Reply With QuoteI bet if no one calls that in it'll stay that way for yearsI would've loved to see that lightning strike.or possible the insulator is cracked. Looks like they used a 5kv insulator on 7.6kv
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10-31-2010, 12:12 AM #1
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Floater......
Featured SponsorSaw this today riding 4 wheelers in the hills..........wonder if Swampy can figure out what caused it........
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10-31-2010, 12:22 AM #2
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Last edited by topgroove; 10-31-2010 at 12:25 AM.
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10-31-2010, 12:35 AM #3
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I know it will stay that way...probably until the line burns down...again....
But lightning didn't cause this!!!
It's on Entergy property in North Central Arkansas..........and as dry as it is now, there is truck access......on another note.....
A few spans of a feeder was relocated in Camden, in the fall of 08... a DDE pole with underslungs on it was replaced, along with new blades...a N.O. tie between 2 feeders.......at the time had bucket access.....I was off when the relocate/pole change was done, but I told the bossman, that the jumpers on one side of the pole were not run, when the outage was done to relocate all the stuff........he assured me a crew would be there in a few days to finish the job........drove by there the other day, and NO jumpers have been run!!!
Current Supv doesn't care and then when the time comes, and they need that set of blades to 'tie to'.........all hell will break loose on the lineman/t-man cause it hasn't been done before now...............Old Lineman Never Die......We Just Don't Raise Our Booms As Often
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10-31-2010, 12:48 AM #4
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Well thats what you get when you let contractors do work outside of their comfort level
You get what you pay for.
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10-31-2010, 12:53 AM #5
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yessir!!
Originally Posted by topgroove
Well thats what you get when you let contractors do work outside of their comfort level You get what you pay for.
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10-31-2010, 11:26 AM #6
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Originally Posted by topgroove
But contractors are paid more?
I suppose I agree with that statement...Last edited by bones; 10-31-2010 at 11:29 AM.
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10-31-2010, 05:12 PM #7
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Originally Posted by topgroove
Well thats what you get when you let contractors do work outside of their comfort level You get what you pay for.
I guess I didn't read where Trbl639 said contractors did this pole, so it had to be some of the power company pukes....
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11-01-2010, 05:36 PM #8
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Called and talked to an old bud that works that area........he said he worked the trouble call.....contractors worked it, they happened to be close and the only pole they had with them was a 45, which they set, cause they were a long ways from a pole yard, and they really needed a 40 (broke pole was a 35) to give more clearance over the road.............so a freaking spec book had nothing to do with it!! Originally Posted by SBatts
BTW........he didn't know about the floater, said he hadn't been on that line since the outage that day......Old Lineman Never Die......We Just Don't Raise Our Booms As Often
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11-01-2010, 06:31 PM #9
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Damn to bad the contractors didn't just cut the top of the new 45 down to size. They must've realized something was wrong when they tied in the primary and could see what was going on one pole away
Probably figured screw it ... let the utility pukes worry about it.
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11-01-2010, 07:41 PM #10
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Featured SponsorrMore than likey...or it was Friday and beer thirty!! Originally Posted by topgroove
Damn to bad the contractors didn't just cut the top of the new 45 down to size. They must've realized something was wrong when they tied in the primary and could see what was going on one pole away Probably figured screw it ... let the utility pukes worry about it.
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