Hello everyone, We are looking for information on anyone who may be flying a drone for their utility. We are looking for info regarding certification to fly a drone. We currently have a private...
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Hello everyone, We are looking for information on anyone who may be flying a drone for their utility. We are looking for info regarding certification to fly a drone. We currently have a private...
We are currently looking at getting a replacement truck for our 1997 international MTI 42' boom.
We are looking at Duralift dpm-47 (52' working height) I know these are fairly new being out with...
We were cutting down huge cotton wood trees the other day, helping the rural county guys(dept of roads) at least get them on the ground. Its either we help them or they take out our line. As we cut...
For sale Pair of Hoffman winter boots! Size 11 or 11.5 Worn about 5-6 times excellant condition, Steel shank for the climbers! Taken up space in my locker want to get rid of them ...
Anybody ever thought about or actually moved from being a lineman or troubleshooter to a different position, lets say staking tech or metering department! Anyone ever miss the line...
Has anyone seen 60 min. recently!??
There was a man over in India that took sand and a special paint and put it together and made a fuel cell which will supposely and hopefully replace the...
Anyone having problems with their hydraulics freezing when its cold out, 25 degrees or colder!
We have a 2006 55 altec double bucket, when its cold we lose the jib functions, bucket rotation and...
We already have a tank heater!
We valve antifreeze from the motor into the oil res. and then back to the motor!
Any one having or had any trouble with trucks hydraulics giving them problems when its damn cold!!!!
We have a 2006 altec 55' boom with double buckets! For the past 3 years when it gets cold 25...
Poot u took the words out of my mouth!
To be up in a bucket truck 45- 50 ft off the ground with hot phases in your tree looking down over the country side, looking down on your co workers working,...
Our company just purchased a 700 polaris 4x4 four wheeler with tracks and a winch on the front! pretty sweet, will go over snow drifts like no other!!!!!
great for private right of ways
our switching is done in part with NPPD (nebraska public power distict), we switch the line out NPPD verifys that the load had been transferred (checking the vars) then we are clear to open the load...
how far do people push that 20kv test limit
we call them epoxys
Had a brain fart the other day and couldn't remember when finding total capacity on a transformer u divide kva by phase to phase or phase to ground example 50 kva,,, is 50000/ 240 is 208...
I got this from a old lineman, til this day its still the truth no matter what , apprentice or journeyman, journeyman or crew foreman,
never do anything without first knowing what the...
I'm both, I am a journeyman electrician , then went back to school for lineman, Love the linework completely , being a so called narrow back helps alot in trouble shooting!!! Now our district is...
We have a altec 60' working height , when dielectrically tested the guy noticed stress cracks both along the boom and also going around it! We have a 3 phase tree on the double bucket anything from...
You are correct, but dont forget that if you go from 3 transformers to 2 the wild leg will change positions!!!!! The same reason that you should float the H2's so the load will shut down!!!!
Check out Northeast Community College (northestcollege.com) and look up the utility line program . It's one of 2 in the nation that you get a AAS degree when finished! It's a 2 year program with a...
I work in Northeast Nebraska and Kayton has done work for us in the past!
Of course they are a contractor/ verses us a company utility so I will say that I think we do things alot safer than Kayton!...
We are a smaller utility with about 10 trucks! Our safety committee got us 7 phillips Heart start aed's they come in a hard case for our trucks! All trucks that do hot work have these, we do...
Here in Northeast Nebraska we run always and I mean always, A PHASE is north and west, phasing is easy and stays uncomplicated even for the iditots
See if anyone and help out on this one!
Had a call in a single phase underground hog confinement, workers were getting shocked when spraying the pens down with the hotsy sprayer! Did some...
Hey John, I agree with some of the things that you are saying but here is where I disagree. We have the same exact things happening where I work, everyone is tired of the bullshit, and the foremans...