Being a Lineman - Episode 11.5
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 18. 09. 2020
- Hey Guys and Girls! I hope you're all doing well! đ»
This video is a quick one :( I was busy all day with nothing overly exciting ... was actually catching up on some courses and paper work for the most part.
Most times a tree this size, I would take a work permit, ground the line and wait for back up.
In this case the extra help was going to be a while, and I could safely remove the tree while adhering to all our work methods. We are allowed to install grounds while waiting for back up, however I opted to treat the lines as energized in this case. I was confident in removing the tree safely from a distance with proper equipment.
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Keep in mind my videos are to be used as guidelines only!
Always adhere to your own company's policies and procedures.
Work safe guys!
Cheers!
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Have a great weekend everyone! Be safe !đđ»
Lol I we used the almost same setup just on a long stick (4 sections) today. Nothing bad just cleaning up some growth on secondary.
Hey man, I have come to really appreciate what you guys do.
Great video Aaron, Are you contactable? I have a relentless noise problem with a room sized transformer located 15m from my apartment as I'm worried about my health being affected. Electromagnetic? Low frequency? etc. Has anyone posted videos regarding the health hazard electric companies are causing us?
Good to see someone doing work sensibly while maintaining safety standards & getting power back up 10/10
Fatigue is a very serious enemy, as well. It is bad enough that it makes people punchy, it also hides how badly we are thinking and moving. (Carbon monoxide and wood smoke do the same things.)
Retired IBEW Local One here. Watching your videos from Naranjo, Costa Rica
Hey brother. Greetings from the east Hants area. As a fire fighter out here, you guys are great at response time. Stay safe!
Thanks brother! It's always a pleasure working closely with our emergency crews! Fire/police/Paramedics. Cheers!
Bobsdecline - Lineman blogger youâre in Nova Scotia, correct?
Great work! Customers in your region are fortunate to have competent and efficient linemen like yourself dealing with this stuff throughout the night. đđđ
we have been getting wind damage down here too. please up this cold air back up to Canada...lol
I've been checking out lots of pics from down your way! Could ya maybe hang on to the cold for a couple weeks at least thođŹ. It's gonna be a long winter this year âïžđ° lol
@@Bobsdecline I live in Winnipeg. EVERY winter is a long winter!
@@jerrykorman7770 I had family there. .. I heard it can be pretty brutal!
I think I remember this outage! I think I drive by that tree every day!
This guy is a beast. He knows what he is doing and will explain why. Plus I love the technical explanations expaining safety stuff and just teaching you the proper way to work. These kinds of vids are super valuable to me as an apprentice.
I've never been a lineman but over the years I worked with a dozen or so. Bob is very much like the good ones I have worked with; alert mind taking in the larger picture, safety focus, having tricks as well as tools in the toolbox, balancing all the "it would help if" with "what we need now is." I've only worked with one bad one, and the difference is night and day. The bad one thought of everything as a personal matter, not something he trained on. He was with us for almost a month and went somewhere else....
That saw is a beast! (Awesome!)
đđ»north shore Massachusetts nice job that saw is awesome đđ
đ enjoying all of your content from Missouri, USA . I respect the hell out of you guys out there dealing with some of the most ridiculous scenarios in poor weather conditions. Thanks to all the lineman for keeping our lights on !
He makes it look easy and logical. It's not really but he makes a lot of people happy when they get their power back on.
I never realized there were like lone rangers out there with a bucket truck in their driveways making sure the power stays on. You literally save lives by being on call and sober 24hrs a day. How does your oncall work? How man guys in your oncall rotation?
That is one cool pole saw.
43 years in the trade, I cut a lot of limbs and trees with a stick like you did..... but the hydraulic stick saw is a great tool.
Watching from Sydney, Australia đ
The best is to try to take down trees before they are high enough to encounter the lines. Easier said than done though.
Damn! Sharp saw.
love watching you videos. from pesacola florida just got our power.back on after the hurricane no matter where you are from line men are appreciated
Watchong from British Columbia. Great video !
Mark From Nebraska. Stay safe and keep the videos coming.
Big fist bump from Dallas, TX! Not much wind here, just a bunch of drizzle from TS Beta. Be safe out there and keep your stick on the ice.
Look like Dallas isn't having much trouble keeping their stick on the Ice! They've been playing quite well đ. Cheers Vincent! đđ»
stay safe and hopefully the hurricane Teddy wonât do too much damage
Couldn't click fast enough đ........ MissouriâđđȘđ
đđ good seeing ya again Corey!
Watching from the UK. Very interesting to see your work, thank you. đ
With all the late night work Aaron? How do you get enough time for yourself & family? Catch some time please this weekend? Always enjoy watching your videos!! đđ
great job Aaron
đđ» shout out from the Great Lakes state....keepâem going home safe!
đđCheers Cory!
I admire you for doing this kind of work and responding asap to get power back on I hired an electrician and we agreed on him coming at 10 now its 12:20 and haven't heard from him and this isn't the first time either
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That is an impressive saw
Bump from Buffalo NY. Stray safe.
đđđ Grand Junction Colorado. Awesome videos
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Awesome job. The fact that you are recording this, is just great. Makes me realize what it takes to keep the power on. Thanks.
For the county I work for, we use an insulated hydraulic powered saw for our tree trimming. Even though it's insulated, we don't inspect it because we aren't allowed to cut on the power line side. We let the PUD or their contractors do that. If it's an emergency, and the tree is down on the line side, we call the PUD to come out and we will cordon off the area while we wait. Our PUD puts on a certification course for tree trimmers so they can cut around live power lines. I would love to get the county to send me to that course. It's pretty intense from what I hear.
Nice job from Burkburnett Texas
thanks for these really neat looks into the life of linemen! thanks so much for risking your lives to do what you do and keep the power on for all of us!
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Thankful for all the linemen out there keeping the power flowing. You guys do a thankless job and deserve respect. Thank you from Knoxville TN
The first fact of life for linemen: there is the most work when the weather is worst.
Thank you for sharing... handshakes from the UK
Awesome instincts, trading , & planning ,, youâre a true professional !
Panama watching.
Watching from San Diego Ca
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I love your channel. I recently started work as a distribution planning engineer in California. Itâs almost exclusively desk work so your videos are educational for me seeing how things work in the field. I also did 3 years previously as a substation design engineer. Keep up the good work!
I'm looking forward to your next video. I don't work with any hydro companies but i definitely find your videos both educational and interesting. plus thanks to some of the knowledge you share i actually know when im out photographing local wildlife (mainly birds) what all is in my photo. not to mention hydro substations actually used to scare the heck out of me and if i saw them id pretty much head the other way .. now dont mind getting a little closer (like 20 is feet from the fence) for some of my photos ... there is one set of photos i wish i could send you. One day while walking to work i noticed a lot of arcing near a fuse not sure what caused it would love to hear what you think.
Pretty cool stuff man upstate New York just found you
solid work, Aaron!
Well done Mister.
Take care out there. Hopefully teddy wont cause to much havoc
Looks like we dodged a bullet! Was out all night, but had everyone back on in my area for sunrise! Only a couple big trees, Had some great help from a couple other crews! đ
đ watching from Connecticut USA
Out on storm in ns. Giving a shout out hope everyone works safe
Good job, you guys are worth every penny of pay rate
Be safe out there !
Bob Gallo thatâs right đđ»
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Cool video bro. anytime I grabbed the limb saw three words come to mind feel the burn!đ
Haha ! I edited out the moments where I had to stop an catch my breath! đ€Łđ€Łđ€«
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đđđ fist bump! From Florida!!
Need you down here in Gulf Shores,Al.....really enjoy your videos...
Ecxelente saludos desde MĂ©xico ..!!
You're still the extendo stick wizard đłââïž đ
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Ps wish me luck, might be finally starting an apprenticeship in the next month or so đ
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Have you ever been to the Deep South here in the USA? After Hurricane Sally y'all were heroes here in Alabama. Crews from multiple states were working hard getting the lights back on.
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Good job! I wish I could get my chainsaw chains half as sharp as that saw you used!! Still watching from Nashwauk, Minnesota. đ€đ€
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Hmm. Looks like you may be getting a bit more work sent your way...unusual tropic work. Bless. So how did you know about that thing? Just observation? Any customer complaints?
You don't have a hydraulic pole saw? All of our trouble people carry one on the truck. It is a hydraulic chain saw on a 7 foot fiberglass stick and on the other end is the trigger.
I do, they work great! Our company policy requires a second lineman on site to use it
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Bob, do you guys also have forestry crews for bigger jobs? We run trouble like you and have smaller saws and stuff, but we also have an on-call forestry crew for bigger jobs or when we get busy with other trouble jobs.
Weâre in east coast are you a lineman ? I went to university stfx, now Iâm a lineman in Ontario, love the trade, very surprised your allowed to work alone with the variety of task that you do, our utility requires 2 man crews to response to all trouble calls especially working aloft
Yeah 14hour day đȘđ», when you start in the morning?
Grind hard brother be safe you are appreciated
Regular shift is 8:00 - 16:30, that's when there aren't any outage/emergency calls of course đ
@@Bobsdecline Not that bad when there are no calls then. I figured that you would start at like 6 am or 7. The power companies in my area start that early. I live in Northern Indiana.
Yes that sounds good đđ», our regular work is from 7-19 but only 4days a week and 3 days free.
Very nice video aaron plus did you working on over time?
It's been pretty quiet on the weekend Gary. Today has been madness! Stuff I can't show on video .. Glad the day is over today. Keep dry in the coming days! âïž
@@Bobsdecline sounds good bud plus bad storm is coming are way of teddy
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How do middle of the night call outs work. Do you come in later the next day or if you get called in at say, 2am and work till 5 or 6am are you expected to be ready to go at the normal 7-4:30 schedule?
Great video Aaron, Are you contactable? I have a relentless noise problem with a room sized transformer located 15m from my apartment as I'm worried about my health being affected. Electromagnetic? Low frequency? etc. Has anyone posted videos regarding the health hazard electric companies are causing us?
How often to lineman verify the potential voltage testing device? Is it every time you use it by testing at know live source prior to and after using it or just routinely?
I recently saw you on a video using ypur extendo stick with your rubber gloves. Is this a standard where you are from? I only ask cause here in Virginia on Dominion system we do not. Dominion has a very high safety bar. Our sticks are tested. Any insight on this would help me in my career.
We have standards that are more so specific to using rubber gloves with particular uses of the extendo stick more so then the stick itself. An example being switching. Our standards require rubber gloves when switching.
There are many companies that do not require rubber gloves when using a properly tested extendo stick ... I would personally be ok with this, providing all equipment is tested and safe work habits are followed.
hi from buffalo n.y. [home of the chicken wing ]
Hahahahaha thatâs great
You don't want people cutting limbs out of power lines with a metal pole saw imagine that I'm just being a smart butt keep being safe keep on working
What schedule do you work as a troubleman?
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Hello from Maine. With all the storms and stuff down here in the states I often see Canadian line / tree trucks heading south. Do you ever get the opportunity to be part of one of those âSave the Yankeeâ crews ?
Absolutely! We have a rotating list storm work. We usually send just a couple guys from each local throughout the province, and all meet up. We attend most, if not all neighboring province outages and limit the amount of US trips according to urgency and availability đšđŠđșđČđâïž
@@Bobsdecline We're all NERC, but I never knew whether the assistance agreements crossed the Canada/US border. It makes sense that it would. I remember we sent crews to Puerto Rico a few years ago.
It looked like there was arcing down to the data lines. Do you call that in to telecom companies?
I'm not an expert, but I am a contractor for the phone company. I think that would normally be safely carried to ground through the messenger cable, but I could be wrong. This is probably one of those times where copper thieves stealing ground wire create more hazards.
Telco and catv are bonded to the system, so the messengers are grounded out, I also think the newer lines in service have dielectric properties.
@@kennyp507 There is not a lot of copper being run any more; fiber is king. It is also superb for underbuild. We had a 48 fiber run underbuilt on a 230KV line that ran through a bit of urban forest. A massive pine tree 5-6 feet diameter uprooted and sliced right through the conductors. The tree was hanging on the fiber. When the tree was removed the electricians just taped up the scuff on the jacket, resagged the nearby spans, and fixed the conductors.
you made a comment about how homeowners shouldnt do that.. what happens when you have been requesting your local hydro, the township and everyone else for close to 5 years to have 4 dieing trees removed next to overheads they look to be secondaries as the line feeds 2 houses only and is end of line the transformer is across the road before the first house of the 2 house feed... we had no choice after 2 main branches which fell rotted off fell and landed on a parked RV and fence then another part of another tree broke free and landed on a vehicle that was parked.... i had to bring in a linesman off hours and im not saying what company or name to help with the removal as even they saw the danger as these treese were probably 30% taller then the lines themselves he mentioned someone receintly installed devices to midigate the branches (spacers not protectors) they basically caused a sag in the line and the branches would hit the non live parts we then brought in an arborist who also deals with the hydro company for fallen trees though said linesman and we removed the trees ourselves.. 5 years waiting a written off $75,000 camper trailer and a written off $40,000 vehicle and never showed up... the vehicle insurance covered both without a single issue after we showed them 5 years of requests.. the local township showed up the day after and also had 0 issues when they found out the damage the trees were doing... the trees were on private property the post is privately owned on the same proprty with the permission to allow (said hydro company) to continue to run to the next property this was the only reason they left the post and trees so close to eachother... in your opponion were we in error to do this ourselves (except the fact we brought in someone ourselves privatly from the utility to help with the removal..) and before you ask its also an eastern canadian province i am located in but not the same as you are.
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How are you able to do this work without a work permit?
man i'm jealous that your channel gets a lot more attention than mine i get that you have more interesting things on your channel but man i just wish that i could get some attention. Stay safe line brother
You should love Hydraulic Pole Saw. Cut 10 inchs diameter easily with that . Otherwise I use rubber glove and a chain saw . I hope your are not alone and have a partner.
Fourteen hours? Mandatory eight hours? That sucks. Is that only on regular work days? What about storms? I guess you can never be too safe. Hey Aron who makes that saw?
During storm restoration we can work 16hrs, but that has to come from management. There's a bunch of stipulations ... I believe there's still even a 21 hr clause in there, but that would be a very rare circumstance. We mostly stick to the 14hr rule now. About 15 years ago we could work as long as we wanted! So it's still hard at times to swallow having to go home when a job is near completion. One thing is for sure though ... It's definitely safer having a well rested crew in storm season!
This particular saw is says "Notch model 35176 " on the handle... It's a 13" hook blade. It's awesome
@@Bobsdecline Thanks Arron Iâm going to get one for the truck although Iâm looking at moving on to a line crew foreman position.
Depending upon when the events start we will typically work all night and the next day till about ten pm eat and show up at six am then work that schedule till weâre done. Hard to get anything done around here in the dark brush and tree trimming is horrible. Rested crew is so much safer and more productive. Donât miss the days of going nonstop. Be safe my friend thanks for sharing
Hi! I'm from Ukraine. You have a great job. How much do you earn a year?
Could a tree cary electricity to the earth and create a dangours situation at base of tree ?
Absolutely! The type of tree can play a factor in that, as well as rain Oland health of the tree. Never go near a tree in contact with the lines!
You guys operate almost on Trucker hours. 14 hour work day, mandatory 10 hours off.
How far will 100,000 volts jump in air?
A common value given for the dielectric strength of air is 3MV/m. This would mean it can jump across (or more accurately break through) around 33mm of air. Keep in mind this is a very rough value and varies greatly with conditions such as humidity and even conductor shape. I've also heard values which would come out to being able to jump 100mm. Don't use anything in this comment as safety advice.
@@eDoc2020 In the olden days it was often expressed as 20KV per inch. However, don't forget the peak voltage of AC is 1.4 times the RMS value... 7KV arcs like 10 KV.
Once an arc gets going, it can stretch out to several meters. It becomes really unpredictable at that point, so that's why linemen are so picky about preventing and controlling arcs.
so not new to elecetronics but one ? thats always messed with me and i cant find an answer...so on the plug you have 2 ports of ac and one that grounds outside as safty...but then everyone talks about a hot side and a ground on an ac cercet ...isnt ac a vibration of push pull how is one wire a ground if its just alternating witch wire is on in an alternating fashion...i hope i wasnt confusing i may sound dumb but please someone help me understand
I'm guessing you're familiar with most DC circuits where negative and ground mean the same thing. When thinking about AC (and sometimes also with DC) you need to change your point of view. Ground doesn't mean negative, it means zero.
In an AC circuit like you speak of the wires don't switch places but instead one wire (neutral) stays still at zero volts while the other wire switches between positive and negative. I hope this explanation makes sense.
@@eDoc2020 thank you so much this helped it click in my head you are awsome
@@danbrit9848 You're welcome. Glad I was able to help. One thing I'll add is that many cases, such as three phase power, you might be working with a pair of live wires (or even a set of three) in which neither is a grounded neutral.
Your plug-in equipment completes a circuit between the line and neutral. Current vibrates back and forth through that loop.
If you measure voltage compared to ground, the neutral stays very close to zero, but it's not exact. That's because a little bit of voltage is needed to push current back through the neutral wire. Almost never more than a volt or two.
The ground conductor is an emergency drain in case there's an insulation problem. (It's also very useful for protecting a low voltage system from higher voltage, which is why computers use a three-conductor connection.)
It normally only conducts a tiny amount of current. That's the result of insulation not being physically perfect. Over an entire house it shouldn't conduct more than a few thousandths of an amp. And the neutral wires should be isolated from ground wires except at a single point.
Power distribution uses multiple grounding, but that's a lot more difficult to make safe at a human scale, so it's not allowed within customer premises.
Thank you all it tuck all of ya but I think I finaly get it ...truly thank you it was stumping me my hole life lol...y'all are amazing