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A Day With A Lineman #41 ~ Up In Flames
As of midnight that day, the local police were giving the ability to chase criminals again in their patrol cars. Well this jack wagon, after calling multiple times threatening “suicide by cop” decided
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I guess this guy was done with the wheat harvest. “Screw this!! I’m putting this ...
... truck into the trees and leaving it!!” 🤣🤣 The things we see when running on a midnight power outage. #wheattruck #crash #linelife #asplattslife
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These gophers have been busy!! I could barely get the lid open on this ...
... transformer. It was packed completely full of dirt. Gonna have to change this one out and put some compacted gravel in it. #linelife #lineman #worklife #electricity #gophers #asplattslife
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After a fire ripped through Lewiston, ID. The boys and I went over to give them a ...
... hand getting the lights and A/C back on for the people. Temps were over 100F the whole time. #lineman #fire #linelife #dowork #asplattslife
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DANG!! It’s been awhile!! Well here is a fun one for you all.. Serving up a fine ...
... delicacy of Charred Owl and Smoked Snake… #linelife #lineman #dinneranyone #asplattslife
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Perfect day for some Linework! Had to reframe this pole to eliminate nesting ...
... places which cause power outages. #linelife #lineman #pnwlineman #asplattslife
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Wire Down ~ A Quick Fix
The local farmers are pretty good about letting us know what they come across when their power goes out. Whether it be a blown fuse, broken jumper wire, or the obvious wire on the ground or broken pole.
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Lineman Shenanigans ~ Getting a little workout in
A few days ago we had some wire break and hit the ground in 2 separate places. After getting the wire pulled back up and reconnected we noticed a few insulators had been tracking. This means that the
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A Lineman’s View
While transporting a spray rig to another field, a hydraulic hose burst causing the long spray arm to fall down. The farmer found out the hard way when the spray arm smashed into a power pole tearing it
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The Boys and I rebuilding some powerlines. Better get this section rebuilt ...
... before the snow comes… #lineman #linelife #electricity #pnwlineman #asplattslife
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A Day With A Lineman #40 ~ A Balancing Act
Yo Hivers!! Welcome back to yet another edition of A Day With A Lineman A Day With a Lineman is series about what High Voltage Lineman do and encounter to keep the lights on for our customers. Also some
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A Day With A Lineman #39 ~ Farmer Destroys A Pole Again…
Yo Hivers!! Welcome back to another edition of A Day With A Lineman! This is my attempt to bring a little light to what is Lineman encounter when building, repairing, and maintaining the electrical grid.
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A Day With A Lineman #38 ~ Road Grader Meets Pole & Lightning Strikes
The County Boys were out clearing some drainage ditches on the side of the road getting ready for fall and winter. They have been out there for a week or so working around the power poles without any issues.
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The Boys and I out here building those powerlines!! The county is widening the ...
... road, so we have to relocate the pole line. #lineman #linelife #electricity #worklife
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New Music Venue Needs Electricity For The Weekend Concert ~ Let’s Hook Them Up
It seems like an odd place to have concerts. A Golf Course Driving Range… really?? The range does have a nice slope so people can throw out their blankets and not have to worry about the big ol’ head of
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Had to spend some time looking in the substation to see what caused the 115,000 vo ...
... lt powerline to have a little hiccup and blink the power… Only went crosseyed a couple times… didn’t find anything??!! #lineman #substation #linelife #electricity #asplattslife
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A Lineman’s View ~ A Little Storm Moving in
Watch on 3Speak---I was finishing up changing all the old induction lights to LEDs in the shop yard, when I caught some lightning off in the distance. I better hurry up and get out of the air before that
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A Lineman’s View ~ Out With The Old & In With The New
Watch on 3Speak---Up in the Air with my Boy, Cheezit getting this new wire pulled in and dead ended. This is the last stretch along the highway that was in desperate need of a wire upgrade and new poles.
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Had an outage call the other night and wasn’t expecting to see this. T ...
Had an outage call the other night and wasn’t expecting to see this. This VFD (variable frequency drive) pump had a full come apart!! It’s only about 4 years old. Part of me would have liked to see this
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A Day With A Lineman #37 ~ Energized Pole Replacement Using The Fiberglass Tree
There are many different ways to change out a power pole while keeping the electricity flowing and the lights on. We call it a Hot Pole Changeout. Every pole presents different challenges and obstacles
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