Sagging triplex when you're alone
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 11. 01. 2023
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Seeing as how a handline is required either way, this simple trick can eliminate having to use service pullers. I have to apologize for the absolute rats nest of connections shown on the mainline pole :( , It's a fine example of what not to do!
Cheers all!
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Awesome trick brother!!!! In that situation Iâd usually slack off at the pole side so I can soft side the house because itâs easier to take up sag at the pole for that exact reason . Iâm definitely going to use this. On thing is it would need to be set up differently on a house where the service mast is strapped on the side of a 2 story house and point of attachment is a screw eye in the house and the service is pvc. Still great rigging tip. Can be modified for that particular situation
The lineman field is predominantly white, would you say itâs a racist field? If (thatâs a big if) blacks do get hired they get paid less.
@@planetstar524 In my local we have all racesâŠ..we are union so everyone gets paid the same despite race and gender. It is all based on Merrit drive and integrity. We dont see color. If youâre a bag of shit despite your color or gender then youâre not going to make it. Youâre not going to get pushed through in order to fill some quota. If youâre not cut out for this trade you can kill yourself or someone else. The shit bags weed themselves out. If anything in the interview process you have a leg up on a white person due to color or gender due to the new woke culture. But that will just get you in the door. If you suck then you wonât make it through. Well unless you get in with a woke utility then youâre good. All the shit heads make it through there despite race or gender. So long story short if you have that attitude already then donât bother trying to get in. Nothing will be handed to you. Stop basing your life on the color of your skin rather than your integrity and work ethic. If you keep that attitude then yeah youâre not going to make it
@@linehandibew6205 just asking based on real statistics. Thanks for the info
@@planetstar524 and just giving you an honest answer. Plenty of black and Hispanic guys in the trade. Yes definitely more white guys but again itâs based on your work ethic, if I have an apprentice and he sucks I donât turn a blind I because of his color. Itâs my duty to not push someone through that can kill me or anyone down the line. Good luck brother, go union
@@planetstar524 in the union everyone gets paid the same based on your level. 1st step apprentice up to lineman. We all get the rate for your classification
Please accept my condolences on the loss of your co-worker. I am shocked and saddened that a person's life was lost while serving the Province.
âShockedâ
As a Troubleman Iâve tried many things. Having a long set of small blocks is the way to go. Run up the ladder and hook into service attachment, pull it out to the ground and hook it on the wire. Then you can pull it up while standing on the ground and no danger of anything pulling you off until you see itâs capable of holding the weight. Thanks for the video brother.
That was a nice find at the very end of the video! My father noticed he had occasionally issues with the lights flickering and one day measured 110v on one side and 130v on the other! Utility came and found no less than 4 spots on the triplex where it had rubbed out or melted and was shorting out!
I saw the terrible news from Atlantic Canada and am hoping you're safe and well. My thoughts are with the families of those two linesman. Stay safe out there.
this is an amazing trick that alot of lineman dont ever utilize. ill 2 block almost every time im dead ending anything. saves me from having to crank up multiple different times with the hoist. also is nice when dropping out wire with a bit of tension on it. I love your channel man. maybe one day we will work the line together. have a good day
Even though I'm not a lineman, I still want to say thanks for sharing this information, not just for the nice trick but also the safety aspects of what you were doing there!
I've known about using a solid anchor and using block and tackle methods of winding up ropes to gain more leverage, but never thought about it from this angle (quite literally the angle and in my mind đ)
One thing that I think it worth calling out, not sure how much of a risk it is in your environment, but how using things like block and tackle pulley systems, especially when the rigging gives you over a 2:1 mechanical advantage - is the amount of extra load that the anchors take on, usually minimum of 2x the weight/force, and for each additional pulley, while decreasing the human workload (except in terms of amount of rope pulled), it increases the load on each pulley or block that's part of the system.
Then again, I'm also not somebody that works with block & tackle systems, so I could just be speaking out my arse đ (If I am, somebody respond with more correct/proper information, please)
Anyway, cheers from Seattle, hope you had a good Christmas and New Years!
The bobble head is great, it was really well done, your Mom did awesome! Cool video! :)
I love your serious safety attitude!
Stay safe out there Aaron, hope all is well with you and the fam!
Be Safe man, heard about the loss in the NBP crew. My Condolenses
Just awesome content ! Been watching you for a long time !! Keep going !!
Great educational video, Bob. Kudos, sir!!
Nice Rope trick Aaron. Never saw that one? I usually just walk up the ladder with a long set of slackies & pull the service up to sag that way.
Nice bobblehead! You should use duct seal & set that on your dashboard.
Using insulinks on a house service is not a good idea. We use parallel groove connections & plastic bug cover.
Insulinks are ok on a temp service (100 amp).
Keep up the great work! đđđ»đđ»
Nice trick. I am a electrician and usually don't do triplex feed. hear in Boston NY ,The power company does everything from weather head to the pole. Some times I do a over head feed to outher building that is after main breaker. I have a pully rope like yours that you showed but did not use. What gets hard is a 3 phase with natural . great job showing how not to get pulled off the ladder. Snow or no snow I always tie off my ladder. working with a extra guy is great . even if you can do it alone. The extra pair of eyes is a good thing even if just looking out for a person or animal coming threw the work area. That way I can focus on the job . love that bobblehead that is great. thank you for showing that. đ
Best practice and due-diligence will bring you home to your family. Itâs so crucial to always be observant and wary towards even the minutea tasks that youâve done a million times.
Thanks for sharing.
New merch
Bobdecline bobbly head.
Would be something to consider. Cool gift.
Love your videos!
As always, Great video! Always feel like I learn something. 5:33 I hate that especially on huge wire(have a section of underground like that). Very interesting trick but the thickness of the rope is way thicker than the pulling eye. That might crush the rope. Just something to consider.
I like the bobble head story. Sounds special to you. Any ideas of selling those as merch? I think it would be cool seeing all the trucks with your bobblehead on the dash. Hey i watch that guy too đMaybe a special shout out if you see one on vaca or whatever.
10 different ways of doing the same thing, I dig it and enjoy watching even the little things as their is always something to learn.
Great Video Aaron. Lots of good advice. It was a good thing that mast was secure.
Thanks Jeff! People are quite surprised sometimes when I show them how much tension there is and why I can't hook up their "floating mast"
i love linemen so much. in my opinion, they are up there with firefighters in terms of cornerstone of rural life. i live in the sticks (not too far from where these videos are filmed) and when the power goes out, its the linemen that we rely on to get the power back. even for people with LP heating, they often still require main power to run. same goes for wood pellet heating.
it doesn't matter what time it is when the power goes out up here, its ALWAYS back on in less than 2 hours. there have been a couple of exceptions where it was a catastrophic failure that required a full day of work, but that's rare. last time it was over 2 hours to fix, someone hit a pole so hard that the pole snapped into three pieces and damaged the poles on either side of that span. they had to replace the pole and run a new length on either side. it was crazy seeing a chunk of telephone pole swinging around over that wreck. dude was easily going 70 mph on black ice (drunk driver in a 4wd). turns out 4wd doesn't make your car into a magic carpet!
Probably above firemen, way more power outages from storms and accidents that need to be taken care for safety sake and returning power to communities than house fires.
LOVE the bobblehead! LOL!!!
Very useful video!!
I started watching your videos before lineman school and now that I'm in it, this stuff is starting to make sense! :DDD Very similar procedures down here in the US.
fun fackt! if you look at a map, Canuckystan is only a few inches north of the USA! I wonder if Mexico uses the same grid style as well?
@@cdoublejj Mexico is 60 Hz like US and Canada
@@cdoublejj Well it appears the hole world uses the same kind of tech. Different Hz, but it's all the same idea. Transformers, regulators, switches, fuses, etc. I was watching a vlogger in Japan and found myself looking at all the powerline structures đ€Ł It's pretty much all the same stuff.
I'm an electrician and know all the area lineman, that do hook-ups, we all have a small block and tackle set we use and it also has a locking feature!
Southwest Missouri here another great video
Great Video!
great tip !!
Thanks!
U just saved my ass man !! Thanks a million!!
Hi Aaron, been a follower for a while now. My dad was a lineman for Saskpower for 45 years. I was curious if you could make a video explaining your company procedures for a black out startup aka bootstrapping. Every company has a different procedures. Curious how your hydro company handles such an event from the black start source plant to the base load plant and anything in between like opening switches at sub stations to get the plant back in full operation. I watched a video on practical engineering that somewhat explained it. Would be some great content I'm sure. Cheers
The heat of car fires was an interesting statement. I wonder how different electric car fires are since they burn longer.
Love the bobble head â€
Make it easy for your ground man!?!youâre too nice of a lineman lmao be safe out there brother!
I appreciate how you talk through your jobs.
Just make sure videography doesn't impact your ability to work. ...cuz "Doctors" on TikTok are starting to get hit for malpractice because they TikTok on the job.
I don't think the malpractice is gonna stick to those doctos if they arent doing it while treating ect but I believe Aaron has said he does follow his companies social media guidelines like everyone should.
We recently needed to get our lines company to swap the feeder from the poll to the transformer 200KVA transformer 11kv ok the HT and 415 on the LT I think a rat chewed though the 11kv line. Hello from New Zealand.
your mom seems cool... that bobble head is great
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Lol your mom is getting into the merch business for your channel already
Don't they teach all this in school of course they do I miss when I first started watching you had more of day to day of your job in the streets it seems you are more turning into classroom videos đč I enjoyed that more but great job as always turning more of classroom videos stay safe đ hope too see more of what you do than classroom which I'd hope linemen of course take thanks
Definitely noted! A lot of my videos are made as a reflection of my actual work life. Sometimes I'll go weeks without anything overly exciting. Even then I've made some videos showing what I do on slow days, but try not to repeat myself too much. When things are slow is when I usually release videos such as this... But then when things are too busy, it's hard to capture/edit. That being said, I have no intentions on switching solely to classroom style videos! I'll make a point to create another day to day style video in the near future though! (A lot of times they end up under the "being a lineman" episodes as a title, as an effort to help distinguish the video style)
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@2:50 What is the "primary" wire on the "pin" used for? Ground? Lightning protection? Thanks for posting this informative video.
Your rope work is impeccable! You ever rock climb? Iâd trust you on the other end of my rope anytime!
I used to quite a bit! Absolutely loved it. Definitely don't want some day dreaming on the belay! đŠ
@Bobsdecline that's awesome!
You sound like my type of person!!
The Red River Gorge in Eastern Kentucky has over 2000 established routes. I lived there for about ten years and climbed all the time. Devil's Tower in Wyoming is the tallest thing that I ever submitted, but did some 600 foot climbs in NorthCarolina. I was always VERY particular about my partners. I've lost a few friends due to climbing accidents.
My mentor wrote the training manual for the high angle rescue team for the Lexington fire department and had been climbing for over 20 years. He was a great teacher.
Those are the kinds of people I like to team up with!!
Yep customer planted all those trees directly under the power lines and theyâre the ones first and most pissed off when their power is out because of THEIR trees falling on the lines or getting into and going phase to phase or phase to ground!
i use one of those clamps but never heard it called pork chop. Iâll use that from now on.
Are You trolling us by looping your ladder lanyard around the back of the meter as a ladder strap??!! if sooo kudos. Im wondering if that was an easter egg You were waiting for someone to complain about. Or did ya actually be like ahhhh seems secure just as a tid bit to keep ladder from slipping out. I cant imagine that being a Local practice??. OTher wise another good vid Aaron.. So many people dont understand the advantages of creating an advantage . I use a truckers hitch or forms of it without pulleys. Such a great advantage many probly dont realize...
Kinda funny watching this video and my power goes out hahaha
Whatâs up Aaron! Hope you have been good.
9:18 Wow, that clevis clamp is pretty loose! Given the tension on that conduit, I'm surprised there isn't a guy installed onto the roof. What kind of conduit is that? It's kinda weird how it is reduced down right above the meter box.
On one of your videos you talked about an app were you can do transformer banking. How do I get that? Thanks
Hi iam lineman in India
I love the bubble head your mom got you
We have what we call snatch blocks. It's just a small 2 block set up but the block has a spot that you can lock the rope once you get wire pulled up
That's kinda where I got the idea! Most of our trucks don't have any, yet they're such a great tool!
@@Bobsdecline I love your style you seem to have a very good safety mindset.
Appreciate that very much Justin! đ€đ
What happens to the cable you cut down? Reused or added your scrap bin at home?
Work smarter not harder!!!
What kind of gloves you wearing?
Here we don't call it a pork chop but a dog leg. That is a very fitting name tho.
Use a short puller but it had a leather strap instead of a rope.
Have no idea how old it is.
From my armchair, I feel like if a tech doing this work didnât know this already, they shouldnât be there.
Slack blocks are all I need
Pork chop... lol
A.K.A a Dutchman
11:04 The neutral/messenger between the clamp you put on for pulling and the end near the service head looks pretty messed up. Were you not going to replace that triplex? Or splice it or?
The whole thing was getting wrecked anyways. He was just showing how to retension the line
@9:00 some lineman ingenuity
Those wires are so much heavier than people think, had a few hit the ground
Did you fix the other junction that was made up incorrectly?
that fire-damaged meter is a lot like me - fully functional but definitely useless!đ
Never stopped to think how much weight/pressure was on the stand-off
Funny, I was thinking how easy that tensioned with only 2:1 I was looking for some slick trick with frictionless rings to give a 4 or 6:1 purchase.
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mule grip? we always called those pork chops.
Did it many time's in my career.
SWS (saggy wire syndrome) probably a pill for thatđ
Whatâs with the porcelain holding the secondary? I realize itâs company standards, but it looks like it creates more work and doesnât improve the appearance. Less is more.
Wow never seen a meter like that. By the way it's quite common for mice to make nests in cars and chew all sorts of wires⊠Not fun!
Hello,
Can you do a video on EV charging stations, like a Direct Current Fast Charger (DCFC) Stations Infrastructure Site Architecture be it Tesla, Electrify America, EvGo, etc... Most stations from what I see have have numbers on the green boxes of 1000, 14.4, 480. Can you talk about how all these numbers work to say charge three cars. Thank you
9:15 The service mast isolator should have been replaced IMHO..
Absolutely! The request was a tear down, likely the entire mast will be replaced with a 200A setup
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Tighten that spool rack đ
Nests in engine bays can be common. It just doesn't normally get large enough for the fire to cause damage.
Ever had a random burning smell in your car that went away? Could have been a small nest.
The owner said she poked at it with her snow clearing brush and then it burst into flames! đ
Have absolutely no idea what we were accomplishing here?
Is your truck running all the time? If yes, why?
That service mast is a mess
Why do houses and garages burn down and cars and trucks burn up?
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It would take quite a vehicle fire to demolish the frame?
Improper overcurrent coordination.
One group is more kaboom-able than the other đđđ
Cars and trucks have tires, duh
Needs to put in underground conduit and run new service underground
But, but you didn't 'sag' the line. I've seen people thump the line and count the number of seconds until the wave returns back from the pole. That's what I was waiting for you to demonstrate.
Nice demo none the less. I went for a ride around a pole top once following a piece of triplex. Glad I always tie the top of my ladder to the pole first and me to the top of the ladder second.
Just make a longer set of slack blocks
110v to a 208v on a single line
what's saggin backwards
why not just leave the drop , unless there going to do a complete service change upgrade ?
Usually we do! They specifically requested for us to take the wire... I was also puzzled at the request đ€
Solar? Going off grid? I thought it was odd too.
My guess is new siding going on the house and didn't want the strain of the wire pulling on the most when they do the siding so they can move the brackets hold the mast on the house.
No reason Tobe out there alone this is an unsafe act.
You better not be stealing my copper I dont have anymore and it is important my cat needs wwater wtf
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seems like alot of work for nothing..why not just use "pony" blocks or as some say slack blocks??...been using them for 35+ years and is alot less strain with out all that excess rope....by the way love your vids..
That's kinda how I got the idea... Most of our guys don't carry slack blocks anymore. Everything is either done with cable pullers or by machine. We used to use the gin pole quite a bit for back lot transformers, but now everything is either crane or backlot machine. Since that became the norm', slack blocks have become a forgotten tool for some!
It's too bad, they've got so many great uses!
So why not just have a couple proper pulleys? With a couple carabiners and double pulleys you can get up to 5:1 if you needed and you could even do most of your pulling from the ground.
Gotta work with what you got, not what you ain't got.
@@TurkeySandwichJr granted, but it doesn't preclude making it easier the next time by getting what you didn't have the last time... unless there's a reason not to do it that way.
I don't think I was suggesting any cutting edge methodology, or that nobody has ever said "Man, if only I had a couple pulleys right now". I was asking if there was a reason they would choose not to...
You're not wrong, but it can be difficult at some utilities to get tools that aren't strictly necessary. Line work is a game of "making it work", just generally speaking.
That being said, he surely has at least one hand line pulley on his (obviously well equipped) service truck, and so would most anyone. I think he was just showing how to accomplish a mechanical advantage with only a rope.
@@TurkeySandwichJr felt like they'd be pretty open to something that would potentially make for a safer or more ergonomic operation given the emphasis on those things. Not saying you're wrong but shouldn't be hard to sell them on a couple hundred dollars at most of equipment if it means you can put less strain on the person, less chance of chafing off the line on the mast hardware, or even less chance of a fall because adding a directional pulley lets you stay on the ground while hauling the line.
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I want one of those bobbleheadsđ
Googleing "custom bobblehead" comes up with a few websites.