Thanks for the info guys, our GE needs to be loaded with a jib/hoist also, too much for one man (at least this man) very easy to use once it lands :D at the jobsite though.
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Thanks for the info guys, our GE needs to be loaded with a jib/hoist also, too much for one man (at least this man) very easy to use once it lands :D at the jobsite though.
We have a GE autotransformer that we occasionally use when a residential URD service has a bad leg, we hook this thing up and it uses the good leg, splits it and you get two legs of 120 and your 240...
Crap, I've been using that type meter for 5-6 years, never had a problem at all, it is by far the best volt meter my company has ever provided.
Thanks CPOPE for the info, I'll send it along to all...
I agree with PaBen, when I was coming up, my company was just transitioning from the tie or tape up the loud mouth apes, as well as rip them a new one, to only being able to verbally abuse us, if we...
LMAO
guy attachment- frog
hot line clamp- red-head
fiberglass guy rod- celery stick
1/4" rope-pea line
Large lag screw- hard head
Put me in the camp (along with about every other J-man) who hates the new fall restraint. There is nowhere near the same amount of adjust-ability when it comes to pole size, climbed yesterday and...
Koga, where I work, the committees are different, but the results are pretty much the same. The bosses have no problem when a lineman speaks his mind, in fact they claim to relish it since it leads...
Let guy's know where you are soupy, and where you're willing to go work, and I'm sure guy's will be able to help more, good luck.
Avid, I got started in linework just before some of the major changes that all old hands complain about were being implemented. As others have said almost all companies have changed for the worse...
Little late to the party here, and my stories are pretty basic compared with some of the discussion but we used to cut in new cans all the time to an overloaded residential areas.
We would hang...
I have been a T-man for about 6 years now, but back when I was running trucks we had just begun to have a big influx of youngsters into our line garage. One guy in particular seemed to have the cell...
Built an Adirondack chair out of cedar poles, also a coffee cup stand, plans came off the internet, the chair is at my parents house now, I'll get pics if I can. Used a band saw to cut the poles...
Sorry, can't help mainline, though it sure would be nice to have an alternative to salisbury, they make good rubber hoses (guts) but their gloves suck.
Sorry to hear about the loss of another brother, thoughts and prayers to his family and friends.
Finally got a chance to check out the forums after restoration efforts. I was in charge of a sub-station with 14 circuits and some knucklehead engineer tried to send some of my guys from one circuit...
I use one of the products from this company, glorified hair dryer, that allows you to put load on one side then the other to check for voltage drops, works pretty well, if the problem is decent, our...
Dallas, talk to someone about getting some hard cover-up, they can be applied with shotgun sticks, and are a hell of a lot easier to apply than having to set up the bakerboard. I've been on a job...
More sad news about more lost brothers, thought and prayers to the families and friends.
Think out your jobs and be safe, we've lost enough already.
Good for you hotstick, the guy gave Linemen a bad name by being a jackass.
Creeper, a lot of companies have completely taken over training and if the relationship isn't good between the union and the company, there may not be true "journeyman" status given, but if you put...
I'm with you Lewy, phases would have to be covered if you were that close to them, but unless you are laying hands on the primary, gloves and sleeves would be adequate, don't see the need for the...
I've seen too many occasions where it seems a shift of voltage of up to 3-4 volts is normal. I and a co-worker once spent 9 hours on a "flickering light" call (idiot company enacted a policy that if...
Here in central Ohio, there has been a discussion about using copper clad for the last 10' or so, but the point was made that the idiots stealing the copper couldn't tell the difference and would...
I think running two phases into a single phase padmount is the epitome of stupid. Let's face it guy's engineers think differently than us (I'd call them idiots, but they are too smart for that, but...
I started with a Utility as a clerk, making $6.35, read meters for a few years (no hiring into OH line or our Network department for 5-6 years due to the economy, think it was investors wanting more...