That cab is the cleanest I have ever seen. Most work trucks have a layer of empty and partially empty McD’s wrappers, Timmies cups, and butts on the floor

You can tell alot about a man by the way he keeps his truck, from the looks of yours , you a heck of a good man .

Wowzers! I didn't think this video was going to be so long! As I reviewed the footage I had, I was torn ... First thoughts were to buzz through it quickly with a voice over and try and spit out a 5 min video. Instead I opted to keep the narration attached to the original video and give a more in depth explanation. I try to keep a variation of both short and long videos with a wide variety of information.... but curious as to thoughts from the viewers?? Cheers all ! Be safe out there in them storms commin!🍻👊

I’m currently a cable guy in Anaheim California. I’ve got to say, you’ve honestly been such a motivation to me. I continuously get compliments on how everyone loves the organization and cleanliness of my truck. The ability for me to call out while I’m on the pole or in the bucket to a groundman and him be able to find whatever it is I’m looking for within a minute or seconds is awesome. People ask why I keep my truck so clean. It isn’t mine? It’ll never be mine and I don’t pay for it so what’s the point? I tell them because it’s my office. And I wouldn’t want to go to a dirty desk everyday and struggle to find my tools or have someone get hurt because I didn’t put something away. Thanks man, you’re seriously an inspiration for me. Tomorrow morning I’m going to sign the local 47 books as I’m ready to continue my journey into becoming a groundman for power and eventually a Journey lineman!

I put you guys up there with Police, Fire, Ambulance. You dedicate your life to making ours safe and comfortable. At 3 in the morning on a dangerously cold winter night, your willing to put yourself in harms way to insure our families are safe and comfortable. Thank You!

I'm a comms guy but the beaver tail is used for spreading Tri-plex wire.

Linemen the unsung heros, because this world runs on electricity, and you keep the power flowing.

My dad was a lineman for 45 years with Saskatchewan Power Corporation. Love your content. Keep it up

33years working for IH /Navistar !! Nice clean truck!👍👍

Just retired after 38 yrs with Xcel energy as a troubleman/service/ lighting etc, I can tell you value the importance of having a dedicated place for everything, night work is hard enough without searching for tools and material. Stay safe, wear your PPE.

Watching from Dallas, Texas. Starting my first job in the industry as a groundman on Tues. Wish me luck!

Thanks for the tour and compliments on a well organized truck. I am retired now but I had a service truck that was really tricked out like yours for virtually any trouble call and emergency. It seems you can carry 1000 items but the one you need is at the shop! I lost a few friends over the years due to complacency. One that survived was an amazing story. he was on a pole on spikes slipped and bumped at 12kv line that should have killed him, fell into a water filled ditch below, should have killed him but the sloping bank broke his fall and he slid into the water which quenched the burns. back to work in a couple of weeks! Stay safe and keep up the great videos. The beaver tail works best for smacking apprentices who are not paying proper attention to safety! :)

An organized truck is a clear sign of a man who takes pride in his work and tools. I am trying to relay this into the heads of the newbies I work with. Not going too well unfortunately.

Today I learned that in Canadian English, the past tense of "rig" is "rug" 😂

When you said and most importantly wasp spray that resonated so deeply with me lol. I carry so much of that stuff on my lift truck my co-workers think I'm crazy but I simply say you can never have too much wasp spray.

Retired firefighter from the States here.....Our City has its own electric department, and ALWAYS REALLY happy when they show up at our fires. Pretty good guys! Stay safe.

I am a firefighter in Centreville, NB. We work with you guys a lot! keep up the good work

Good looking truck. Just bought a similar one for my electrical company.

I’m an inside wireman and I like seeing how outside lineman do things. It looks like we will set up our trucks in a similar way, we all keep our tools in the same spots so it’s no big secret. We weld brackets on the back side of tool bin doors with a big slide rod that pad locks inside another compartment or under the body. I have seen had a few attempts over my 33 years at getting in at the yard and so far none have been successful , they just pry the hell out of the door and make enough noise to wake the guard. It gives our welders a good laugh.

Hello from Oklahoma .Your 110% correct about the lack of honest people lol. And a beaver tail is for splitting secondary i believe . Great Video Brother

The western Canadian transmission line environmental inspector in me applauds knowing where your spill kit is.

First year residential apprentice here, big respect for you linemen thanks for doing the work you guys do to keep us all powered up. Great truck tour btw, wish I had something like that for work haha

Video was just the right length. Pretty sure I’ve never complained about anything being too long ...I love the details. I’m watching from right next door, great state of Maine.

Thank you for this. I'm in West Virginia, USA and will be starting Lineman school in September. Can't wait to join the Brotherhood!!!

We use single 3 phase 11kv to 415v transformers delta/star....connections at 50Hz in NZ. The rural houses get 2 phase supplies the cities usually only 230VAC....interesting channel. Auckland New Zealand.

I recognize that yellow insulated service wrap. My boss purchased a large roll for our shop. Came in handy behind substation panels whenever working close proximity to energized circuits. Typically 120 vac or 130 vdc in our world. I worked in a test group for a New England Utility, 33 years. Stay safe and thanks for your video.

My son works for Eversource as a lineman in CT so it was cool to see your truck. He has the same small truck doing troubles also.

Always Love the content! Keep up the good work, I'm learning a lot from you about being a good lineman. I'm watching from Bahrain in the Middle-East, currently active duty US Navy Electrician. I can't wait to go work IBEW again, loved being a groundsman even on the tree-side. God bless Brother!

I am from the east coast also. Winters can be nasty at times. I really appreciate your devotion. Thanks you so much!!!

Great stuff! I love the amount of customization there has been on your truck, all those drawers, tills, lights and hooks surely take a lot of time for the garage to set up. All the best from Belgium, stay safe!

Wow, the company that worked for would have never paid for all those “extra” diamond plate boxes, Being a service tech was my favorite. My favorite service size boom was the Altec AT37G on a Ford F-450 / F-550 chassis.

Awesome video, I'm glad you could get away from the news long enough to make it!

I really enjoy your videos. Very informative and its great to see the high focus on safety. My Dad (now deceased) was a lineman and though I took a different career path I always loved the trade...so much so that I have a large insulator and vintage line materials (cutouts, switches, tools, arresters) collection spanning back 45 years. Interesting to see the changes (your computerized maps for example (my dad used folding paper maps of lines) the transition from porcelain to composite etc. It will be interesting to see how well the composite materials hold up -- thanks again!!

The right kit for the job is essential and keeping it all neatly stowed really important + readily accessable too. Great tour around your truck, yeah a 4x4 would be the ideal maybe one day! Keep up the good work ;-))

👊 journeyman lineman from Princeton, Illinois. I really appreciate the time you put in to share our trade with the world! Doing an awesome job!

Love the longer videos. Thanks for the tour of the rig. Please keep them coming.

I'm watching from Tuscaloosa, Alabama USA and work as a Department of Transportation crew leader. We sometimes come into situations where Alabama Power has to come out and disconnect power so we can do our job safely. Thank You guys for the job that you do all over the world

Thanks for sharing as a new Groundman this helps me learn a bit.

Thanks for the video. I design utility service bodies and this video will definitely help new hires understand what all goes into these trucks.

Beaver tail and/or “splitter”. We use them to split any “twisted” conductor. T2 primary to be able to use smaller H’s on. Or Secondary triplex or quad.

I’ve been looking for videos like this for a while. Thanks

Great video 👍 The cleanest and organized truck I've ever seen 👏

We call the beaver tail a triplex spreader since we no longer use it for the rubber ties. Next time you rip a mud flap off backing into a snow bank, keep in mind that they make the toughest floor mats you can ever get. Got one on drivers and passengers side so far 🙂

I used to do cable, and I love seeing someone who maintains their trucks. I hated when I had to have mine serviced and took a loaner truck and just absolutely wrecked, and the other teammates just wreck their trucks, ashing cigarettes into cupholders, coffee with no lids, and just mud and gunk everywhere. While I got out of the field work profession due to health reasons, I do miss it, and awesome seeing these kinds of videos.

I’m an electrician from St. Louis Missouri here in the United States, I admire guys who do line work. Cheers on me 🍺

Staying organized is important. Good video.

Beavertail is for spreading triplex midspan for secondary connections

Back in the early 70's, for a couple of years, I worked in a Western Electric (Ma Bell) plant in part of the receiving docks. When we got a new guy, someone would send him off to find a left handed pallet stretcher. Good joke for everyone except the new guy, until one day a guy came back with something none of us could identify and actually looked like it might be a pallet stretcher. None of us had ever worked out in the field so didn't know much of the equipment they used. After checking with the supervisor, we found it was a strand puller (the wire that holds up the cable) (48 years later and I can't remember the correct name for the tool) Used for pulling new strand tight before lashing the telephone cable to it. Some years later I got into TV cable as a service tech, and kept my truck well organized and neat like yours. Spend a little time keeping things neat and save a lot of time when trying to find something.

Wow! that is one nice organized service truck , i was surprised not to see any rubber blankets and clothes pins, perhaps that is just for the iine crew trucks . We had to watch for flying squirrels when we worked on street lights. Very enjoyable video , be safe !!!!

This guy must curse up a storm when he has to go over speedbumps.

Would love to have seen all the lighting in detail that you've got on your truck. Emergency Amber's and your spot lights in action.

it is always good to see what you guys do up there so we may add or change things down here in Florida. Working closely with DUKE Energy, OUC, FPL and TECO and often they call us and ask us to do it for them when PIKE is swamped.

Thanks for the video!! Well organized!!!

Great show, thank you

Been a lineman for 17 years and one of the things that still cracks me up is how every piece of material has atleast 3 names lol love the video man! Got some good ideas for my service truck

Beautifully organized. You are a true professional

Great video, always intrigued to see how electrical works are done in different parts of the world. I recognise some of the stuff you showed but the terminology is different to what I am used to. Was intrigued to to see that the substation fence earthing was done the same way as it is in some parts of the UK.

Your “Beaver tail” or secondary splinter can also be quite handy getting into trucks when you lock the keys in them!

Watching from Jersey, moving to Florida in a month to start my Lineman schooling. Probably won't see this comment since it's an old video, but thanks for all the tips, tricks, and raw footage you show to help us newcomers out.

👊🏼 great video and very organized truck nice when you need something to not have to look and be able to go right to it watching all the way from georgia in the states 👌🏼 awesome vid !

Thanks for the ideas! Cheers from Nebraska USA

Dang... super organized. Great setup

👊 watching from Philippines... ur such an inspiration to me.i always watch your videos😊 lots of stuff to learn from you😊

Mean and lean service machine. You keep a very well organized work environment. I can see why you have the respect of your fellow linemen. Lp

I dedicate myself to the same trade, I am happy with what I do, but this time I was impressed with what I saw in your work team. Congratulations, and thanks to you I have learned more ⚡👍⚡😎 greetings from El Salvador

Loved it❤️❤️ from India🇮🇳.. currently pursuing B. E in electrical... All ur videos are very much informative.. please keep making it🙏

Watching from northwest MS. Great content, keep up the good work!

Really enjoyed video! Thank you for sharing your “office” with us. Stay safe Brother.

Awesome video man! I start line school in October can’t wait I’m in southeast Georgia in the states

Nice tour of your truck set-up! 👊

yay another video I love watching your videos and I can't wait for my videos showing repairs

Cool! Different setups from the ones that I’ve seen. Ones I’ve seen are for reconducts and stuff but I think I saw a truck like this once for some storm work. Only been in one cab before and it was pretty clean and they said that other trucks are way dirtier.

Nice truck, I recall you making a statement about how bright the LED warning lights are. I am surprised Whelen did not include the dimmer setting on their century series lights. I would think that dimming the lights would make it easier for you when operating the boom since you wouldn't be blinded as you got in or out of the bucket. Moreover, its a safety issue in adverse weather like snow or fog as overly bright lights can blind drivers as to what is in front of the truck.

That leveling instrument mounted to the back is my good friends company “Rieker Instrument” that was so cool to see that!

Nice! I like how they give you a nice legacy trucker seat! Peterborough, Ontario 👊

Very clean and organized truck man.

Excellent video. That's pretty cool

I know it's a 1 man service bucket but you keep the bare minimum in there. Mine is a 2 man bucket, got an 8 pocket connector pouch, two tool aprons (one is half full), 2 grouch bags for small lags and one for staples, 3 sets of slack blocks and mule grips, a 10/20/30 grip, a hot link, battery press and a set of battery cutters, big impact/ small impact and the associated drill bits and such.... i think that's about it lol

Awesome, have wanted to see a vid like this for a while.

Great video! We sure could use you're help here in Louisiana. But we survived

Great Channel Aaron I'm an electrical contractor in the UK. Great content, it's interesting to see what goes on, on the other side of the meter. Our systems are slightly different but very similar in most ways.

really do hope that 4053 will be your workfriend for a long time and trouble free , had great friends in the acadian peninsula that worked for nbpower with truck 4347 in the late 1990’s , stay safe Aaron 😃

Cool video! Keep them coming. Watching from Cache County, Utah.

Watching from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. I am originally from the US so I'm very familiar with North American power and I'm learning about the power here. I'm not an electrician but I am interested in electricity and how it's distributed. Of course the power system down under is a bit different but it has all of the same components. Here in Melbourne we don't have any squirrels causing trouble but we do have possums (they are not the same species as a North American opossum) and they do get electrocuted and stuck to the power lines sometimes. Power here is 240 volts but it's 415 volts phase to phase and this will burn the poor possum to a crisp when they grab the wrong wires. Power service cables that connect from the power pole to a house often have a disk attached to them to discourage possums from running along the wires and some power poles have plastic wrapped around them to discourage climbing. Power here is 50 cycles and because of this the familiar sound of humming transformers and household appliances is a different lower pitch hum in Australia and of course other countries that use 50 cycle power.

"gets too hot to wear high-vis in summer, around 30 degrees" Gotta say, that bit reminded me of the difference in locations. Here, summer *starts* at 30C and goes up to around 45-48.

Very nice truck. Very clean.

Badass video bro 🤜🏻 Love it

Awesome video! watching from Mexico :)

Watching from Lincoln Lincolnshire England . I have some friends who work on the power lines over here .. Like Your videos 👍👍

Ive been a service electrician for 20 years. Its interesting how we have the same sort of set ups for our service trucks. Different parts but same ideas.

Beaver tail is for spreading triplex wire. We just call them wire spreaders here in Buffalo NY. I'm a second year apprentice out of L.U. 1249.

What a load out. New Mexico USA

you are doing an amazing job bro Keep it up :)

Good day Aaron! Watchin from central Illinois USA!!

nice truck ! love them LED lights ! I am a electrician in boson NY area. western NY . I got paper work as well . I just work under 600V . we do have a few 208 3 phase hear mostly 480V 3 phase. 1 business I know of had a delta split service. whare 1 transformer has a CT . I got lots of power tools also . I just have generators also. great show of what you keep on board. I got laptop and my code book always with me. I got several first aid kits safety glasses . we have about the same safety requirements and OSHCA is the USA.

Never heard it called a beaver tail, used to split twisted wire (triplex). Super handy.

That's awesome nice and neat

Well done.

Wish my work shop was this organized!

Nice organization on your truck..I'm a trouble man in Texas and i have to say the the versa-lift buckets suck!!! We had several and we had lots of problems. We love eti for small buckets