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cool pics...I dont feel bad anymore....so your the one that burned the world down,...Im the one who got blamed.
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10-30-2012, 08:54 PM #1
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Long Line
Featured SponsorThis is a video of me long lining from last year. The video goes orange when I put the phone in my pocket to connect to the long line then it comes back out to shoot the rest of the video. It was a short hop to the line.
We ended up losing a phase when the epoxilator broke after we dead-ended it. We were on 12 foot "baker boards". The phase was grounded. It took off and landed on a 69KV line that was energized. This caused a fire that burned about 80 acres.
This is a video of the fire. It was in Junction City, CA. Way up in the mountains.
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10-30-2012, 09:00 PM #2
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10-30-2012, 09:01 PM #3
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Lol! Thanks Brother. I'm the one who told them it was you.
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10-30-2012, 10:45 PM #4
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Nice vid and pics.. looks like H&M?
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10-31-2012, 08:02 AM #5
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Thanks! That was United Power. They're a minority sister company with Par. Originally Posted by ntxhand
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10-31-2012, 10:05 AM #6
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Working from a long line under a helicopter we always called "Dope On A Rope".
That type of work is covered by FAA. If it was under OSHA jurisdiction it would not happen.
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10-31-2012, 11:39 AM #7
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What kind of weight limits are those epoxilators good for anyway...another words...how did it break?
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10-31-2012, 05:24 PM #8
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The ones we use for distribution up to 69 kv are rated for either 15000 lbs or 20000 lbs depending on which one you select. Originally Posted by reppy007
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10-31-2012, 08:26 PM #9
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Good question. I don't know. If you look at the picture, you can see half of the fiberglass end is smooth and half is pulled apart. I think only half was properly glued. Originally Posted by reppy007
As far as the weight/strain limits, I'm not sure. I think lewy's answer sounds about right.
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11-01-2012, 01:36 AM #10
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Featured SponsorrWhen they first came out,I really had my doubts....I figured the weather would make fools of somebody for buying them....as it turned out they made me the fool .
