Where I live all the poles in the mountain are all from the 30’s and when one falls or whatever they don’t replace it with a new one, they just leave it and the wire at a long span.

@@koda7820 we do that every now and then, but most of the time we will build a road with a dozer to change it out. Sometimes we can't get by with it.

I get the same way setting and framing new poles. It's a gift to know the construction will be there decades after I die supplying energy to customers homes. Just last week my crew set up DB for new lots, pulled 4/0 service, 350, and #1 15kv primary, put the terminator at the pole side and energized the pad. Knowing it'll be there for those new homes for years is humbling...I got to be a part of that history.

Found 1934 nails myself.

Deb Potthast What a great keep sake to have of your grandfather. My dad was a lineman, and so was I in till I got Hurt.

I bet you have some Awesome old school pictures as well 😮

I see that Deb Potthast passed away about 1 year after making this post. I am glad you got to see your grandparents and father in this video. I didn’t know Deb ,however may she Rest In Peace.🙏✝️

still operating these in toronto hahahahah

Theyre everywhere on the 4kv in the northeast....built to last

Only thing about them is you can't hang the barrel with a stick. I've tried every way to do it and it just don't happen for me.

I’ve been a lineman for a long time but I’ve never heard the term chocolate box can you please tell me what it is

@@wd2616 I've never heard the expression "chocolate box" for an enclosed fuse cutout--however . . . "widow-maker" was the moniker I often heard in reference to these. Typically, the open-style cutout was more likely used on 9-kV and up voltages. Early enclosed cutouts were used here and this is probably because these Distribution cooperatives in Wisconsin were early REA-period borrowers.

That’s exactly what I thought.

So what would they have done if it would have held?

Would I be right in translating that as potential voltage across the ground and the need to shuffle away after jumping clear. As there is a gradient of voltage on the ground if the line is touching.

Deb, Hi, I'm Jolene, the person who had this made digital and out online. I spoke to Pay a while back and she's on Facebook...and she responds to messages if you want to get a hold of her.

-office worker

Zinsco and Bulldog were 2 others that were en vogue at the time.

That's OK the farmers can get back at the lineman by firing up their generators without a transfer switch using a suicide cord.

WTF one is ALWAYS told rule number one is to stay away from down powerlines in the first place. They knock a tree on live wires and they shouldn't be messing with it AT ALL anymore.