Super cool to see a climb I’m a 3rd and climb every day your belt is sooo cool I have a fall protection buck squeeze with the brown and green belts super curious how your belt works stay safe!!! Also the prize looks awesome hung up thank you soo much!!

As someone who operates a small ISP, I appreciate you taking the time to properly pop and cap the fiber. Too many power guys don't do it and cause us problems.

I'm waiting here for Ricky to come out screaming about the electricity for his grow lights.

"Its not tested. Treat it as conductive!" Wise words. We generally think of trees as "not conductive", but at 7k they absolutely are.

This style is honestly my favourite. Just finished my coop in Ontario as a power line technician, this helps me see what I watched from the ground as I was not allowed near anything energized. Invaluable honestly.

Egads! I botched the audio a bit on this one🤦‍♂️😔. A new mic is on the way 😬

and yes, the gopro style videos are excellent, learning how you work, and seeing all the safety protocols in place is excellent Aaron

I’m a DSO (Distribution System Operator) in northeast Ohio and your videos help me get better at my job honestly…I’m a good operator but watching your videos only helps me learn more to keep my guys safe. Be careful out there brother!

This video is one of your best - The POV is great especially the narration. Great Job.

As someone in the trades, but not a lineman, I find what you do so fascinating. Thanks sharing your work, and congrats on the 100k subs 👊👊

I enjoy all of your videos, does not matter the format!

I already had great respect for the way you work safe and smart. I worked Telco for over 5 years as a CO tech, and tho not a lineman myself I did hear horror stories from the lineman. Much respect to you for not only offering to save Telco a trip, but disconnecting the fiber correctly. 👍👍

Cool to see the first person perspective of you climbing and working

Hats off to linemen and linewomen! I’m deathly afraid of those high voltage wires. As a pathology resident rotating in the coroners office, I saw an autopsy on a lineman that was electrocuted, and the electrical voltage blew the back of his calf, foot, and boot off as it exited. That image stuck with me all these years.

Happy Labor Day to you and Other Tradesmen. You and Others keep your Customers both Safe and Enjoying our Electric and Telecommunications Services.

This gives a new respect for a lineman you're one brave soul.

Interesting fiber quick connect, we don't have that here. We have metal cabinets at about a meter from the ground on the pole and all the cables run down the pole to the cabinet, and they need to be spliced in every time, no quick connects in the cabinet

One of the best lineman right there folks👌

I love that you guys help out the communications guys, not sure that would happen here in the UK due to liability issues. Re: testing the pole like that, BT (british telecom) use do have a spike for testing poles for rot... now they 90% of the time use bucket trucks.

Excellent video again! Thank you for informative video. (Hello from Ireland)

That looked like quite the cluster. It was interesting to see that from your viewpoint. Thank you. Please stay safe, and God bless.

Wow POV view very cool!!

As a linesman myself (different country and continent) it’s weird to see you test the pole with the hammer above ground, we have to dig about 5inches down and hit it there because that’s where it rots out. Anyway we don’t climb poles anymore since about 6 years. Not allowed anymore because of safety. It’s either the bucket truck or a polyester ladder. Great channel, love you’re vids.

Watching from the UK, love learning about how you do things and the tools you use. Keep the videos coming, love all the different styles of video lately 👍🙂

Another great video! Cheers!

You Make it look EZ Arron Thankyou

It’s so great to watch a professional carry out his trade with skill, safety, and attention to the little details!

Entertaining, informative, and interesting. 👍

Thank you for bringing us along!!! Always be safe sir!!!!NJ

great content once again. Theres some little tid bits you can take from vids like these, My lightbulb moment was the attention to grabbing J hooks . You could easily break a finger or tear it off. They also can pullout as well and throw ya off balance. I know I mentioned primary ID in past ,but you gave me another idea and that is maybe some ropes and Knots beyond the basic Bowline and hitches if you do ever use more. Its pretty cool especially to compare your guys methods too ours however the end result is same.. BE SAFE my friend...

Good job Aaron.

i used to splice and terminate fibre optic cable for a living. i don't know how much its moved on since the mid 2000s but yeah, if you cut that cable, i'd rerun the whole thing because no way i'd splice or terminate it up there. i'm not saying it would be impossible on a nice day like that but ... no! 😂

Thanks for the video from Milwaukee Wisconsin.

after several weeks i finally got my 6 ton crimper the other day, its amazing! Milwaukee is a little behind

Always learn something! Thanks!

Good work...Thank you

Finally! An interesting video.

Awesome ! Always love your work. 😀😀

0:44 if you want to see a rats nest, open that Ready Access Terminal belonging to the phone company 😂 I think that might actually be where the term originated. I don't miss trying to keep that junk working.

I start line school tomorrow and you videos have given me some great context to what I’m getting in in

My city owns the local electrical utility, and I can tell you that the only poles that look anywhere near that bad are all located in hard to access backyards. They generally change them long before they get anywhere near that sketchy.

I've actually done that maneuver over an obstacle on a telephone pole. It's a lot harder than it looks lol As somone who deals with those optitap terminals on a daily basis, thank you for putting the cap back on. :)

Awesome tutorial on pole climbing! Thank you.

I spent a few summers working on CPR signal gangs around 1960. Most of the poles I had to climb weren't much higher than 30 ft but my training took about 20 minutes and mostly consisted of being told: Short steps up, keep your ass away from the pole, big steps down. Hand over hand of course. At least there was no voltage to worry about. I later joined Manitoba Hydro and was relieved when they made me a technician. You know what GAFF stands for, right?

Here is an interesting one. Ever heard of a small single engine plane hitting a high energy transmission tower? Happened here in Maryland a little while ago. Knocked out energy in a cold rainy night. From what I heard 170 thousand where out of power including me. Don't quote me on the number that's just what I happen to hear. They where able to get the power on fairly quick given it was out for only a little over 4 hours. Now regarding messy poles, here in Maryland some areas look super ancient where the poles are just about ready to fall over they are leaning so heavily. And because everyone runs their lines on the poles many of them are often a mess. I'm not a linemen my self. But I sure do appreciate all linemen out there. I cheer every time one switches a cutout back on and I have power again! You all are the unsung hero's that keep the power running. 👍

Hey Arron, Thank for your prospective of removing a service. Great video. Keep them coming. Steve from Massachusetts

Great stuff Bob, bang on! I have spent most of my career in the outdoor sports categories - yes, Canadian Tire was one of them. Love Canada and the people, you have a fun way of seeing and living life. Thanks! Greg Holmes, Marketing Director, Huskie Tools - I'm a fan!

awesome video! GOOD LORD THAT POLE! Needs a damn box with bolt on lugs for all the butt crimps i see, i know they'd never do that.

Yes sir love love the camera thanks

Pretty cool to see you climb. Very interesting! Great video.

Wow so scary! So glad you know what you are doing because I dont have a clue! Amazing video!

Love your videos I live vicariously through these I tried for year to become a lineman but when I was a young man it was much harder and no classes like now .

Sweet, another POV video. Thanks!

Phone Co., 5’ from the Pole, Gaffs better be Off or Protctr Clips ON or Suspension could occur if caught. Some gone out on Disability & Suspension Simultaneously🤪

Clean job and nicely done! 👍

another amazing video mate as usual

Hell na i wouldn't use that jelco 😂😂 You look good doing it .

Loved this video, quality looks great. Very good informational piece, I feel like watching your videos I’m going to walk into my apprenticeship with a very good understanding of safety as well as basic concepts which is great.

Thank you

That was an interesting job. I like how it was well controlled and thought out. I really like this style. Some of us will never get that close. Have to maintain a safe distance. They look so harmless. But they need to be well respected. I was watching a squirrel on a pole the other day. Went up the pole to the cross arm on a three-phase pole. Hops over to the outer phase. Then touches his nose against the insulator while on the cross arm. Looked like he wanted to jump on it but decided against it. Then went the other way. I think he felt the power. Took a real close look he did. I thought for sure he was going to pop a phase. Was interesting to watch. I have also seen huge vultures sitting on the metal tower cross arms. They have to be 3 ft tall. Hopefully birds like this fly off without one of you for lunch. I am sure you would just sit up there and have lunch with him lol. Hope your week goes well.

Thanks Aaron.

+1 on the Go-Pro Video segments. Stay safe out there!

Love your videos Brother. I've learned so much. Keep up the good work.

👏👏👏awesome

Really liked this video!

As you were cutting the triplex... You narrated something about not cutting the wrong wire. Well... I was mentally ahead of you 'cause I was like... Better make sure that's the right one so you don't take the neighborhood out instead of just one house!

Love your videos. Talking about being careful with J-hooks and fingers was a great tidbit of info. Considering how important safety is I was surprised to see the powertool wasn't attached to something, so if it slipped, it wouldn't fall to the ground. Also found it somewhat surprising that when having to move around obstacles on the pole you are allowed to do that with only 2 belts (so no safety during the transition) instead of 3 belts (so you always have a safety).

Whoever installed the fiber drop needs to pay attention and follow power to the correct pole.

Respect! Got a little vertigo just watching this!

Congratulations on 100k subs! Thanks for sharing your work.

That was interesting, but I would leave it to professionals 😏

Thanks for sharing

Good work sir!

Great video, Aaron! Thanks for sharing. 👊

Hey not bashing you what so ever, I learn a good bit watching your videos. Just wanted to bring up a few things. I am a JL from the states and we were made from day 1 to keep the cross over strap winched tight to the pole cause it won’t catch you if was as loose as you had it. There is a specific explanation that comes with it when bought new. And as for sounding the pole we are required to dig down a foot to drive a screw driver below grade. Found a bunch of poles that sounded good but are mushy below the dirt level. I know everywhere is different, I was wondering your thoughts or your regulations on those two things

Always hreat videos guy

thanks for sharing learned a lot

Didn’t realize the small mobile homes could get fiber direct to them. That’s some mighty impressive internet service for a relatively cheap living space.

tkzz for sharing.,.,peace

Very surprised you’re allowed to climb by yourself with no handline and no one to rescue you if something goes wrong. We would be fired if we were caught doing this.

I love the voice-over gopro videos aaron

Cool video to watch. The wire that you cut off, can it be reused for anything or does it mostly get recycled?

Great vid man! Im still amazed that you guys can climb alone but each union and company is diff so climb on brother 🤙🏻🍻

Hey Bob, I’m currently taking a pole climbing class and it’s really cool to see a first person perspective of someone experienced climbing. I was wondering if you could give some tips for staying cool in the summer heat while climbing. Thanks for the videos, I hope to be as comfortable as you on the pole.

Its interesting to see how different utilities are in different places. Even here in WI its wildly different then MI or MN. Telecoms on poles isnt rare but its not common for rural power companies, even in residential or towns they feed. Our small telecoms which WI has a high concentration of are almost exclusively buried fiber.

I'm surprised you can still climb the older poles, specifically all that dry and broomed wood with mostly all splinters. Here in California, our linemen most always ride up in a bucket now, especially on old wood.

I believe they make insulated heads the same thing as Burndy does

Great stuff brother as always. I wish we ran in 4/0 main LI e triplex. They run in 1/0 on our system. Seems to work fine so I guess if it ain’t broke do t fix it. Just kinda silly that our transformer leads are 4/0 copper and tap onto 1/0 aluminum lol. Guess that’s why we’re not engineers

rather ho-hum routine job but the details are still interesting!

Thanks. "have a spike for testing poles for rot... " FWIW, the fiber company was here (coastal Maine) last week and warned me he would thump my pole for rot. It sounded good to me but what do I know? It had two backstays with only one yellow sleeve so he installed a second one just because. The next guy who actually pulled the fiber just used a ladder. (Since power, phone, cable, and now fiber all come down this pole maybe he had no place left for his gaffs.)

I am seeing more of the Fiberglass line poles in the Houston area.

Awesome video arron . love watching these processes of how you work as a lineman. Keep up the great videos 😊

That pole looks like what you would expect in the slums of South America

So you'd be halF waY there already for Topping Tree's in B.C haa

Dont kick ooooooooot

Hey Bob, come to the Philippines if you really want to see a electric pole that's a rats nest. if I could post a picture I would. I honestly think that the electric company just adds new wire because they don't know what's bad or what's good, especially after a storm.

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I am from NL and all you ever see in use here is still the jelco pole choker. would like to try out a buck squeeze one day

LOL If you want to see rats Nest. On telephone pole. I would suggest you come to the Philippines.. Maybe more like nightmare😂😂😅😂

i cannot believe you climb poles alone...been a lineman over 35+ years i never have or will..it is unsafe...you should know ANYTHING can happen..by the way i do enjoy your vids...