I haven't been on for awhile and when I do the first thread I go to is the safety thread. Maybe they should change it to the bad news thread. What I've noticed is that over the years management has...
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I haven't been on for awhile and when I do the first thread I go to is the safety thread. Maybe they should change it to the bad news thread. What I've noticed is that over the years management has...
I've helped pull in everything from 336 T2 to U/G and have ALLWAYS used a swivel. We've got some newer pullers and they came with the kellum grips on them and I will be checking to see if they have...
northernap
You never said if that was all you were doing or if get trouble calls too. I've worked from trans and dist. and service work. It doe's make you a more rounded lineman, if you spend enough...
A few years ago we had a 65' high ranger that was a single axel. Chained up it got around pretty good. Broke the axel coming out of a ditch on it once, other than that it was a good truck. That crew...
Ok I got to jump in on this one. Being on the crew and having done service work, including gas along with being a VOL. FIREMAN. I think I can talk about this SAFETY issue.
I've been a vol....
I went to the union meeting and asked about the BA retiring from the company. Guess what, he can do that and he's not the first.
Before you start pointing fingers you need to check your facts,...
Been in linework since 84, worked everything from 345 to the meter and I'm an electric crew leader. Worked it all at the same company and union. Working in the town I grew up in and get called at...
I can tell you why locals vote to get screwed on their contracts. Just look in the parking lots at work and see all the new cars, trucks and motorcycles. Houses that are more than should have been...
JohnyH I don't know about the BA retiring. But I actually go to union meetings so I'll be asking. In case you haven't been watching the news Iowa is not a labor friendly state. The company can bring...
13 year old hard charging, best hunting budy I ever had. Come end of Oct. she knows when the hunting season starts and she'll start bugging me. GREAT DOG.
And GAS NEVER GOT TO $5.00 bucks here. Cap...
Here in the mid-west its going to impact our customers. Most gen is coal and that means they'll have pay the trade part for sure. They have worked hard to reduce emisions but this bill will cost em...
For homes in my area our line crews do all that work. The company does treat buisness's differntly. The narrows will dig in conduit but primary or secondary we pull in. Here in Iowa everything is...
About ten years ago we were working by the local airport and had a B 17 do touch and goe's. They were in the area for an air show at the Air Guard base 25 miles away. I was up in the bucket working...
Congrats to you guys, and I hope you have many more to come. Good health and good fortune to the two of you.
I'll be surprised if there is
We're not all as lucky as 6121202. Unfrotunatly that doesn't work when out of town hell sometimes it doesn't even work at home.
Proubly not the best anwser but alittle boose helps.
CPOPE
Hope this man is doing ok. You going to keep us to date on this and let us know what peice of test equipment failed?
Old Lineman
Being a Vol. Firefighter and working with rescue equipment the beener in T-mans photo would not be leagal. You web would be ok but then you would lso have to have curnmantel rescue rope....
I gota agree with the guys that say use a hand line and make it larger rope so you don't have to worry about it. When you're workinG off the pole you all ready have everything you need with you. As...
Brutus
Good luck with your recovery. Thanks for sharing and reminding us how fast things can go south.
Don't do it, bad planning and going the CHEAP route will get somebody killed. Sounds to me like they need to do alot of work on that circuit. If your not going to fix it right why bother to fix it at...
If your talking o/h sec our qaud comes with 2 ribs and 3 ribs and one smooth. We mark the smooth orange and that will be the wild. On prmy we've been red, white and blue A,B,C or 1,2,3. The company...
Don't care much for snakes either. But there is a picture close to this one out of Oklahoma and we have one of the guys in the shop that worked down there for awhile. He says that they found that...
kpfl
Sounds to me like you are already doing it right. Your safety guy work at wal mart for his last job!