videos - great insight into the trade.
Any tips for someone looking to get an apprenticeship as a linesman in New Brunswick?
bet ya she's full after the rain yesterday.
Is that the Bay of Fundy or the Northumberland Strait? Great video by the way. I wanted to become a lineman I left the navy but ended up being a computer geek.
Has there ever been a situation where between potential check and putting grounds on the line has become energised from backfeed etc?
Not quite that exact timing, but we did have a tree come down moments after grounding. It hit the grounded sideline a few span away and snapped the primary causing it to contact a nearby energized line. Nobody was hurt thankfully. Equal potential bonding can be a life saver during accidental energization on a grounded line.
You mentioned you can't use your chainsaw? Is there a reason for that?
It's written in our safety manual that two people must be on site with first aid and chain saw training
Tremendous amount of wire for three
customers?
Well there is a lighthouse out at the end. Pretty important for navigation.
@@Magiobiwan Thank you.
Lighthouse for tourist ?
Modern navigation using a lighthouse
in this day?
Lighthouse is on a pretty high cliff, it kinda turned into a tourist sigh seeing spot over the years. Now they have a restaurant, summer camps and a pretty big zip line.
Last time the lighthouse was out, I called coast guard ... They said it was no problem to come back the next day, but that they still rely on the lighthouse and fog horn
@@Bobsdecline Every lighthouse in Canada has a diesel generator. On the west coast where most don't have power, it's common to have three. They power the light and foghorn, but also the keepers' houses.
FIRST!!
Farts. Is what you smell like.
@@mikeznel6048 bro what?? 😭😭
At the beginning your seatbelt wasn't snugged up against you.
"Can't use the chain saw, but I can use the sawzall" That's what I like about you man. You work and not complain. That's how I think about work, if something can be done, even as small as cutting a path for the other guys, its worth doing. Hope all is well Aaron!
Thanks Mike! All is well 💪hope all is well with you and yours!
Your absolutely right! We all have our bad days, but if we try our best to keep a positive attitude and work hard, it becomes contagious 👊👊
@@Bobsdecline Yes sir, that is the truth! I can't dread going to a job or something where everyone is complaining about this or that. Just do it! I'm guilty of it myself sometimes but life is so much better if you stay positive. I've noticed the positivity is contagious too. I've even had guys tell me they want to better themselves and ask me how I stay so calm and not complain so much. The only thing I can say is never forget that no matter how bad you think you have it, there are other people that would kill to have your "problems" compared to their problems. My grandfather and his family were taken away by the nazis when he was young and placed into a labor camp. He said they would steal the cats food because they were fed better than the people. Anytime I start feeling like complaining or how bad something is, I just picture myself there, forced to do hard manual labor sun up to sun down, rain or shine, watch animals get fed better and people get shot and beat simply for talking, freezing cold and no thermostat to turn up or extra blankets or clothes. We have such an easy life now a days and most of the "problems" we have and like to complain about are brought on by our own self and our own actions. You're a good man Aaron. Certainly a great role model for the young guys too. Sometimes the SOP may seem pointless or goofy but it's all in effect to make sure everybody goes home at the end of the day and I highly respect your attitude towards it and the professionalism you display in everything you do.
Paid as well as he is, (which he should be) he damn well shouldn't complain. But then again he is perfect.
I'm always surprised how close they let trees grow next to power lines. They create buffer zones for transmission,but not for distribution lines.
Too much of it to take care of. Tree crews are out all day, everyday clearing lines. Just not enough time or people to do it before it all grows up. These back woods ones go untouched usually too until there is a problem.
They are too busy/have too little personnel to take care of every pole in some backwoods.
That being said people concerned with trees around a pole should call that in so a trimming can be scheduled.
Just hired on at the power company entergy in Baton Rouge been working a mounth and a half went to climbing school I’m super excited to work this storm
Hope yall stay safe were possibly sending extra cruises to your state in assistance from Virginia
We got crews from Massachusetts on our way to help you guys out.
Gonna be busy, just heard major supply lines are on the ground down that way
@@Sicktrickintuner it's looking like months to a couple years for full repairs. Though I think the plan is temporary feeds in a couple months. Though no one will know for awhile
Good luck and stay safe out there.
I am really enjoying this more "raw" format. It is super interesting to see the normal day-to-day of the job!
Lineman or bushman? Jeeze people need to invest in some clearing.
Best lineman videos on RUclips. Love that style of call to power back!!
Like the new format!
Seems camera drones might be useful out there -- if navigable. I like the long format. Much more engaging than edited shorts. 👍
@Jordan Rodrigues If the utility was doing it, it wouldn't be "someone else's equipment."
@Jordan Rodrigues Hydro One here in Ontario owns 8 drones according to their website.
I just found your channel and wanted to say, I love it! This is such a cool channel. I was a cable tech for many years so all of this is very interesting to me. Keep up the cool videos!
Never seen a video at a 48hz frame rate...
Can anyone expound...???
call coverage would likely work up in the bucket too. :)
This has become my favorit channel, please keep posting these! After watching these for the last year I've been convinced that I must become a lineman, and am now enroled to a 10 week lineman school.
That's awesome news! Thanks for sharing 👊🤝. I'll try my best to keep up the content. I wish you the best in line school!
@@Bobsdecline
Thanks Bob, I have already learned a lot from watching your videos and I'm sure it will give me an adge.
@@davefish84 how did school and becoming a lineman in general go?
20:50 sounds like half that call is just repeating the safety procedure back and forth.
It's just confirmation that everyone is on the same page - it's very common in safety critical contexts. You'll hear pilots do the same when talking to air traffic control.
@@ickipoo ... fire dept also does that. The idea is the call may be recorded for liability reasons and repeating everything is just to make sure the party on the other end heard EXACTLY what you said.
Half the call is exactly that! Everything that is said, is repeated back and then acknowledged.
Love the long format and light editing!
Thanks again Aaron! So interesting seeing how y’ all do this!
I definitely liked this style of video. Would love to see more
Love your work effort, completely different as I work in IT but I've had it before where I've had to take kit to site to fix a problem and there's 2 types of people that would be waiting for me on site. The one who's taken out the old kit and prepared it as much as they could so it was a 5 minute job for me to slide it back it and get it connected then the other type that's like I couldn't complete the job so I didn't bother starting it
Love the longer format! Thanks!
I’m not a lineman but I’m a wireman local 917. Man I see yalls inspected equipment and I can’t help but think about the old junk we work with at the chemical factory I work at. We r safe and usually always work dead high voltage but our hot suit and gloves and hot stick probably never been inspected since I been here 13rs. We call those saftey sheets jsa. Job safety analysis.
22:05 have you ever run across and bear or moose when bush wacking?
Great video buddy I’m a little bit envious I can’t show anything to do with my company it would definitely make it easier to create content keep up the good work👍
I just wanted to say thanks for the great videos,my dad was a lineman for Philadelphia electric co/Excelon for 25 years and a director for 5 before he retired,his brother was also a lineman too .you’ve given me an insight into how hard and dangerous my dads job was and a new appreciation.I could have followed in his foot steps but he was retiring and I got offered a railroad engineer job ,we watch your videos together and I bug him when there is something I have questions if he’s ever encountered the same thing ,keep safe ,thanks
That's awesome Stephen! Thanks for sharing 🤝
RUclips seems to be deleting the history of likes, as I'm sure I saw this before and liked it, but it wasn't liked today and came up recommended.
Really do enjoy your videos and the detailed troubleshooting. You should get that seat belt checked. Appears to not be functioning properly for safety. It's suppose to automatically tighten up to be snug across your hips and chest. Need to be safe on the lines and in the truck.
And I thought I was the only one wondering about that...
This was a great episode, really enjoyed this one! I’d even go as far as saying this was one of the best as it really helped give me an understanding of what you do that I have only seen broken up before into bits.
Hiw come you guy's don't keep the trees back away from the power lines? Looks like a lot of pole Call Amy
allahu bless you care and health for work I am Indian (Kerala)god's own country Lineman Navas
Jeez - took me a bit - but located this in the area of Cape Enrage Nature Preserve! / Montreal! Cheers👊
Why dont you just bring a wipper snipper with you like a makita or a milwaukee one chop as you go
Interesting watching the entire thing. All I could thing about watching you walking through the brush was I hote Ticks are not as band up there as they are in NH.
Must be a pain keeping the right of way open for tree cutting when the line takes shortcuts off the road.
I'm seeing a lot of stuff on hazing new guys etc, is it like that in Canada or is it only a Texas thing
So your company stopped using Two-way radios, so its all Cellular a.
You live in a beautiful part of Canada man. The Maritimes are awesome.
It would be nice if they ran all of the powerlines and poles near the road, rather than through the trees!
Should have covered tree-wire in the woods, instead of bare wire
sorry if i missed it, do you have to let anyone know where you work? Since you work alone
I used to hate dudes with their hat on backwards, you truly make it cool!
Through all your videos, I find it interesting that you show little emotion, sarcasm and jokes. You just do your job and keep your thoughts to yourself. Then, here is "You know what we need in this area? More trees." So simple, but I cracked up because it's the only funny I've heard from you. 🙂
What do you expect? He's perfect. Most employers would sell their soul to the devil to have him as an employee.
28:45 when you buy tools for your job can you expense that to the company? Like blades or sawzall?
Most jobs employees are not allowed to buy their own materials for liability reasons.
Our company mostly provides our tools. In some cases, we can by something ourselves and put in an expense for it, but it's not common practice.
An example, I sometimes help out with 3 phase metering: I'm not well rug up for doing the work though and if I need a particular tool in a pinch, it would likely be approved.
The particular sawzall in this video I requested along with an argument as to how it would be useful for me. The boss approved it and purchased it for me. Now it has been added to a list of tools that can be requested through our stores Dept.
We are allowed to purchase and use our own tools and safety gear, but it's our responsibility to make sure we do our diligence. An example of this is, I often buy my own safety glasses. I don't get reimbursed for them since they are already provided and I must make sure they are z87 approved. Tools that require testing or are designed for live line used would have to be approved.
Any tools provided by the company are carefully considered on a case by case basis and not given out freely
@@Bobsdecline
Are any tools “attached “ to the truck ie, as part of the inventory of tools on the truck? Like the hot stick?
Красавец ,у нас тож провод 10 КВ оторвался тож были крупные последствие были .Я хоть и мала панемаю что вы говорите но всеровно.Я тож Электрик как и вы только из ,RUSSIA 🇷🇺 а вы из USA ,🇺🇲
LINEMAN🤜🇷🇺🇺🇲🤛
This helps me to understand how it’s so difficult down in New Orleans to bring pieces of the city online without endangering the crews
18:50 "aight lets go for a rip" That's the most canadian thing i've ever heard you say!
Love your content.
Hoser English eh!
That's odd. It didn't take down the phone line.
Lightning? Just bring a 1 iron up in the basket with you. Not even God can hit a 1 iron!
31:38 We call it Pre-Job Briefing in Chicago
I don't know - a "boring" one could also be interesting to see too. We have had several "circuit out" outages for no apparent reason lately that are very short (under an hour) and I really wonder why on an otherwise good day it can just...go out. And for such a short time.
Surely there are cases where something fell on the lines, tripped a breaker, then fell back off...? Or squirrel short-outs, etc. Then the lineman be like oh, burnt branch or fried squirrel on the ground, we have our cause, the wires are fine, let's switch this thing back on? Without all the rigmarole that has to be gone through, as here, when a wire must actually be spliced or re-strung.
Sir, I am a lineman in China. I am curious do your company have any generating plants? Or Canada grid company have own generating plants? Or just buy power.
Our company has a few! The two main sources are Nuclear and Hydro
what a big mess that was a good job keeping the lights on stay safe
🤜🤛 Southern California USA.
I love "that's enough of that nonsense".
Solid work with the saws all. Fist bump
Sightseeing for the win. Always take the time to appreciate the view.
why dont they have smart meters out there, reception?
You sound scottish when you say the word "out"
🔰🇺🇸 - 🔰🇺🇸 @BobsDecline - Lineman Blogger
Note: I’m not a lineman nor an electrician…
Q. I think your isolating ? the energized wire ? so you can repair it safely, but I’m a bit confused…Wouldn’t grounding/bonding the primary (to the ground wire) cause a direct short❓Is the point to take the energy right to ground for safe repair❓
10 hours, you must be tired.
🔰🇺🇸 @BobsDecline - Lineman Blogger
- So I’m sure someone’s asked you this before but, why is it called BobsDecline if your name is Aaron❓
I do get asked a lot! So I made this video a few months back 😉
m.ruclips.net/video/JLnH35zd6o4/видео.html&t
@@Bobsdecline 👍 Yea, I found it just before you replied…but I really appreciate you replying 👍
I no longer work for Project Flagging I'm now working for Northeast Paving here at Northeast Paving our daily safety briefing meetings we call the tailgate safety meetings I've been working on the interstate Paving the interstate my job is driving the Traffic Control Truck setting orange barrels, Cones, speed radar trailers, Variable Message Boards, and arrow Boards etc
Hi Aaron! 2nd video, general, untrained public. Diagram is plenty big on my mobile. Keep a tight grip on that cuppa so you're not wearing it. Stand down for lightning, charge in the clouds induces charge in the ground.
Not Foggy Mountain Breakdown, it's soggy mountain breakdown, banjo tune. Thanks for the vid!
🔰🇺🇸 @BobsDecline - Lineman Blogger
- I’m just curious as to why the lines are run so far off the road❓
Are you “packing” in the event you run across a bear or moose?
Im no expert, but here is what I think I know off the top of my head as a Canadian.
You are more likely to be killed by having a car accident with a moose than be attacked by one. In areas with bears, that is also true.
Firearms are pretty regulated in Canada. While you can have a rifle or shotgun for hunting in season, it is not a general "carry weapon" anymore. (We had racks in the back windows of pickups when I was young, so it has changed over the years.)
Handguns have never been a common carry item, and it is exceedingly rare to find a non-cop with a carry permit and carrying. They still are ownable and transportable to and from ranges , though.
Even when I used to hike in the Rocky mountains in the parks where bears and other wildlife are common, encounters weren't high on our worry list. I've been nose-to-nose with a bear from my tent when young, have seen them while out hiking, have been very close to moose many times, and they avoided us most of the time. (That bear and tent was different, it was a habituated bear coming to the campsite for easy food. Getting a mouth full of fresh Spanish onion sent it away rather quickly.)
So no, he is very unlikely to be legally packing while out working.
Was this an f1 tornado?
Hey Aaron my man! Dan NJ again! im curious do you survey and discuss in your prejob the side of the road you are parked near...and if a hazard exists due to loose soil or erosion? You seem to be so good at this job, i would think you discuss this as well. thanks for all this great content. Be safe brother
u look damn good for being in the trade 19+ years! no homo man. i’m in school right now in alabama and will go back home to north seattle hoping to land an apprentice. i would travel to california and all over if it’s worth it for sure though!
currently a 21 yr old in the US navy, i work with electronics but on the aviation side, and want to do this when i get out. im sure canada is different than the US but you havy any pointers or tips for how i should go about it?
Good job 👍. I really must clean up the access route to one of the cut outs on my land to make life easier for the linemen to get to, its a regular failure, and on top of everything they have the electric fence to get over on the way out.
D'you ever wish you worked an area with fewer trees?
When they're mid-span and back lot... Oh yeah! It absolutely blows my mind has fast they grow around here.
How do you work in the rain around high voltage wires?
Like porcupines make love... very carefully?
I'd guess at the least before dealing directly with any loose or fallen high wires they wait till any thunderstorm is past, but they can still cut off power to a section if necessary for safety, preferably by whatever means doesn't entail raising a wet pole to a breaker while standing on the ground. I thought he mentioned that his cherry picker has an electrically isolated bucket.
In one of his other videos he showed a ground-based breaker facility. That would make sense during a rain/thunder storm.
Amirite?
Hey Bob have a question for you what are the voltages on the secondary side you use the supply your customers Ariel?
Go to other provinces daily find something strange nutreul wire from the pole grounding Whit the guide wire
bob are you a trouble guy
Enjoyed it!! 👊local1 retired hanging out in Mt Pleasant Iowa….
I cant believe all the trees and brush around your lines, around here they keep a contract crew cutting out right a ways.
Liked the sightseeing interlude! Beautiful bit of the world, but am biased as a Canadian :)
Hi BOB I have a question for you do any of your circuits in Canada have automatic closures.
Raw format is really great, became an apprentice because of these videos and enjoying every minute of it, well, maybe not all but most of it.
Found you a few days ago and really enjoy watching your videos. I’m a cable line tech so I work with power company often.
I bet a drone would be really helpful for that think bush, you could just fly on top of the lines and look.
I dont know if you have ticks that far north but if you do I hope you spray your pants and shoes with Permethrin that is some thick brush! Definitely wouldn't walk through anything that thick without it. Who knew hiking would be part of being a lineman!
They've always been around, but only started being a concern in recent years. I haven't heard of Permethrin but I'll look it up! Appreciate the info👊👊
Hey man we just finished some restoration here in Jamaica from a tropical storm Grace alot of broken wires and poles some burnt transformers
Hey Aaron Waving from Oklahoma great video. Is that the line with the Step-up Xfmr on it that goes to the lighthouse ?
Great job its really never just a east plan is it. But great job do like start to finish vids great job keep them coming Mike iron river m.i. thanks