Nicolas Paré better that using the lines as monkey bars!

Maybe 500k volt powerline hes riding on skip many hazards of getting a electric shock

There’s also carts with go kart engines on them so they can drive from tower to tower, well worth the watch just for the crash kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jqmqqcKf2teRemg.html

@@MadeForStructure they turn them off, theres no way they are on working

@@lsupreme they don’t actually

Understanable, i dont have a fear of heights...just falling

same here, i feel exactly like that. I hate doing any kind of ladder work lol, I'd much rather climb

Totally, same thing with tree removals

Same with turbine towers. You cant see outside and know how high up you are until your at the very tip....

ever stood on top of 4 level scaffolding with no harness because you're working on your buddy's cottage, its a bit nerve racking

I love the you admire your dad. That’s the greatest reward one could ever have.

Don't worry we can meet again paradise

❤🇵🇭I'm also a transmission lineman..and I never told my son's those danger I've incountered.😊❤️

TQ.....iam also lineman in Indian hot line s

Your father is a great man from the sounds of it. Next beer is for Dad. 🍺

Sounds like a raygun

@@kevinshinnock6667 Apparently they used that sound when making up the laser gun sounds for the original Star Wars.

@@rags417 they do I saw that video as well

Pew pew

I’m glad someone else noticed that. It sounds just like the light saber

765 kv way better or a 480 ft 500 kv the best

As a distribution lineman now, I was in transmission work in my early years, hoist and grips to heavy and to far to climb now that I'm older and banged up, I have a fear of being burnt real bad now.

Please be careful sir

@@melancholyme5708 thnxs, will do👍

@@mr.winterspirit3858 👍😇

The harness he removed was just a belt. Dude's also wearing a body harness. My problem is that he clipped his harness into the cart @2:54...which is only kept from falling by two little clips. If the cart jumps off the line and shock loads, or if he falls, those two little clips are gonna snap. That's a bad day.

He still disconnects his fall arrest there for a second

@@DavidTube5 Where was that?

@@Empinada Not sure about that, those clips are there to hold the horizontal deviation of the cart wheels. I guess they could jump off, but thats at least a 2inch jump and the cart weighs quite a lot + his weight on it. Risk factor i guess.

How does he not get nailed.

You appreciate. As painters, we risk our lives to maintain this vital infrastructure. Along with bridges, water towers and all manner of steel structures. The general consensus among the general public is that your an idiot for doing it.

Not only easier but pretty much supplying necessities to households. Things we take for granted and he’s performing a job people overlook.

celticman why does everything have to be about you he was making a comment about something related to this and that hes thankful and because he hasnt mentioned PAINTERS you seem offended and to that i pity you it doesnt matter if your a cop an army officer a PAINTER a liner you risk your lives as civilians, everyday you walk out your front door with the world at your feet and a thousand possabilities its not all about you and dont change the original subject, you are no more important than me or anyone else you simply do a job you are paid to do you would not do it if you wernt being paid so dont dare think you are more importand, SIR!

They don't risk their lifes. They use well designed safety equipment and are well trained. Still scary, I won't do that

§paethon labor day

TotallyNotSpam that was a day started by union carpenters in the late 1800's

They are compensated for their services through $$$. High time workers like this make $80-$100/hr easy.

Nope!

No extra pay... We just love what we do.. Anyone who risks there life like ALL linemen do Every day, deserve there fair pay...

Lol

🤣🤣🤣

Just hang 'er over the edge.

Screw that, just send a mud falcon

@@madmax2069 “Mud falcon”??? That’s fking hilarious 😂😂😂😂

JohnDH1977 140 feets? how much is that in hands?

Napoleon Blownapart 280 hands

420 hands

thats not high at all for perspective thats a 15 story building

110’. Close though. Not bad.

People pay good money for this. They get payed big money for this

It make a great amusement park ride and see how many riders you get to ride on this lol

Zap zap

Supercharged??

@@sk3tchimdg3t33 🤣🤣

Danilo Rosich badum tss

bait, nice try.

triggered

LOL im glad you see my pov. cheers mate

Hey, get stuck in a 4 hour meeting where your client complains that your screenshots of a 3D scene "aren't 3D" even though he's looking *right at them,* then get back to me. The physical labor is nil, and the tools you have rarely break... but you have to deal with people who don't know what they want but know what they don't want or what doesn't look right. Sometimes I wish I got a CDL and took a trucking job, or became a technician for Ford, but even they have their stresses like thick traffic or having that one fastener that refuses to come undone. EVERY job has their hair-pulling moments.

At least this guy is outside, and working in keeping busy rather than sitting waiting for the day to end, probably gets to go home once he jobs done

Knees weak?

Arms are heavy?

Head is light?

Stephan Heyers Knees weak moms spaghetti.

Bruh wtf they just said half of the song

I'd be afraid of dropping something and have to go all the way back down just to get it again.

Pretty sure its how they make the 'blaster' sounds in Star wars lol

@@HarperBlade It is

Anthony Sigman well he seems to have all of his fingers so probably not many times haha

I'm thinking it's a bad idea keeping the hand so close to the cart wheel. Hold the cable further away.

Fuck the cart wheel lol imagine a splinter stickin up from the cable... i would think hed be smarter than that

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Christian Schneider thats fkd-up! Funny though!

They probably don't get paid extra for working at height

Yeah there is danger money factored in to their salary

From what I’m told, they are.

You've got 6 guys on the ground wondering "how much longer." So you don't want to be messing around.

@@xenonram that's what I thought.

I know they make really good money, but whatever it is, they should be making more.

The trolly and the human don't weigh that much compared to the mass of aluminum conductor material, fist thick, and hundreds of meters between poles. Ten people would not be able to lift that amount of material. In fact, inside that aluminum line is a steel cable for reinforcement. That invisible steel core is taking all that weight of aluminum conductors, plus trolley, plus worker. In fact, it is severely overrated for all that weight, because of peak loads during storms, and a possible short circuit current. The possible forces of a short circuit can be estimated by the heaviness of those spacers

My personal favorite is "I left my tools in - name your city - can I borrow yours".

l3n464 Shut up

Darn.

Fvck Google fun fact. That’s how they created the Star Wars laser gun sound. They hit the cable with a wrench and bingo

I noticed that too. I'm very precautious when it comes to things like that, makes me shudder. I'd much prefer working as a lineman over something like a mechanic where there's tons of gears and stuff to get your fingers caught in. I'll take the heighs and possibility of electricution any day

moms spaghetti

That sound is the air around him starting to ionize

@@Goat.phomator666 no it’s the lines that are making that sound whenever he hits it with something metal or taking off the clamps

@@prodDOJO Fun fact that's where the star wars blaster sounds came from, a wrench hitting a tensioned wire.

Ryan Young what does it pay?

BHousePhotography Here in Colorado your starting pay after schooling and apprenticeship is $47-$51 hourly with the company Xcel Energy.

JM Smith how long is the apprenticeship? What kind of hours can one expect to get? That gig looks pretty easy I can see how some would be bothered by it but really anything past 30ft it's only the view that changes unless your the guy pulling. Thanks for the info! Currently I rig in the entertainment industry so heights don't bother me...

@@BHousePhotography Usually a 2 year school and then a 4 year apprenticeship. Six years total but worth the time and effort as the company can pay for your schooling and they sometimes speed or cram the school into a 1-1.5 year time frame to get you in the field sooner. Very competitive and math applied, but with anything in life its the work you put in that you will see the result of. Good luck too you brotha!

@@BHousePhotography I know guys that their only gig is going on storm and they make a killing.... My dad went down after Katrina, Was down there for 3 months and was making an average of $6,000 - $8,000 a week at 60-70hrs a week...

Good point, the old one looked perfectly fine. Its probably one of those unecessary things that rules stipulate you have to do for safety reasons or preventative reasons

Actual answer from OP: rickrn2 The Spacers wear/break out due to the wind and weather. While we are on the line we change all of the spacers in the span this span had one broken down the line.

Henrik those unnecessary rules are what stops theme park rides from killing everyone. Or why elevators dont fall every time you press a button. Safety does actually need to be taken seriously. Its absolutely necessary.

Vibration takes it's toll after a few years. You would be surprised at the high frequency vibration that takes place in the spans between the towers

Why dont you get shocked when being up there? And dont power lines cause cancer? Are the lines off??

@@followthegrow108 well.... when I put them on it was a new line so it did not carry any current. However you can get hit with induction from wind or other existing powerlines nearby... even if the line was carrying energy at that point you are at equal potential so whatever energy it has is flowing through you. As long as you dont ground yourself when spacing ( ie: getting in and out of the basket without properly grounding first) your good. Very interesting trade. I love what I do. Hope it made sense.

Follow The Grow they only cause cancer in California

@@apg0014 yes thank you

@@maddawg4599 well i seen a study finding people that live with in 100 yards of those really high voltage power lines get cancer more than people who dont

We do get the respect we deserve during hurricane restoration then we are treated like piece's of shit again .our power is on why are you still here. Been a lineman 39 years and pride myself because I've never been hurt

@Stirwood2 The part that's breaking off is designed to break at a certain torque value which removes the need for a torque wrench at heights like this. Fasteners like this which may need to be removed in the future for maintenance etc will have another method of removal, for example the tightening head may be an outer hex requiring a socket to install, then the removal mechanism will be an inner hex, requiring an allen key/hex bit to loosen.

I’m curious as well. I’ve seen a few videos of them replacing these, sometimes by helicopter!

It's an impact driver. Inch pounds, not foot pounds.

Samuel Wild I was curious to that also & why they changing then out, they look like the old ones expect for the bold you spoke of.

+Shadyn Ebey Sorry to out you, but Samuel is correct in saying "impact wrench", as that's what the manufacturers call them. Also, they torque to ft lbs. www.boschtools.com/us/en/boschtools-ocs/impact-wrenches-23513-c/

+Shadyn Ebey (V0latyle) inch pounds? keep the electric screw drivers on your power wheels. doubt that impact driver goes down to inch pounds

Classy Mate, Good For You

Looks like the electricity was turned off, but on youtube you can also find workers on 500.000 volt

That’s what I’m saying and do I signed up haha

Soo many people say this, and its funny. When you break the tree line when you climb something this high, thats when your balls drop. Thats when people freeze up.