I think when all is said and done about the new way of climbing you will find there will not be as many old linemen still out there. The bucksqueeze way will show to have more impact on people who...

We share trucks alot even the regular line gangs use them if they aren't used foir the shift. The big issue is what the OP stated in his post. Why do you have to work in a pig sty? Clean up after...

I have done trouble calls in undeground circuits for too many years. I have see just about everything that could go wrong go wrong with underground circuits. Unfortunately it comes down to money once...

Closing into suspected faults is a really bad practice. It damages the wires further and creates more work in the long run. We got away from that practice both for safety reasons and destruction of...

I don't believe in giving anything away and yes I do them in low call times. I was asking because I noticed it was a job spec on some of the trouble job posting here on this site. Just asking to see...

I think that the prez was touting this program to make people think it's energy effecient. I see it as another way to remotely open and close circuits and has nothing to do with smart. They may be...

There are applications for the buck squeeze I guess like training someone to climb a pole. It just about stops there since it's has everything to do with liability and nothing to do with safety. This...

I like to post a general question to all the trouble lineman out there. Does your company require you to do streetlight mantainence? I mean really, don't they realize that your responsibilities to...

I like to post a general question to all the lineman out there. Has your company started to install or is in the process of installing components of the so called smart grid technoligies. I see...

I don't think a house of cards is worth free. Eventually it will fall and somebody will have to repair the damage done to the systems they are in charge of. Go up to Detroit and take a good long hard...

The only thing that I can honestly say is that the bucksqueeze is a big pain. By the time I climb up the pole and start working my hands are freezing. It takes twice as long to get to where I need to...

I would keep my mouth shut in a shop that is plastered with that stuff. I don't think alot of people are aware of how much the goverment is trying to take over your life. It's a job you are trying...

I don't need an ego because If that drove me to comment on posts it would not be objective. I try to remain objective in my views since new facts are always are becoming available. I have noticed...

There is no healthcare bill as of yet,because it is a concept and is not written,so there is nothing to vote on except a concept that is in draft. If you listen to some of the politicos they are...

I don't see the point in discrediting a news group that reports on news as it appears. There has been a trend that is quite envident that the other news agencies are not quite reporting all the news...

I know with the buck squezze belt didn't have a fire rating on the nylon portion of the belt. I was involved in a fire quite a few years with another lineman in the secondaries. If we had these belts...

It has always been the contention that utilities are exempt from just about anything they want to be. It is more of a matter of liability than anything else. The Nec and Ohsa crap I have had my fill...

I am a poster on a few forums and this issue is the same on all of them. This is not repeat not! a capitalist nation anymore, you are now a socialist state. With the advent of the bailouts and tarp...

That's an interesting build on a recloser pole but it is a bit confusing to me. Why are there fused disconnects on the oil switch recloser? I guess in our area we use the recloser for just that. Our...

If he was injured on the job as you stated and was let go for inablility to perform in his present job he is disabled. I'm no lawyer but I know a little about the labor laws in America. The was a...

It's been a while since I've posted but I felt the need to comment on this thread. It's a good deal to start the thread and will help alot of guys that run across different problems in the field. The...

I haven't posted for a while but after reading the banter on this post my two cents are in order. The companies out there have adapted a policy of having contractors do the big jobs instead of the...

I think this must of been someone trying to a be a hero. Lack of experience in certain situations can kill you. I have done enough of the pole fire scene to look through binoculars before even going...

I changed alot of transformers out, none by myself. You are supposed to have a qualified groundman,no stinking bosses on the ground either. You will have some cowboys that think it's no big deal to...

I have been in the trade for 20yrs and still going strong. I was asking because I have heard some utilities don't glove it off the pole. I was trained to glove it off the pole and don't have a...