Holy Crap what a hot topic!!!!!
We at our little utlitly have adapted to the equipotential grounding in the past few years at first I didnt put any faith in it I thought [wrongly that bracket...

Nice Summers and autumns but snowy COLD winters and cold wet springs most people are freindly , beer is good what more could you ask for.
Spur
Work safe or not at all

I went down a few years ago put my wife and I up at Don Shulas resort [Real nice] treated the ladies real good wined and dined them.As far as the assesment everybody hit most of it on the head ,the...

This particular model has broken so many studs that the tire shops in the area will not even change a flat and tell us that the truck has to go to the dealer [ford] as they are scared of being liable...

Here in New Brunswick most of our ford 550"s are havnig these stud problems some are soo bad that one truck is in the ford shop at least once a week for new studs also you are not supposed to spin...

Rusty;
I know this is not the place for this thread ,but it blends in real good with your's. I was wondering with the new job you have undertaken if you have compiled a list of companys, that with...

Excellent article Rusty!!!!
Work safe or not at all spur

Well Swampy I think we can agree that there is more than one way to skin a cat in this great trade of our's , I have used you're handline when there was enough grunts to go around but with todays cut...

Swamprat the pic of that hook is used on a running handline with a small snatch block and hook attached to it, We use it on larger poles. The hand lines I was talikng about are coiled up and brought...

This is not a trick just curious you said that you use a hook in the hand line? what type of hook is it metal or plastic? we weave a loop in our hand line on both ends of our hand line. Something the...

The first man has a shepards hook with a 12-15ft rope hooked to it ,you hook the shepards hook as high as you can reach climb to the hook belt in move the hook and start again. When erecting towers...

Our little utility forbids free climbing. To climb lattece or pegs you have to use a sheppards hook and fall arrest. The first man goes up with it and brings a fall line with him that all other...

a small but useful trick. When installing a bridle guy on a two pole structure, after your pole buddy has his on his pole take the guy wire put it over your belt stretch it to were it should go bend...

When cutting in a inline dead end [hot with gloves] to sectionalize a peice of line, turn the shoe upside down to put the nuts on saves going to the tool tray or calling down to the grunt for...