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  1. Remington gun oil. It's synthetic and very thin....

    Remington gun oil. It's synthetic and very thin. Squirt it on and work the handles and the rust will just ooze out of the hinge pin side. Speaking of which, that is what will mess up a pair of Kleins...
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    Falling never hurt anyone!! Feels kind of cool,...

    Falling never hurt anyone!! Feels kind of cool, that flying sensation. :eek: Sudden stopping afterwards can hurt like a ***** though.
    Cell phones are on my list of dangers in our trade. That...
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    Hate a folding knife!!!!!

    :mad: My first secondary fire was caused by a folding knife. Kicked the breakers on a 100KVA CSP Tx on arm-type secondary, working on the pole. Because of construction, they are 1 solid piece of...
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    We used to hotstick Hendricks cable in California...

    We used to hotstick Hendricks cable in California in the 80's. All it takes is a road flare. White phosphorous takes no crap from just about any type of insulation. Hold it with a liquid fuse install...
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    No one has time for a handline when you can just...

    No one has time for a handline when you can just overload your bucket with all you'll need so that the man on the ground can leave and go do something else besides watch you. I myself have bailed out...
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    I also use no pads__just straps. As a young AP my...

    I also use no pads__just straps. As a young AP my feet would go to sleep immediately while on a pole. One foreman I had noticed and asked about why I was always shaking my feet and such. I told him I...
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    Signal Seven on that Bobbo

    Signal Seven on that Bobbo
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    Looks like it'd be good for growing geraniums in...

    Looks like it'd be good for growing geraniums in your window though. :D
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    Amen Brother!! Off the grid. I'm going in a bit...

    Amen Brother!! Off the grid. I'm going in a bit different direction though. My shop is 100 ft X 135 ft and the roof has a very gentle slope. Gentle enough that there is sunlight on the West side of...
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    Are they suing them over the flash shields to...

    Are they suing them over the flash shields to work primary? That is going to eat into production in the summers when the EMS will be hauling off all the sunstroke victims. Oh well, maybe we'll all...
  11. Thread: shotgun jumper?

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    pickup mac. The sound it makes when you release...

    pickup mac. The sound it makes when you release it. Some have a trigger, some have a plastic lanyard you pull. Besides being all of a sudden when they operate.
  12. Thread: Oooooops

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    Didn't / couldn't see the broken chains and...

    Didn't / couldn't see the broken chains and binders no where on the road...............it's not like muddy tracks could let a machine slip off a truck bed if it wasn't bound down or nuttin.
  13. Thread: bees.

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    I use a bic lighter and a can of WD40. Burn their...

    I use a bic lighter and a can of WD40. Burn their tiny little wings off in midflight. Just momentary blasts though. Sustained spray can make one heck of a big fireball that can and will melt plastic...
  14. No apology neccessary bobbo. Shoot, go look at a...

    No apology neccessary bobbo. Shoot, go look at a sub. Trace the bus. If it's delta, those transformers will be hooked phase to phase as well. If it's a wye--they'll be one can to a phase and a tie to...
  15. whatever dude!! Did my apprenticeship in southern...

    whatever dude!! Did my apprenticeship in southern Cal and took plenty of money off guys like you. Read the transformer tags. That can will work if it gets what it's made for. "Phantom Y" uses an...
  16. This wouldn't happen to have been on Illinois...

    This wouldn't happen to have been on Illinois Ameren property would it? I've been on crews that went around for weeks ad cut in fiber links and isolated grounds just to be told to go back on the very...
  17. There is very little delta primary in California....

    There is very little delta primary in California. Only in the oil patch or maybe in Long Beach if they have any of that 50 hertz left. They actually run an ungrounded Y system. Called a "phantom Y"....
  18. Thread: Q time again

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    they are trying to make it all stupid proof

    Come work on ITC hiline property some time. Head to toe FR for everyone, grunts, operators, GFs, Superintendants, etc..........and then the fun starts when you have to work transmission in gloves and...
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    Seems like Detroit was still installing them in...

    Seems like Detroit was still installing them in the 80s. Last I worked on the West Coast they were still issuing cobb pins.
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    I know exactly how heavy the glass would be. The...

    I know exactly how heavy the glass would be. The old 2 piece glass you could drill and mount the base and then mount the end. I've bolted a few of them thru the years. I also know how heavy H3 &...
  21. Thread: North Korea???

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    China will end up being the entity that swats...

    China will end up being the entity that swats North Korea. If they allow them to bomb us, the bonds they are holding will be worth little of nothing. Between radiation drifting over Asia and the...
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    You don't set your insulators on the pole to mark...

    You don't set your insulators on the pole to mark the holes?? I've found that the irregularities in the poles cause one to have to shift side to side to get the stack actually plumb. Just measuring...
  23. " PORK CHOP SHOE " It's what they call them in...

    " PORK CHOP SHOE " It's what they call them in the midwest.
  24. Yes, if you are speaking of armless construction....

    Yes, if you are speaking of armless construction. Chicken wings in the midwest, gull wings on the west coast, they are pretty sturdy for awhile, but like anything made of plastic or...
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    Pole framing stands are made out of 3"steel pipe...

    Pole framing stands are made out of 3"steel pipe welded into a stand with cradle. There are 4 point and 3 point versions. As for canting a big pole----get a 20 ft metal sling and attach 1 end to...
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