ELITE Lineman - Learning to Climb Day One
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- Опубликовано: 3 май 2020
- The fourth class of ELITE lineman learned to climb, and reach the top of the pole circle on the first day of the program.
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Receiving a complement from this guy while climbing must have felt like you won in life.
god bless the linemen. these are the guys that get your power and internet back up at 3AM in the middle of winter during a blizzard. unless you have lazy linemen, then it takes a week lol
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Linemen have it easy. Whos really under appreciated is the line clearance climbing arborist
I'm one. Thanks bud.
@@spencerkephart6238 not many of them around. Any time we come in contact with a tree service they are always asking us to hang atleast 30 guts on a single phase tap. No disrespect to them at all in anyway, but I don’t know a single tree guy around here that climbs a tree near an energized line.
@@spencerkephart6238 any labor intensive job is underappreciated no ones want to do it that's why every MOMO is asking for UBI
31 years as a professional firefighter and when asked if I wanted to be a lineman all I could say was "Aw, hell no!" Balls of steel those guys have.
Takes another set of steel balls to have the career you had! Thank you sir! My dad was on helitack for the Forest Service for many years.
What a fun job. And that instructor is like something right out of a movie, I want him to teach me everything
@Corey Thornton someone’s salty
He’s a great teacher!
He's a Hardass. Sounds like Bradley Buzzcut or R. Lee Ermey.
@@drpoundsign I was thinking Tim Blake Nelson in holes lmao
..."I am a Lineman for the County".
I was a new lineman 30 years ago and did it for a number of years in the cable tv industry. We never had the secondary safety strap. Bare hands to grip better with was the rule for us...lol I enjoyed it very much especially the outdoors and the freedom but, also the satisfaction of getting a hard job done. Here's to the linemen!!
I went through Boston Edison's line school in 1970. we had to free climb a 35 foot pole before they even gave us a belt . there were wood chips around the base of the pole in case we fell. different times I guess.
I trained as lineman in the US Army Signal Corp, at the time MOS was 31K (wire dog) as we were called, it was a lot of fun. When we trained on the poles we would throw a ball from soldier to soldier, if you dropped it or threw it badly, you had to retrieve the ball from the ground and climb back up.
Trained in the Air Force under the equivalent of that job a few years ago. We were in the same classes as Army. Still did this and it was awesome.
Me too--Viet Nam Era--36k20 Field Wireman. Ft Jackson training. You dont lock that leg, you gonna have to "hug that pole" Good Times.
@@billr2375 Signal Corp! "They can talk about us but never without us"
@@AelCosmo3744 if i wanted to do the same thing in the air force as you what are my steps ?
I just got home from climbing school. Im currently 19 and we do the same thing with the ball today
If ed Bassmaster was a lineman apprentice..
right? thats who i was thinking of
@@TrueHelpTV how does noone else see that? ahhahahahha
bartledoo
@@danielwdunn I mean just Look at it , just look at this , isnt it , Just look at it they got the telepphone poles just look at it,
pssh
Linemen are definitely a true breed and they are hero’s for risking their lives everyday my son and son-in-law are linemen and I have a lot of friends that are with power companies God bless you all thank you for what you do
The music makes some basic skills training seem epic.
I'm so glad the overdramatic music was put in. It makes it so much better! 🙄
Good job instructor,did that for 2 years.everyone needs to learn this skill and keep it honed sharp.It pays exelent,and allways in demand.
This looks some Attack on Titan scout training 😂😂 LOOKS AWESOME
I was thinking the exact same thing. I just got caught up on season 4
@@MrNeverSleep season 4 is getting crazy, what do you think about Eren?
@@bravobear1844 he looks tired, I'm wondering if he saw something about mikasa and Armin in the past Titans memories that's making him desperate, I'm a episode behind now so I'm not sure what we've found out.
I watch dub not sub so I'm always gonna be behind
Bunch of frickin weabs...everywhere you look these days...
@@ufc990 I was like you before I watched attack on titan. It’s the only one I’ll watch and it’s actually pretty good
I do line clearance. A class for climbing would have been nice but my foreman being my foreman took me to a 70’ maple and said “alright get on up there”. Lol.
I’m glad these boys learned how to climb on clean poles unlike I did. Makes a huge difference in training. That’s a great instructor.
IKR! At AT&T we were trained on crappy poles but I considered it real world experience since all the poles in Columbus OH were crap anyway lol
@@Vader99ify no shit fucking cupcakes we learned on scab ponderosa. You fall get up and start again. Belt and scare strap none of this newbie tit lick crap
They have no style
I remember we all had to climb to top and pass a football around on the last day. The bucksqueeze would of helped my nerves back then.
I remember free climbing. Watching the bucksqueeze, I'm glad it wasn't around when I was climbing.
The dramatic music just.... Brings a tear to my eye.
Good ol bucksqueeze, saving lives all the time !!
God those hammer sounds at the beginning were safisfying.
i have PTSD from them
@@bruh-om8ir You a lineman?
Man i remember my first day of pole climbing. I was nervous as hell lol. Never climbed with a buck squeeze, looks cool
And way easier
I don't think it's easier but it's alot safer
We didn’t have the buck squeeze in 08 when I went to climbing school. I climbed with one only once and it took forever to go up. It’s definitely safer though. We never put our safety around the pole until we got to the top lol. Free climbed ha
Unless you learned before the suppression shit you don't have a clue. Laid up miles of wire with a set of bashlins. No belt no fall suppression. Pair of hooks up and down. Mvti class of 92
@@koreymiller26 pup
These fellows are lucky...I had to learn on my own with maybe 10 minutes of instruction. Climbed about 60 poles my first day doing disconnects for a local cable tv company. My arches were black for about two weeks due to improper gear and technique. Only time a safety belt was used was once I reached my destination...free hand up and down. The one thing I got from that 10 minute instruction was "don't step in your safety"...my safety belt always hung loose from one end because of that. Kind of like boot camp at Parris Island...some things you never forget.
Only 10 feet off the ground
I free climb too. Those belts seem real time consuming. Plus how do they slide up and down a heavily gaffed pole. You learn on these perfect new poles then climb on porcupine poles that the outer shell is flaking away.
@@nealramsey4439 , okay, bullshitter.
@@nealramsey4439 The poles we used in training were heavily gaffed, its a combo of having the buck squeeze loose enough to go up, but tight enough to catch in case of a fall.
@@brianjohnson605310 foot hero’s 😂
These students worked well. Six months to a year they will be teaching someone else, and remember climbing up a pole may be natural for a squirrel but not people. Good luck to you all
You can learn the basics in a day. But it takes weeks to be good!💪🏾
Very true!
Twill your vids are tight home, keep them commin
DUDE EITHER YOUR CUT OUT FOR IT OR YOUR NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Terry Carey that only means you had the wrong teacher.
@Terry Carey 👊🏾👊🏾 determination wins most times
I remember being in pole school when I started in Bell Atlantic 27 years ago. We had a training yard setup similar to this and our instructor made us climb up to 30 feet and toss a basketball back and forth to each other to improve confidence and maneuverability. If you were the one to drop the ball…. Guess what… down you’d go to retrieve it and then bring it back up. I remember on graduation day, our instructor put our certificates on a hook at the top of the pole forcing us to climb one last time.
A friend of mine was a lineman working during hurricane Sandy, I never saw anyone work non stop like that before.
Just discovered this job and I'm already in love! It looks rewarding as hell.
GO UP 100 FEET AND THEN SEE IF YOU CAN SAY THAT........... BET YOU WOULD NOT MAKE IT TO 18 FOOT LEVEL.............
@@mefirst4266 your gay
It is,but its extremely DANGERIOUS if not done properly..know your shit befor you start up the pole or tree.
@@mefirst4266 I've climbed distribution poles transmittion poles, ladis towers etc. It's really no big deal.
@@mefirst4266 they dont make 100ft tall powerline poles you fucking donut
my knees and back are killing me just watching these guys!
Haven’t seen a pole climbed since the 80’s since the bucket truck. Every lineman back then had less than a 30” waist and forearms half that size.
Thank you I have LIRR TRAINING TOMORROW JUST WANTED TO WATCH YOUR VIDEO TO GET HEADS UP SO THANK YOU
Nice new poles! Class I just went through, the poles were all shredded. Multiple “elevators” on all of em
The instructor is my hero
Climbing is no joke, which is why I was a ground man! (Trees not electrical poles, that's a whole nuther level of hard!! Linesman is scary stuff!!)
This dude is the guy from the holes movie. lol I start in Horry in January I cant wait so fucking excited!
How do you like school ?
@@justinornelas2775 the first 2 weeks have been super fun. Learning something completely new is always fun for me and the instructors are very well educated. If utility work or linemen work is something you’re interested in I would 100% recommend going to a linemen school. Even before you sign the papers and pay a lot of schools will let you come out and climb with a learning class. That’s what I did before paying!
Cool man that’s nice to hear I’m actually at lineman school right now too I started in December at northwest lineman college. So far it’s been fun as hell
@@justinornelas2775 hell yeah man! I’m glad to hear it I also looked at that one it’s just a little to far for me to move. I read some great reviews on it!
@Opxxy yes
Very good instructor
He made climbing look easy
When I was a lineman we free climbed everything. Burned a few poles and hit some elevator cracks but I loved being up there.
my gramp was the climer for tree service for 50 years he did to he past on to his grand kids
Remember stepping over conduit? That's an ass pucker. Still think wiring a bank is easier off hooks then in a bucket
The buck squeeze is what I learned on I could never get the motions right on any other . The up downs on a Monday morning where the best 😂
Was in pole climbing school for Verizon, on pay day, the instructor took our paychecks and placed them on the top of the pole with a rock on top. Undeniable method to show him you could climb.
Good teaching good results
I love this!
Instructor we had poured lighter fluid on the pole and lit it if you didn’t m9ce fast enough.... different company. These guys are pretty chill
Yep.... Usually a chair waiting for me at the base of a pole when it's time to climb..
These guys had it so easy lol my situation was a whole lot different
What are the brand of pads on the spurs you guys are using. The ones I use now are bathing me on busy climbing days. Those looks comfortable.
God bless U guys......
I applied for a class A apprenticeship lineman job . At passed the written test now I have to climb a pole I have never climbed a pole I have to go up 30 ft turn come down . Im watching videos to get some advice . Thank you for the video
Look at them boys!
They have fancy belts. I climbed without a strap until I was up to where I stopped. Then strapped and climbed down. You could choose the belt up by throwing belt up a foot at a time after a step or 2. But if you cut out you were getting the quick trip down belted or not. Our belts don't hold you up unless it's over a strand or something. It didn't grip pole. Though I wonder how well the strap slides on a heavily gaffed pole. Looks like it would get caught on the splinters sticking out.
I like lines work, am from Ghana Africa
When we did this training, we were not allowed to buckle-off until we reached the top of the pole!
My legs started cramping up just watching this.
Awesome 👍
When I learned to climb in the late 90s, it was free climb up and down with 3 points of contact. Free climb because if you ever fell, you wanted to fall away from the pole and not skid down the pole. Lol. There were no safety squeeze belts. I'm not one of those bad ass "we were tougher in our days" type people. I was scared every time I had to climb until I got safetied off.
This looks fun how much is it to go to school for this
Took telephone telegraph lineman training before being discharged from AF in 1973. Hated it.
Bout to go to my training dec 6 💪🏻🤨
Man day of all new goodies
We had to climb with just are hands to the top and then throw the strap around the pole and secure ourselves in. Lot of people fell cause the spikes broke loose off the pole. Broken legs shattered kneecaps, very dangerous.
Well when we were on the top we put our hats there, then we tossed a ball, one who drops it climbs down and back up. going back 30 plus years ago before the net was around. to top it off the teacher took a broom and hit ya with it
Ahhhhh pole climbing week. Good memories! The only thing different they taught us at AT&T is when gaffing up the pole you had to shift the buck squeeze toward the foot that was climbing. But, in the field, we did it just like this 😉
Did you have experience as a lineman before you joined AT&T? I work as a salesman right now and I’ve been wanting to be a lineman for a long time now
@@Mathew5526 I had 0 experience in pole climbing before working for AT&T.
@@Vader99ify oh damn that’s dope I want to move over into that. Let me use your att uid so you get credit if I get hired
@@Mathew5526 shit I’ll give you mine when I pass my training lol bout to go dec 6 for pole climbing
@@carlosarroliga9916 how do I find a opening for a lineman for AT&T?
The hardest , most physical week I ever had going to pole climbing school. Burned one pole from 30 feet up, luckily I just gaffed myself in upper thigh. Have no idea how I did that. I think bootcamp was easier
I cut out a few times. I know we talk bad about the buck sqeeze but man. We used to free climb and buck in over the neutral
Mama's tit is awaiting at home
30 years ago I had to figure this out fur myself..... Now today I have to jump from planes to catch a thrill
If rather climb a tree than a pole, and I use pole gaffs on every tree every time.... Funny watching these newbs, be safe boys
🇺🇲🪂🦅👍🏼
I did the same fing thing,sort of fun comming down without the pole,ha ha ,
Those poor trees
Badass video. This dude does look like Ed bassmaster younger brother tho🤣🤣🤣
I gaffed my foot on the pole during the test. Superglued it then did my test and passed.
I hope i can work also outside in the philippines.. to showcase my talent on this job....
Jeepers, so much safer utilizing the belt on the way up and down! Phone company has us belt on only when stationary.
Climbing is simple once you learn it.
I just wished every pole I’ve climbed looked as good as these. Lol
I assume the hammer taps at the begging are to check the health of the pole?
Man this job look like a lot of fun
@Terry Carey my grandfather worked for the telephone company for his career. He was retired by the time I was born but he told me stories so I do know how dangerous it was. I bet this job is even more so since you are working with electricity.
@Terry Carey lol. He was a US Marine as well. So he definitely was.
I start in Oroville in Dec , can't wait!! Awesome video !
Class of 2003?
@@vladshvets6556 yes sir , I believe so. Packing up as we speak lol
@@chrishuys2671 nice brotha, I’m in the same class good luck to ya
@@vladshvets6556 hell ya brotha! Let's get it!! I guess there's a quick orientation at 4pm today also
@@chrishuys2671 hey Bud what group are you in?
Dude that must be so nice to climb, I’m a tree climber and have climbed trees 45inch around maxing out a 12 foot steel core land yard going 150ft. I want to be a line man cause it would be an easier climbing job and make more money lol. Or I climbed some crazy leaning tree that wants to keep making u want to fall to the side cause u have to balance your way to the top
pay raise is always nice but im not sure if line work could ever compare to the feeling of taking a huge top of a tall tree.
You ain’t gotta worry about the climbing try playing with 7200v of power
They ain't all straight and naked. 30 degree lean with 3k telephones on it.
For sure. I wish my first few days climbing/rigging/felling were this simple.
It's a rewarding career, man. Lots of money to be made. I don't recommend it if you like sleep, though.
Am a linesman too,i wanna join those teams out side my country
ALBAT was one of the hardest things I finished in my working career
very nice deal
Which Carolina boots are these???
it can be done if we beat the shit out of us some guy’s afraid of height that’s why if we can focus on climbing not falling we can succeed but we have to do it properly take it easy and following instructions face the fear of height and will overcome the fearness in us
God I can’t wait to do this when I’m out of the military. Can’t be many jobs better than being a lineman
If you like the views and being alone probably the best
Jack van Horne. Yeah, it’s ok in the good weather. But it’s not much fun in the freezing cold or lashing rain, I can tell you.
Need one of those suit.. just in case of end of the world or zombie time or tremor worm.. nice
just a question:
some of the wood poles look pretty beat up how often do you replace them? or when do you know its time to replace them?
The poles in this video actually are in pretty good shape. Every class has a fresh pole circle of untreated poles to climb on. Their rough look could be from being untreated. The poles themselves are in pretty rough shape after a class has finished learning to climb, so they are then changed out by the members of each class once per quarter so that the following class will have a fresh pole circle.
@@EliteLinemanTrainingInstitute thank you for the clarification i was looking at just one at the back it looked like it was used a lot while the others are look new thank you again
When i went to pole climbing 24 years ago they had us shave our own poles. We also free climbed. The bucksqueez is nice however I feel it can teach some bad habits.
They're no where near as bad as what you'll see as a trouble shooter. No staples or nails in them either
I'm turning 30 this year and have been considering going to a lineman school, I want an actual career I enjoy and have fun doing not just another 9-5 i dread going to. Everything i've seen on youtube about these jobs looks like they would be fun and rewarding careers! Anyone think the 30s is to old/late to get into the field?
Nah, thats prime time for men lol. As long as you are healthy and think you can do it. Go for it
You can definitely do it! If you want to explore coming to our school, you can go to elitelineman.com to learn more.
Hey I'm 29 too bud. We're in our golden years dude. We can do anything. As long as you didn't let yourself go after only 10 years out of highschool like some people have. I'm sure I'll look back on this comment when I'm 40 and will laugh at how naive I am. But hey, always keep on keepin on.
Better late than never to the party I say
Not at all. Your knees are still newer then a 10 year lineman. Your gonna get a knee surgery any way it goes.
Is having a country accent a requirement to become a lineman?
It's not a requirement, but it's definitely recommend lol
I suggest practicing it so you can move up quicker.
To us your the one with an accent.
Not a requirement but it helps
Lmao they even have their own ad at the end of the vid i dont know if its the same every time but its pretty funny
A young mans game for sure
I am 61. I climb most everyday. Started at 26yr old. Has kept me young
@@ozzy541 unless you get on with power company/ATT. DON'T BOTHER. cable companies/cable construction companies are dung. Move to another market. Chase storms. Don't stop a successful business just to climb for some crappy company that will promise you the world. Once you go to work for them. Hard realities will come to the surface
@@georgeacker9649 what are some unfortunate realities you had to deal with?
@@koaoi9172 I have been climbing poles for 33yrs. I never went to a school. I know most of these schools put graduates with non union contractors. Don't waste your money
How do I get into doing a job like this?
What is the Hourly pay for a lineman??
Billy Bob Thornton gonna play that guy in an upcoming blockbuster film 💯
Your supposed to check for foreighn voltage before all other test
Pretty damn cool
Excelencia
As kids in the 70’s we found lineman climbing gear and thought ourselves. Absolutely stupid
I’m interested in being a lineman, but I’m not sure what fitness plan I need to accomplish this. What would y’all recommend: climbing experience at a rock climbing gym, or powerlifting? Or both?
Day 1 hard cardio
Day 2 light cardio to start then an hour of weights
Rotate these for 6 days rest the 7th.
Forearms forearms forearms then shoulders too…
Lots of cable pull downs whenever you can..
You’ll thank me later
Grip strength is HUGE you will hurt so bad on your elbow and forearm tendons
Your hands and forearms will hurt more then anything. No one mentions working in rubber gloves rated for high voltage. It's like rubber band resistance
@@NQTOD thank you for the advice!
@@texasbeast2542 I appreciate the tips! Thanks!
@@katherynnethegreat8827 glad to offer
I’ve been thru ALBAT it’s no joke
Get your mind right then your body
You’ll kill it bruised
I wanted to be a lineman, but the first week of pole climbing, I was like "nope". If they can get the pole to X location, they can get a damned bucket truck to it as well is my thought ha ha.
Before I retired I was a climbing instructor. It was one of the most nerve wracking jobs I ever did. Always hoping some idiot wouldn't burn the pole.
I did it once. I was in the mountains near Asheville in the freezing cold. We were taught to unhook before coming down, but most of us hitchhiked the pole. I was at the top and took one step. then another.....and then I was sliding. I hugged the pole all the way down. My clothes were shredded. Luckily, it was cold and I had on multiple layers of clothing. I was shaking like a little girl.
Thats rite..
Burn the pole?
To all of us that were raised out of bed jumped on a snowmobile with belt and hooks and made the lights come on i salute us. Fngs are telephone
hi sir good day i am Philippines i am working us lineman here in lapulapu cebu city in Philippines I am interested to there how apply thank you su much.
My first 20 years was free climbing. Then the Squeeze. Exhausting!
The instructors gotta be straight outta Malt Licky Texas
We were trained two point free climbing method, this is WAY different than what I know. Safer, I suppose? That's MOST important...
When I started we free climbed first, then transitioned into the bucksqueeze. Anymore they don't let guys freeclimb at all, which anyone who understands you won't fall can do it.
@@joeyb7578 I like this method WAY more, it seems MUCH safer. buck squeeze is after my time, sorry my friend ❤️
As Electrical engineer, I am thankfull that I have people beneath me to perform those tasks. Bless Yall. Stay out of University.
Dudlididou. It’s always a good idea to stay in the engineer’s good books I found over the years. First rule, never ever deviate from the chain of command. This is sacrosanct to the engineer, and rightly so.