Being a Lineman - Episode 27
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- čas přidán 1. 10. 2022
- Hey Everyone!
It's been a heck of a week! I snapped a few quick shots of some night work during hurricane Fiona... My name came up to do storm work in some of the other provinces, but I had to sit out on this one :(. Only a couple of us holding down the fort at home.
Be safe out there everyone! 👊🍻
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Thank you for your work, I'm still waiting for power to be restored after hurricane Ian. I evacuated to the other side of the state and it was amazing to see the convoy of linemen from all over the country driving down I-95 in response to the storm.
I am relieved to hear you are safe. I have been praying for you and everyone with these storms. Thank you for everything you do. Stay safe and God bless.
Must have been busy for you. Glad to see your staying safe. Thanks for all you guys do. Power is everything.
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I'm hooked on your videos. When I drove into town yesterday, I found myself looking at the power poles trying to identify different items. Thanks for the great videos!
Lol, the forensic lineman. Awesome!
God Bless Our Utility Crews!
That picture behind u in the beginning.. Man that was really cool
Thanks for everything you do around here Aaron!
Thanks Geoff! 🙏🤝
keep up the good work
I started to climb poles in 1974 Seabee then an apprentice ship with Local union then two power companies just retired in June
Congrats Roger. Retired almost 3 years from Local 1. Enjoy every day.
Fiona was quite a storm for that far north. My thanks and appreciation go out to all the people working to get the power back on.
wow im surprised the small distant from line tree / foliage ect from line ect anyway thanks so much for the updates Arron you can only do what u can at the time , thanks again for update
Storms suck. I work on the other end of it in the distribution control center in ne Ohio, seeing the lineman pov of it is crazy to see. Be safe out there!
All safe here in North Florida, Aaron but folks in Tampa and Ft Myers were not so fortunate. Stay safe my friend! Fistbump.
You fella, could be the next avenger. Grate work as normal. Look forward to the next one x
Love the videos Aaron! You're the man! God bless & stay safe out there always! 🙏 👍👊
I was thinking about your channel today, wondering how bad the carnage was up there. Glad to see an update. Our inspections are still getting canceled en masse here because it seems every single local inspector is in the city dealing with all the emergency hookups. We were lucky we didnt get hit harder in the south shore, theres still a lot of people in the province without power. Stay safe out there
Thanks for your videos. Our power was out for about three days in NS but after watching a lot of your videos I had a whole new appreciation (and interest) in watching the restoration efforts in my neck of the woods (from a safe distance of course). I also killed some time walking around the neighbourhood looking up at the power infrastructure trying to figure out why we had no power when a few streets down did...I felt like I half understood what I was looking at at least!
Good Video Aaron. Thank you.
Thanks for everything you do it's very appreciated. we were only out for about 12 hours but we're next to the hospital so that makes sense. The in-laws just down the road were out for 4 days.
Trees everywhere - tough for working on power lines but, sounds like a wonderful place to live. Stay safe Aaron! Cheers! 👊
We are fortunate to have you servicing our general area. I have a rough idea of your working place from some of your videos and knowing the area. Your hard work and long hours definitely do not go unappreciated
Been praying for you brother! My wife’s aunt and uncle lost their home in Florida, I feel so bad for them, my first year not going on hurricane in a decade, man it feels weird, thank y’all for all you do tho and always stay safe brother! I tagged you in a line junk post on IG
Looks like the maintenance guys have about 6yrs worth of tree trimming to do. We have the same issue around here (RDU). Although my lines are underground, I was listening to the aerial lines all around me getting hit by trees. A month or two ago, I was coming down US70 and saw the pine trees swaying into the 12kv lines - brighter than lightning; that had to be burning chunks out of the wire. (3 hits before the recloser stopped trying.) 20% of the city/county lost power... and there was virtually nothing here (lite rain, and wind gusts.) I guess Duke needs another billion dollar storm to learn to trim the ****** trees.
Be safe out there Erin. Tx for the video. I'm sorry you all got hit by a bad storm up there hope all your guys & crews come home safe. Not that long ago in St. Louis there was a severe storm that knocked a lot of lines, tree's and, limbs down. An Amerin UE guy stepped on a live line he didn't see as it was hidden by a limb. Unfortunately he did not survive. Sad I think I heard it was a high voltage line, but not sure now it been a few years ago.
Hi Aaron, sorry for the delay but we've been in Denver Co. for a few days for a wedding and hiking. Thanks always for all your recovery efforts. Watched all the news on the networks. BTW, loved the artwork on your wall at the beginning of your vid. Thanks for your update. jeff
Hi Aaron, I hope you are safe after working hard to restore power to the communities.
Glad you're safe and getting power back on. If you ever need a green apprentice let me know.
Hurricane Ian in late September 2022 was the first major hurricane to make landfall on Florida since Michael in October 2018.
The meter just needs a good cleaning :)
Since I retired I kinda miss doing storm duty with the fire department and the generator company. I was brought up in emergency management so always had a handle on the risks and developed good observation skills. One thing I learned early on was that a truck with a tow strap can move a fairly serious tree thats blocking a road. You just need to take a gander to see how much is brush versus heavy timber. Worst case is you break a few branches on the first try. If you can only get one lane open, then so be it. BTW, always observe for wires first!
Thanks for doing what you do Erin !
In NH, we walked between the raindrops. That's not always the case. It's just the [bad] luck of the draw whether you get hit or not. I'm quite happy living in mountainous region and not on the coast. I'll vacation there, dig clams there and fish there, but I'll NEVER live there(the coast). Just asking for trouble.
All lineman are the best!! Stay safe everyone
Be safe and thank you for the informative, educational, entertaining as always video
Thanks Arron. Be safe
Perfect timing! I just finished binging the entire being a lineman playlist (again). Hope you are well, Aaron :)
Been waiting to see what you have been up to durring/after the storm
Thank You and God Bless You and Yours. Dave.
Here in the Tampa area we have the typical damage to circuits from wind and downed trees etc.Mainly short sections of feeders that need to be repaired to restore service. Winds here were cat1 strength. However in Ft Meyers area where winds were just a few MPH short of Cat 5 strength. The entire area’s infrastructure has to be rebuilt from the ground up. A sizable task even for what I hear are several thousand mutual aid linemen.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for doing what you do.
Great video, and thank you.
you the man Bob!
awesome look at what you do and how you handle these calls it's really interesting thanks for providing take care #awsome👊
Glad it looks like everyone was safe and you all made some extra money! Definitely worse there with Fiona than central East coast of Florida after Ian. Unfortunately we all see what happened on the Southwest coast of Fl. Only excitement here was rolling the rocket in to the VAB a few days prior. Small electrical event!
I live in Central North Carolina and the hurricane Ian didn't do too much damage here. The power blinked a time or two but never really went out.
Great video Aaron. Stay safe broyher
Be safe Aaron!
Be safe
Be safe man!
I am in Boston NY and IAN missed us. but the one before we got clipped buy the remains of that storm. lots of flooding and scattered power outage. I did get a few questions about half power or low voltage during storm . I tell them call power company and report it. lower power can be caused buy many different problems. like a phase out and is back feeding threw outher phase causing a low voltage . in my area some pole transformers 1 phase can be connect phase to phase or phase to ground. depending where the break in a phase is some costumers may see a low voltage condition. outher question I get is why does power blink out just long enough to mess up clocks. from what I know a re closer does not operate that quickly .probably switching going on like a tap changer that can't be done under load. or some kind of grid switching. happens in my area a lot. people come home and clocks blinking . I am a electrician and I get a lot of questions about power trouble. Thank you for storm video. some years back we got a bad October storm . took out so much power that linemen came from Canada to the US to help us out. BIG thank you for that.😀
Your efforts are appreciated, but probably rarely communicated.... 🙂Thanks!!
13:15 Just wanna say here, that "bird dog" person you had running up and down the lines to assess damage probably saved those two kid's lives with just moments to spare.
I'm glad nobody got hurt there, but it's far too close of a call for my liking. Sounds like a good time to put a PSA out on the broadcast networks about how to act around downed power lines (aka don't be there, and if one lands at your feet and you somehow keep your wits about you you should shuffle your way out of the situation, don't let either of your feet leave the ground or contact with the other foot).
My personal rule for downed power lines is that as far up as the wire is when it's in normal operation is how far away I should be from it if it's on the ground, does that sound safe for most situations? If I can't figure out how high up it was to start with I default to trying to keep it at least 20m absolute minimum, and ideally double that far away from me.
You'll are gonna need a bit of time off after this storm's aftermath, but then again, it comes with the territory of being a lineman.
Thank you for everything you do, I have a question…do you think you could make a video for people wanting to become a lineman like from the start and what it’s like in training and what the process is. I know you are really busy but maybe something to give someone who wants to become a lineman..stay safe!! I really appreciate all your videos awesome job
Great video. Curious, does the company you work for install insulated primary wires? I know Central Maine Power here in Maine has been working slowly to rebuild circuits using insulated primary wires. It certainly cuts down on the minor outages, no more arcing from tree branches. I've even seen full trees on the insulated lines and power was still working until crews showed up to remove the tree and temporarily cut power to work safely.
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all them tree's we had the same problem here in Houston cause of Hurricane Ike tree's are wonderful dont 'take me wrong but people really should keep them trimmed or dont' have them growing near powerlines
Stay Safe....
Do/can you use the man lift as a crane to lift and move cut tree chunks out of the way?
If i look on internet about power outages from my power company (here, in the Netherlands), then it is mostly "Cable failure, happened by itself".
Hi Bob, love your videos.
I don’t know why I thought you were with Arkansas power but it’s obvious now you are in Canada.
What area exactly because I heard you mention a Hurricane?
At the moment we have the remnants of a hurricane heading towards us soon in S.C.
2 power companies here in Maine Versant & CMP Both sent crews to help restore power in Eastern Canada
Saw a ton of crews from Main on the highway! Appreciate the help very much! 🙏
@@Bobsdecline I'm glad we have help from you guys like we did back in 1998 during the Infamous ICESTORM 98
Hey Aaron, what brand of rain coat was that you were wearing? The orange hi-vis with reflective strips on it
What about water conducting electricity down the side of the hot sticks, can they be used wet/in rain or what do you do?
Привет Дружище ,тебе и твоему младшему брату
In FL, how does one decide to turn power back on or not? There could be so many chances of fire from electrics. What does one do? Disconnect everything and reconnect when deemed viable and somewhat safe? Yea, sure, reenergizing a circuit w/o immediate interrupt may feel good. But, how does one know that you're not starting a fire on some node of that network? Pretty tricky stuff when things are in such disarray.
it's the same no matter where they are. You wouldn't believe how many guys it takes just to patrol the lines to see what can be repowered. The key is systematic approach where they kill all the side streets and then concentrate on the main lines along main roads. This will power up the most people as fast as possible. It also handles police, fire, and hospitals first because they are usually in the center of town.
Hey bob!! I was wondering there was I could communicate with and ask some questions about getting on with a utility company and passing 5 person panel interviews and I have struggling. It would be a huge help!!
im amazed your ppe doesn't includeleather chaps to protect you and your fr gear when walking thro woodland like that
Defeating the restraint system pretension could result in serious injury or death in the event of a collision... :-) @23:38
Where are yall located? Im on the texas gulf coast, i lost everything to hurricane harvey.
Are you able to pull trees out of the way with the truck or just chop them up?
Is there a windspeed limit for the extendo sticks or just up to what you feel you can safely control?
Whatever you can control! Using the comms lines and neutral as a pivot point can help a lot! Bucket work is typically 80kph, but also circumstantial.
@@Bobsdecline I knew there was a bucket limit, in fact that was in part the source of my question, but I thought it was much lower than that from hearing things about when crews could start work after recent storms and from experience on articulated boom lifts. I guess that's the advantage of a short arm and small bucket on a large truck, I do some work in both scissor and articulated boom lifts, mostly indoor on the scissors and a mix of indoor and outdoor on the boom lifts, but even for relatively short articulated booms of 35 or 45 feet that I deal with windspeed limits are more like 35mph or even less and that's often gust speed, not sustained speed. (For those not aware, I say relatively short because some straight booms go to over 200ft and some atrium lifts, which are specialty articulated lifts that fit through standard double doors go to over 160ft, so while 35 or 45 feet in the air is pretty high and safety is critical at those heights, there exist much much larger lifts, and stability gets more complex the higher and further out you go.)
Hello, what is the purpose of the fuses to be installed in this type of support in the N3N3 structures that appears in 15:18 of the video? I am a distribution network designer at Neoenergia Elektro here in Brazil. I follow your videos but I don't understand English very well, I used a translator to write this comment. Congratulations on the work and safety first always.
What type of switch and maker @ minute 8:45
What do you guys prefer for lineman climbing boots I’m new into the trade and would like a good set of climbers
It seems that you're not looking for possible tree issues, before you cut them down to avoid problems.
PG&E was sued for this problem. Don't take this as a negative, just a thought.
It's an overwhelming process... Everyday it seems a new tree suddenly takes priority, while a healthy one that was never a suspect is the one to fall. We've got dozens of contractors out everyday, including internal crews doing both danger tree removals and full line clearance. It's like mowing your entire neighborhood's law with a push mower. Not only is it already too long by the time you get back to the start, but there also new plantation in spots that are simply a horrible idea.😟
@@Bobsdecline - I understand. Keep up the great video's! 👍
Was that the Milwaukee spotlight in those night shots?
Yes it was! She's still going strong 💪
@@Bobsdecline That's great to hear. It's on my list.
I have the handheld spotlight and that thing is great.
Stay safe!
Any idea what that thing on the ground at 18:22 in the lower right of the screen is?
I believe it's a plug/cap for a fiber drop termination
When you say “14 hour limit” is it 8 hour shifts with a 14 hr max if the shit hits the fan? Or is it automatic 14hr daily shifts
8 hour shifts... We then have an on call roster outside of regular business hours.
The 14 hours applies to broken time as well: Work 8-4 and go home.... Get called in at 10, and you can only work 6 more hours.
@@Bobsdecline ah that makes sense. Thanks for the response! Love your content!
Hello Aron, why are power poles made of wood in Canada and the USA?.
Look just how many there are of them... Imagine a 5 mile stretch of road how many poles is that... a few hundred?
So making them out of concrete (very popular style in ex-soviet countries) or steel isn't feasible.
Some of the telephone poles are made of wood, concrete, steel but it varies by the country. For example, it is typical to see wooden utility poles in the United States and Canada. In India, you'll mainly see concrete utility poles. In Latin American countries, you'll see steel utility poles. In Australia, you'll mainly see stobie utility poles (made of two steel columns separated by a concrete columns).
The type of trees used to make utility poles are Southern Yellow Pine, Douglas fir, and any trees stem that are thin like a log.
@@Diya6587 Yep, we've got those in South Australia. We call 'em Stobie poles after the guy that designed them. Their original purpose for existing (besides longevity) was because of a lack of suitable timber in SA. There's a decent Wikipedia page on them (that CZcams will not allow me to link) if anyone else reading this is interested.
America currently has poles made of concrete, wood and steel. Back in the old days, wood was all that was available and/or the easiest and fastest to use at the time in most areas. In Florida they are replacing alot of the old wood transmission lines with steel and large concrete poles.
Those concrete poles are super heavy, around 100,000 pounds and require a very large crane and a 14-25ft deep hole to install.
Wood poles = job security. Also with all the drunk drivers here in the states hitting poles they have a better chance of surviving the crash hitting a wood pole than a steel or concrete pole.
Is it possible to get an apprenticeship with just high-school and an aptitude test or do you need a course first?
Definitely possible! The more courses you have related to the field the better of course. A good place to start would be acquiring a commercial driver's license
@@Bobsdecline thank you for the advice I really appreciate it
I absolutely do not understand people that won't verify something is wrong before calling.
All you have to do is get up and flip a light switch, if that doesn't work, check your breaker panel. If they're all closed in but you still have no power, THEN you can call the power company.
help my OCD and peel the install stickers off your garage door buttons at 1:06 !
😳 haha, I will definitely actually do that.
and good work with all that you did! that is tough work in tough conditions!
Massive amounts of fomo here brother. Us Long Island guys are stuck here. No calls for mutual assistance l. All the non union and storm fleets filled up the manpower demand for florida. And honestly the pay being offered is 40$ less an hour than what I get here at home so it wasn’t worth dragging up. We’re too expensive for the rats in the south. That’s ok I’ll sleep in my warm bed next to my wife and hold down the fort here. The ibew has ruined mutual assistance by making storm rates negotiable in order to be competitive with the non union. They can keep their sub par rates. Was hoping to get a call for Canada but here we sit. All good though the fomo is wearing off. Glad you and your brothers and family are all safe. Be safe and keep your foot off the neutral brother 👌
$40 bucks an hour less than what you are making? No wonder it’s so expensive to live up there. I just looked it up. The basic cost of living is half as much in Ft Myers as in Long Island. Housing costs 125% more in NY. So if you make $80 an hour and they make $40, depending on exact circumstances, they might be doing about the same as you, they just don’t have as big a nut to pay every month. But yeah, it’s probably best that fellow Southerners come over and help. They don’t need to make $200k a year to live well. A hundred grand will keep their kids fed and gas in their boat, even if they do screw us all and keep fuel prices insane.
@@Bill_N_ATX I live comfortably here on Long Island. Love it here. No complaint on my pay. But I’m not willing to work for less. Being such a tragedy you would think the utility’s would be happy to pay whatever rates they need to pay in order to get the lights on. Profits over people though that’s the corporate way 🫤
@@linehandibew6205 South West Florida, with a lot of smaller cities and rural Florida, has an electric cooperative, Lee County Electric Cooperative, that covers North Ft. Myers and some cow pastures. It’s owned by its customers. No big corporate greed there. The rest of the region is pretty much all Florida Power and Light, which time I looked is a union company with a bunch of IBEW brothers in SCU-4 for linemen across the state and the Ft Myers guys in Local 641. Sounds pretty rodent free to me. Of course, they are holding down their costs, trying to make a buck. My major complaint with them is their pretty underhanded methods of keeping customers from installing their own
PV systems. There aren’t a lot of places in the world that PV and batteries make more sense. But they are hardly alone in that. Hell, I live in Austin Texas and we have a city owned electric company ran by screaming tree huggers and they love big solar plants they own, but are steady busy screwing the customers with PV installations by using some very shady billing practices.
@@Bill_N_ATX yes but fpl lovesssssss pike and all the rat companies l. Also fpl the guys that work for them it’s a split shop. Meaning some guys are union and some are non union.
@@linehandibew6205 Ah, did not know that. I grew up in a union construction family. Grandfather and father were Union Iron Workers. Two uncles and three of their kids were union pipe fitters. I worked one summer in the Texas summer as a laborer and decided college and a job in the air conditioning was for me. My cousins liked the money too much and didn’t under the concept of delayed gratification. Thus they spent 30 plus years as pipe fitters. They are all retired now on disability in their 50s because their bodies just couldn’t do it anymore. But anyway, there is no way they’d have accepted an open shop. Companies were one or the other. They mostly built power plants, refineries, and government installations where companies were willing to pay extra to get good workers. I know my father would have never trusted anybody but another union guy working with him hanging iron. It’s too dangerous a job for dealing with someone you have no idea if they really know what they are doing. I have no doubt that line work is the same way. Too many ways to die with just one little oops.
4 mins before actually going out. Tighten it up and you will get more views.
While you're absolutely right (and I appreciate the constructive criticism);
The "being a lineman" episodes typically have a lot more fat... They get less views,. but are easier to edit and appeal to niche crowd of 5-10k viewers whom are interested. Helps with content release when things are busy 😅