exactly and this boss taking video is an AHOLE for not training properly to begin with plus theyre obviously not working smart. Just because you can do something the hard way doesnt make it the smart way.
No Sir is dose not , I have been doing electrical work for 30 plus years . I have never been brave enough to do line work , I have 100 percent respect for a lineman.
This is actually against our ministry rules, everything must have positive control at all times. Climb the pole, and send a hand line down, pull it up. An apprentice is only as good as his teacher,
james hardman .. exactly..who the fuck puts wire over there belt and climbs up with it?... Climb up let your line down ground man pulls up wire for you,lay it in the biscuit,tie it in... done
Linemen my ass. So much wrong with this. No hand line what so ever. Man walking around with hooks on. Should take more than 3 steps with hooks on. Should be a rescue man at close range for rescue. I had to perform a rescue and I had all my shit right there ready. Might be bad luck.
I thought you were supposed to climb to the top, tie a rope around the pole and the boys on the bottom pull the other side of the rope and lift up the line. I mean seems to me that this whole crew needs help. They filmed themselves being a terrible crew.
why any lineworker would put down another brother publicly in this fashion is beyond me. Its obvious the camera man is just a camera man and isn't capable of training anyone let alone having the ability to actually show the dude the proper and safest way to pull up the phase. disgusting.
I think of these guys every winter - I only spent a few weeks with linesmen as part of a sparks apprenticeship - I never got past half way up a pole! I'll never forget another "tough" apprentice higher up the pole than me, slipping and hanging by his belt around my boots, him crying "get me down!" - I was way too soft for this job - Hats off to the linesmen
I agree, worked with the cable for a year doing disconnects for a year and climbed all my poles with no issue because I gave myself some slack and trusted my gear..... what was fun for me was watching a non-climber use my gaffs and get winded after 2 feet up and 2 feet down after I had to show him how to get on a pole that was almost a no access pole..... then again I was running up and down like 30 poles a day at the time
I had an older lineman try to do this with 4/0 copper.I said don't you want to use the winch truck? That's for punks. I was told but I still set up the winch truck lowered the hook and after a few steps was asked to lower the hook I pretended not hear but ended up hoisting the phase to the top of the pole . Watch the men who use there heads not there backs. Tough guys ALWAYS end up hurt.retired lineman
My first thought was, "What is wrong with this guy?" Then it reminded me of myself back in August of 2016 when I was getting really winded just swinging a hammer. It turned out that I had 95% blockage in my main artery in my heart. They put a stent in and opened it up and am doing great.
@@richardcranium3417 I worked the Pacific Northwest at utilities. Spent a lot of times working storms overseas. Taught the trade in American Samoa for 15 years. I'd do it all over again.
The problem with people is that they are so eager to discredit and undermine others, but still make all kinds of excuses for their own failure. That’s called hate, people. And it is written: “He that says he loves God, but hates his brother, is a liar. And the Truth is not in him.” But of course, the people that need to hear this are the ones farthest from it.
The real problem here is that these guys are climbing poles just to get the wire up and ready to sag. Never heard of P-line and dollys? Climb once to tie in not twice.
I was a lineman for four years. That is a legitimately hard, dangerous job. Those guy's are clearly still rookie's, but they got it done, so enough with the critiques. Fucking up, up there, can alter your life permanently. Go up, get it done, and come down safely. That is the job objective, not impressing internet wonks. They were doing it the hard way, though. I would have placed a block on a sling and used a handline to make the groundsman pull it up for me.
I'm day 3 of Line school and I knew before I was even enrolled that walking in hooks without guards on at the least is a big nono, and even with them on its still frowned upon.
17 when I started climbing. 53 now. When I was young and dumb I used to climb with a loaded C lasher hanging on my belt. Came up in the business the old school hardcore way. Been called linetrash all my life and proud of it.
He should of lean backwards and not too close to the pole. Trust your gear and keep climbing while controlling your breathing. Stopping to long and thinking too much will let fear get the best of you.
Work smarter... Not harder. Pretty sure they were testing the lad. Sometimes you just gotta grit it out. Balls out. But yes, handline was the best choice here
I've been a working foreman for 8 years and if I ever had a guy on my crew pull that shit the ass chewing wouldn't stop until that wire was clipped back in, and no one would be allowed to climb up to help him.. Then I would have fired his ass.
The reason for the rope is for the delivery of bigger tools or parts to be assembled at the top of the pole, even water if so needed, or anything he forgot or are now needed for an unanticipated problem solving. Even a missing nut can end in an unfinished job.
Thats what I was thinking! someone had to many barely pops last night! That and it looks like he might be kinda scared of heights with the little steps and not standing up in his hooks.
i was there a long time ago back before a bucksqeeze or any of this new safety bullshit. But if he dont keep those knees away for the pole he just might need that bucksqueeze
Well, he's not a bad lineman at all! A few adjustment I see that could be made but, he'll get better with time no doubt. Heck, I remember cutting out once and it wasn't pretty at ALL but, I passed that course!!!😃👏🏾👏🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾👌🏾👍🏾💯💯💯
@@gregfoles5480 Having done my apprenticeship in the mid-eighties, that bucksqueeze and supersqueeze wasn't around. We freeclimbed. It is a safe way to climb but my God, on a crowded pole; to start: stop sign, one way street sign, street sign and your not even up to any wire yet, it wore my old ass out. By the time I got to just the streetlight I was huffing and puffing. I was like,"this is ridiculous!" But it's not. These kids who used them from the first time they stepped on a pole are good at it. Me, I retired 2yrs ago at 56. The business changed. I miss the old camaraderie we had back when I started. Feels like thats not even around these kids anymore. It's a damn shame. Utilities have these guys so job-scared and that's a terrible way to work. Shoot, to LIVE!!! I caught the end of the great times. They are gone. Long gone forever.
And he's suppose to be a lineman?? What the fuck. Just cause you have belt and hooks doesn't make you a lineman.. if he was a real lineman he would have gotten the strand up the damn pole no matter what the cost was by himself. So glad that my dad taught me how to be a great lineman. He gave the line 29 years. And I'm grateful that 12 years I worked alongside him. Watching this video brought back memories of him teaching me. This November makes 2 years he's been gone. Now he's watching over me from up above. And I wish I had more time with him. And I miss him more than anything. When I had a question about anything I would call him. And he would tell me what I was doing wrong. Now I can't pick up the phone and call him. My go-to when I was unsure of something isn't here anymore and that habit of calling is hard to break. Dad I love you and miss you. I hope I made you proud. Your son Cameron 2nd generation lineman. Its in our blood. I wear my hooks for you Dad. LineLife
Everybody makes mistakes an learns from them. Everybody giving this guy shit needs to realize we ALL started somewhere nobody just learns this kind of shit in one day.
If you ask me the whole crew is a bunch of Rejects you got the guy climbing up the pole not using a safety line when he goes around obstructions he just grabs the pole is hands going to sleep one day and he's going to die
I revisited this video. No fucking hand line, the kid hasn’t been properly trained to climb. The guy in the camera can’t even breathe and he’s making fun of the kid. Hang the wire at the dead end poles, run BOTH PRIMARY & NUETRAL. Frame as go but pull to sag before you do middle poles, climb once tie in, go home. Use a fucking hand line!
2nd guy looked like he was in his early 20’s and other guy looked like he was closer to 60. On top of that they probably been climbing poles all day. Camera guy waited till old guy was at his worse to record him probably to get him fired so he can replace him with a younger hand.
@@matt3560 I was a second generation lineman and we climbed everything. We had a bucket on our line truck but we only used it for big transfers or poles we couldn't get to.
+stan halat, I have been a lineman for 29 yrs. and have never seen anything this pathetic, I think it's time for him to start looking for another profession !!
Paul Kelly that is NO lineman. Climbs like it's his first time. Leave the drop on the deck ant tie it off to a line. When you reach your spot pull it up, dip shit CATV look like a bag of ass!
@@danfromga3002 I went to line school too. Paid for by the Philadelphia Electric Co. (PECO). I don't know if they even have them anymore. 6 weeks of climbing,building lines at different heights and a little theory. Make it out of that and then a 4 1/2 yr apprenticeship. Been watching some of those videos from those lineman "colleges" lately. Not cheap. Did it pay off or can you just say "hey, I can climb". I hope it did pay off for ya. One question. Does that "college" train you for your CDL A. That seems more important to get in a utility than being able to climb a 90ft pole in 2min. For the money I feel they definitely should. Would help young cats immensely to get their foot in the door. If they don't, shame on em.
Who ever filmed this guy and uploaded it saying how he is a "bad lineman are picks" they made it as hard as possible for him. Why the fuck aren't they using a handling? Like come on.
Take that bucksqueeze shit off and throw it away. If that dude can't go 10ft without struggling with that tiny little wire, he'd never be able to be a telephone lineman.
Rus bu that's funny little miss sunshine. We don't deal with heights (or high voltages) like power guys. And I'm glad. But the weights and tensions we deal with don't give a damn what height your hooks are. I guess now you're gonna try to tell me phone cable is light.
He's not even using a bucksqueeze. He's just hitch hiking up. I'm a telephone lineman and I use a bucksqueeze. You can climb very fast with one if you're good at it.
Your not a lineman your a technition. You do not work with high amps or volts. One wrong move will not burn you, blow a limb off or kill you in the blink of an eye. I have to climb past all of your shit just to get to my neutral wire. So don't try to compare watermelons to grapes.
This is painful to watch. A more proper way would be to bring a handline rope (dielectric, if needed) with block up the pole and and have his ground guy hoist the wire up to him. Climbing with that on his belt is a bad idea for many reasons. I'm 1:26 into this and gritting my teeth.
@@ryaniss3xy At least to go up with you. Make the climb with the guy. Don't know if they had that cat do that that way just to mess with him or what. I NEVER in over 34yrs of linework taken a span of wire over my belt from the ground up. Guess they didn't have any rope on the truck. Don't think you'd see any IBEW stickers on their trucks.
This must be a fresh apprentices joke on him as we all have either had it done to us or done it to a new apprentice , As is usual way the apprentice uses leg irons to clime and attached to his belt is Pully rope with a hook on, apprentice also takes up a short chain he then climbs up pole puts chain to his highest point on pole hooks in pully rope and lazy linesman at the bottom sends up cable, wrap ties and insulator if required, easy quick job ten to fifteen minutes longest for person with not too much experience. same applies for a tower line take-up pully rope first much heavier though but easy if taught properly in the first place.
mannhaftigkeit even with bucket trucks or crane tractors, you have to climb sometimes. I'm not a lineman and I know this. Plus, the video quality is too good for this to be 20 years old
i thought they are supposed to have one guy go up and he throws a rope down so he can pull whatever he needs up so you dont have to get all tangeled up
Thinking same, camera guy has an ego problem, he wanted failure so he could feel good. Ive been climbing trees for 30 plus years and my knees shaked like leaves the first time i spiked a tree lol. But the guys encouraged me to keep trying even though they were laughing their asses off. Spiking is actually great exercise if you move fast.
Is this for real? or a spoof..? 32 year in the trade and I never saw such pathetic work method. Not one of them can call themselves a lineman....not the guy on the pole for doing it..and not the guys on the ground for letting him. what kind of asenine way to bring up wire is this? No wonder they called linemen 'donkeys' back in the day.
That's The hardest way to hoist a line I have been working on and the easiest way was to climb the pole and put the block and pulled from the ground. Psssst hey bro find your nearest buckingham linemen tools dealer. Tools make it easier . Blessings from Honduras
meanwhile the guy with the camera cant even stand there without running out of breath
Judging by the second guy that comes in, I would make the assumption that this isn't their first pole of the day.
He looks like a groundman just giving it a try, I've seen it before somewhere down the line. LOL
He probably been climbing all fuckin day bro, probably had to climb 15 poles that day. Don’t talk that shit if you not a lineman and never done it
@@somelineman1392 how do you know I’m not?
@@tdawg719 maybe bcuz a lineman would know that climbing multiple poles will have you out of breath for a while bud
My bet this is the first climb for the guy. We all had our first climb. Doesn't make him bad...
exactly and this boss taking video is an AHOLE for not training properly to begin with plus theyre obviously not working smart. Just because you can do something the hard way doesnt make it the smart way.
I remember the pain in my legs after my first climb .. whoa
No Sir is dose not , I have been doing electrical work for 30 plus years . I have never been brave enough to do line work , I have 100 percent respect for a lineman.
Thank you someone said it. And pulling wire up like that ain’t exactly easy for anyone.
@@davidterry919 I just started as a lineman, after 13 years as an electrician, and I've never been having so much pain in my glutes before 😂hard work!
This is actually against our ministry rules, everything must have positive control at all times. Climb the pole, and send a hand line down, pull it up.
An apprentice is only as good as his teacher,
james hardman .. exactly..who the fuck puts wire over there belt and climbs up with it?...
Climb up let your line down ground man pulls up wire for you,lay it in the biscuit,tie it in... done
That makes a lot more sense than what He's trying to do!
Linemen my ass. So much wrong with this. No hand line what so ever. Man walking around with hooks on. Should take more than 3 steps with hooks on. Should be a rescue man at close range for rescue. I had to perform a rescue and I had all my shit right there ready. Might be bad luck.
Scorpion 5 ok safety man what r u going to rescue this man from himself
Nicely said!
Needs a handling. Starts with the Forman and whole crew. Not a bad lineman. Bad guidance from the whole crew.
Or just extremely weak and can’t do the job lol.
He just needs more time on a pole. But it's safer to send it up on a handline. Just saying. ...... retired Lineman, 42 years on the job.
Btw, title is wrong not a bad lineman, a stupid foreman or whoever else laid the job out.
Your trying to make this guy look bad. Where the handline, Second guy breaking safety rules. Beside telling on yourself whats the purpose of this?
I thought you were supposed to climb to the top, tie a rope around the pole and the boys on the bottom pull the other side of the rope and lift up the line. I mean seems to me that this whole crew needs help. They filmed themselves being a terrible crew.
Ya know they make these things called handlines.....
why any lineworker would put down another brother publicly in this fashion is beyond me.
Its obvious the camera man is just a camera man and isn't capable of training anyone let alone having the ability to actually show the dude the proper and safest way to pull up the phase. disgusting.
Being new doesn’t automatically make him bad, just as you opening your mouth, doesn’t make you “god’s lineman”
I think of these guys every winter - I only spent a few weeks with linesmen as part of a sparks apprenticeship - I never got past half way up a pole! I'll never forget another "tough" apprentice higher up the pole than me, slipping and hanging by his belt around my boots, him crying "get me down!" - I was way too soft for this job - Hats off to the linesmen
His problem was not enough slack in his belt....he had to work twice as hard to get any distance....should have been a teachable moment.
I agree, worked with the cable for a year doing disconnects for a year and climbed all my poles with no issue because I gave myself some slack and trusted my gear..... what was fun for me was watching a non-climber use my gaffs and get winded after 2 feet up and 2 feet down after I had to show him how to get on a pole that was almost a no access pole..... then again I was running up and down like 30 poles a day at the time
I had an older lineman try to do this with 4/0 copper.I said don't you want to use the winch truck? That's for punks. I was told but I still set up the winch truck lowered the hook and after a few steps was asked to lower the hook I pretended not hear but ended up hoisting the phase to the top of the pole . Watch the men who use there heads not there backs. Tough guys ALWAYS end up hurt.retired lineman
Looks like they were just running strand. I always used a hand line because I free climbed up but you can do it the way he was trying.
My first thought was, "What is wrong with this guy?" Then it reminded me of myself back in August of 2016 when I was getting really winded just swinging a hammer. It turned out that I had 95% blockage in my main artery in my heart. They put a stent in and opened it up and am doing great.
Crazy when they put that stent in there its like someone takes a kink out of a water hose
Hope your heart doing better
True lineman don't talk shiet about other lineman..
Shamee
All lineman talk shit about all lineman
@@daniellogue9752 Not true... From a retired lineman of 42 years.
Where are you from or is this well hidden sarcasm?
We talk double Shiite to safety men.
@@ghalgren 35 here.
@@richardcranium3417 I worked the Pacific Northwest at utilities. Spent a lot of times working storms overseas. Taught the trade in American Samoa for 15 years. I'd do it all over again.
The problem with people is that they are so eager to discredit and undermine others, but still make all kinds of excuses for their own failure. That’s called hate, people. And it is written: “He that says he loves God, but hates his brother, is a liar. And the Truth is not in him.” But of course, the people that need to hear this are the ones farthest from it.
The real problem here is that these guys are climbing poles just to get the wire up and ready to sag. Never heard of P-line and dollys? Climb once to tie in not twice.
I was a lineman for four years.
That is a legitimately hard, dangerous job.
Those guy's are clearly still rookie's, but they got it done, so enough with the critiques.
Fucking up, up there, can alter your life permanently. Go up, get it done, and come down safely. That is the job objective, not impressing internet wonks. They were doing it the hard way, though.
I would have placed a block on a sling and used a handline to make the groundsman pull it up for me.
Looks like his belt is too tight! Needs more slack. He's jammed right up against the pole.
I never climb with it around the pole. I run up the pole and then strapped it around. Above the tension line. Unless it was 50' high.
Master Chief 00117 same i feel more secure for some reason i rather fall and get it over with than staying stuck to the pole on my way down
Don't walk in your hooks....lesson number one.
Football5198 we walk every ware in them even drive in them never had an issue .
Walk around with no gaff guards on??? Why??
At least some gaff guards! I mean come on kid...bad instructor
@@Colestercamps Same here,hooks went on in the morning and off at suppertime
I'm day 3 of Line school and I knew before I was even enrolled that walking in hooks without guards on at the least is a big nono, and even with them on its still frowned upon.
OSHA would be so mad at the second guy that’s goes up
Yeah. No secondary... this is some weird ass shit going on.
Dang the second coming to help breaks plenty of rules with no tie in 2 times 👍
17 when I started climbing. 53 now. When I was young and dumb I used to climb with a loaded C lasher hanging on my belt. Came up in the business the old school hardcore way. Been called linetrash all my life and proud of it.
Tony Kelly I’m 58 and still climb. Local 17 Detroit.
@@garynelson9538 57 and still do showing apprentices how. Would still rather free climb.
The hell? Climb the damn pole and have the ground hands send it up on a handline.
He should of lean backwards and not too close to the pole. Trust your gear and keep climbing while controlling your breathing. Stopping to long and thinking too much will let fear get the best of you.
Work smarter... Not harder. Pretty sure they were testing the lad. Sometimes you just gotta grit it out. Balls out. But yes, handline was the best choice here
need to see a doc. what if this guy has a blockage to his heart. nobody should be out of breath after a few steps
If you look in the middle left of the pole, it looks like the original windows screen
I've been a working foreman for 8 years and if I ever had a guy on my crew pull that shit the ass chewing wouldn't stop until that wire was clipped back in, and no one would be allowed to climb up to help him.. Then I would have fired his ass.
The reason for the rope is for the delivery of bigger tools or parts to be assembled at the top of the pole, even water if so needed, or anything he forgot or are now needed for an unanticipated problem solving. Even a missing nut can end in an unfinished job.
it's scary as hell especially first time, but with a buckingham or some other safety you will not fall as long as you adjust it right
the descent of shame lmfaooo
Lol it's either time to retire or stop drinking so much.
ahahahah same thing what i thought ...hangower on
monday
Thats what I was thinking! someone had to many barely pops last night! That and it looks like he might be kinda scared of heights with the little steps and not standing up in his hooks.
i was there a long time ago back before a bucksqeeze or any of this new safety bullshit. But if he dont keep those knees away for the pole he just might need that bucksqueeze
Knees locked and butt out!
@@guitarzan2626 how i was tought.
The guy on the grounds breathing heavier than the climber.... easy to make fun of the untrained
Well, he's not a bad lineman at all! A few adjustment I see that could be made but, he'll get better with time no doubt. Heck, I remember cutting out once and it wasn't pretty at ALL but, I passed that course!!!😃👏🏾👏🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾👌🏾👍🏾💯💯💯
“Idk bro, just climb it” 😂 clearly not a company any ape would ever want to work for. Must be non union
Blows me away when I see people climb without a fall restraint
He does have one, its a belt wrapped around the pole called a buckingham supersqueeze. It catches you if you fall/slip
@@parainnn7780 Wish they had that during my career. That's a relatively new thing.
@@gregfoles5480 Having done my apprenticeship in the mid-eighties, that bucksqueeze and supersqueeze wasn't around. We freeclimbed. It is a safe way to climb but my God, on a crowded pole; to start: stop sign, one way street sign, street sign and your not even up to any wire yet, it wore my old ass out. By the time I got to just the streetlight I was huffing and puffing. I was like,"this is ridiculous!" But it's not. These kids who used them from the first time they stepped on a pole are good at it. Me, I retired 2yrs ago at 56. The business changed. I miss the old camaraderie we had back when I started. Feels like thats not even around these kids anymore. It's a damn shame. Utilities have these guys so job-scared and that's a terrible way to work. Shoot, to LIVE!!!
I caught the end of the great times. They are gone. Long gone forever.
Who knew? The ONE TIME where holding the camera the wrong way makes total sense.
And he's suppose to be a lineman?? What the fuck. Just cause you have belt and hooks doesn't make you a lineman.. if he was a real lineman he would have gotten the strand up the damn pole no matter what the cost was by himself. So glad that my dad taught me how to be a great lineman. He gave the line 29 years. And I'm grateful that 12 years I worked alongside him. Watching this video brought back memories of him teaching me. This November makes 2 years he's been gone. Now he's watching over me from up above. And I wish I had more time with him. And I miss him more than anything. When I had a question about anything I would call him. And he would tell me what I was doing wrong. Now I can't pick up the phone and call him. My go-to when I was unsure of something isn't here anymore and that habit of calling is hard to break. Dad I love you and miss you. I hope I made you proud. Your son Cameron
2nd generation lineman. Its in our blood. I wear my hooks for you Dad. LineLife
Two people in distance while in one pole is a danger hazard
He is trying to drive the spurs through the pole instead of down into it. Climb the pole then lower a handline. 30 yrs. on the job.
😂😂Buddy took two steps and said fukk it's a long ways up
The mouth breathing in this video...
The camera guy must have the weakest chin ever.
This dude in the pole is feeling bad for himself, it’s probably about time for a new job honestly.
This man needs to stop lookin at his damn feet! He’s green, I can tell
wonder how many poles they climbed that day....... fatigue get's everyone
Everybody makes mistakes an learns from them. Everybody giving this guy shit needs to realize we ALL started somewhere nobody just learns this kind of shit in one day.
who taught him how to climb was wrong,he is going to fall...soon
Fortunately if he does fall he had that safety cinched up so tight he could probably survive a storm on it
this is even better... If you can't bucket --------------- f@#+ it!!😂
I wanna become a lineman and just smoke ciggies while i watch everyone else work
😂😂
Yes thats how it works
You're making the job harder than it needs to be.
If you ask me the whole crew is a bunch of Rejects you got the guy climbing up the pole not using a safety line when he goes around obstructions he just grabs the pole is hands going to sleep one day and he's going to die
Free climbing is safer if you take the time to learn it properly.
use a hand line maybe?
I revisited this video. No fucking hand line, the kid hasn’t been properly trained to climb. The guy in the camera can’t even breathe and he’s making fun of the kid. Hang the wire at the dead end poles, run BOTH PRIMARY & NUETRAL. Frame as go but pull to sag before you do middle poles, climb once tie in, go home. Use a fucking hand line!
Take a handline up help the guy out.
2nd guy looked like he was in his early 20’s and other guy looked like he was closer to 60. On top of that they probably been climbing poles all day. Camera guy waited till old guy was at his worse to record him probably to get him fired so he can replace him with a younger hand.
This really helps me find out what to expect in my apprenticeship thanks for the vid
this is why a handline was invented...work smarter...not harder...
I got a 55 ft. Bucket truck and a dozer to put it where I need it.
Weakness
Bucket lineman, scared to climb eh?
@@matt3560 I was a second generation lineman and we climbed everything. We had a bucket on our line truck but we only used it for big transfers or poles we couldn't get to.
you gotta want it.
+stan halat, I have been a lineman for 29 yrs. and have never seen anything this pathetic, I think it's time for him to start looking for another profession !!
Paul Kelly that is NO lineman. Climbs like it's his first time. Leave the drop on the deck ant tie it off to a line. When you reach your spot pull it up, dip shit CATV look like a bag of ass!
I just started out in the trade, it sucks climibing up with a line on your belt lol a lot of man power is used jp
What's wrong with screaming up that kids ass and telling his slow ass how to do things
My old Foreman is turning over in his grave. He would have whipped my ass all the back to the yard for that.
I don't believe that I would be under him, he might drop his self on me.
Gotta learn how some how, to see if that's what he wants to do.
They make handlines for a reason
What kind of Ringling Bros bullshit is this, send the man up with a handline!
There is no way he is a qualified lineman, no way.
He's probably an apprentice. Shit happens more than you think.
Apprentice that didnt go to line school.. People rag on me for going but i tell you what i can climb
He’s definitely not qualified. School or no school don’t watch your feet because they will follow you!
@@danfromga3002 I went to line school too. Paid for by the Philadelphia Electric Co. (PECO). I don't know if they even have them anymore. 6 weeks of climbing,building lines at different heights and a little theory. Make it out of that and then a 4 1/2 yr apprenticeship. Been watching some of those videos from those lineman "colleges" lately. Not cheap. Did it pay off or can you just say "hey, I can climb". I hope it did pay off for ya. One question. Does that "college" train you for your CDL A. That seems more important to get in a utility than being able to climb a 90ft pole in 2min. For the money I feel they definitely should. Would help young cats immensely to get their foot in the door. If they don't, shame on em.
Who ever filmed this guy and uploaded it saying how he is a "bad lineman are picks" they made it as hard as possible for him. Why the fuck aren't they using a handling? Like come on.
Take that bucksqueeze shit off and throw it away. If that dude can't go 10ft without struggling with that tiny little wire, he'd never be able to be a telephone lineman.
Rus bu that's funny little miss sunshine. We don't deal with heights (or high voltages) like power guys. And I'm glad. But the weights and tensions we deal with don't give a damn what height your hooks are. I guess now you're gonna try to tell me phone cable is light.
He's not even using a bucksqueeze. He's just hitch hiking up. I'm a telephone lineman and I use a bucksqueeze. You can climb very fast with one if you're good at it.
Working out in the state you routinely climb 40-50 footers even for the telco.
Your not a lineman your a technition. You do not work with high amps or volts. One wrong move will not burn you, blow a limb off or kill you in the blink of an eye. I have to climb past all of your shit just to get to my neutral wire. So don't try to compare watermelons to grapes.
Poor assessment by the supervisor. Simple handline will do.
This is painful to watch. A more proper way would be to bring a handline rope (dielectric, if needed) with block up the pole and and have his ground guy hoist the wire up to him. Climbing with that on his belt is a bad idea for many reasons. I'm 1:26 into this and gritting my teeth.
One Question and one statement. What Utility is this? And you never ever let an Apprentice climb back down.
Why
@@ryaniss3xy At least to go up with you. Make the climb with the guy. Don't know if they had that cat do that that way just to mess with him or what. I NEVER in over 34yrs of linework taken a span of wire over my belt from the ground up. Guess they didn't have any rope on the truck.
Don't think you'd see any IBEW stickers on their trucks.
This must be a fresh apprentices joke on him as we all have either had it done to us or done it to a new apprentice , As is usual way the apprentice uses leg irons to clime and attached to his belt is Pully rope with a hook on, apprentice also takes up a short chain he then climbs up pole puts chain to his highest point on pole hooks in pully rope and lazy linesman at the bottom sends up cable, wrap ties and insulator if required, easy quick job ten to fifteen minutes longest for person with not too much experience. same applies for a tower line take-up pully rope first much heavier though but easy if taught properly in the first place.
Cut him some.slack. First time I climbed and picked up a sixty pound lasher I got hung up. It don't take long to climb and do shit, you learn fast
He is not bad....he did it...
Shame on the other crew!
Ah, lots of keyboard warriors here, I see...
Man I’m nervous for when it’s my time to doit
That was about 20 years ago,we dont climb here in Finland anymore,we have big tractors with excellent cranes !!!
mannhaftigkeit even with bucket trucks or crane tractors, you have to climb sometimes. I'm not a lineman and I know this. Plus, the video quality is too good for this to be 20 years old
A hand line would have made this SMALL task a whole lot easier
i thought they are supposed to have one guy go up and he throws a rope down so he can pull whatever he needs up so you dont have to get all tangeled up
No handlines in Canada eh?
Yell need a truck for that
Rule #1--- don't become the resistor or ground.
You never put anything on or in your D rings, only the snaps for your safety
Remember we are a Team
They will give him another chance. In the meantime the other lineman helped him out so they could get the work done
Climb the pole..drop a line..pull it up..work smart not hard..😂
Why don’t you teach him instead of criticizing. You didn’t know anything at one point some gave you a break once
Thinking same, camera guy has an ego problem, he wanted failure so he could feel good. Ive been climbing trees for 30 plus years and my knees shaked like leaves the first time i spiked a tree lol. But the guys encouraged me to keep trying even though they were laughing their asses off. Spiking is actually great exercise if you move fast.
And another thing.... when you climb up underneath a guy...you dont belt off over his feet...you ask HIM to step down over your safety...geez.
Where's the handline ? What's the holdup ? How about production ? Somebody needs a butt chewing !
Bosses boy!!!
Typical millennial someone finishes the work and instead of helping says”I’m good now I’ll just get down”
Good god, get this guy out of our trade
Maybe he was sick, or drunk, or just lack of balls...
Is this for real? or a spoof..? 32 year in the trade and I never saw such pathetic work method. Not one of them can call themselves a lineman....not the guy on the pole for doing it..and not the guys on the ground for letting him. what kind of asenine way to bring up wire is this? No wonder they called linemen 'donkeys' back in the day.
This method works absolutely fine for taking up wire. Would much rather do this than lug a hand line up there
why not help the guy learn to do things better?
That's The hardest way to hoist a line I have been working on and the easiest way was to climb the pole and put the block and pulled from the ground. Psssst hey bro find your nearest buckingham linemen tools dealer. Tools make it easier . Blessings from Honduras