Rick travels to Hanover, ON to help construct 200-foot-tall high-voltage transmission towers to help power southern Ontario.
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@raymondcava46693 жыл бұрын
Rick Mercer you are a national treasure. Instructional educational comical.You’re the best on TV.
@bighugejake12 жыл бұрын
Seriously, this is one of the best shows on air.
@grantboi1166 жыл бұрын
Coffee and donut deliveries...that is why the hydro bill is so high 😂
@allensloot755211 жыл бұрын
Got to hand it to Rick. He is brave. What an excellent show.
@cristopher200512 жыл бұрын
good job, I'm a lineman in northern ontario and from what i've seen you did very well.
@breadtoasted22695 ай бұрын
Was watching these guys setting up towers all year here. The town is connecting to some power plant far away. Eastern ON
@TiberiusStorm8 жыл бұрын
He's a tough dude that was high up!
@jeff-vm7wk8 жыл бұрын
Not really. You're afraid of heights
@TiberiusStorm8 жыл бұрын
Jeffrey Shao Clearly! I have overcome some fear of heights though because I'm a volunteer firefighter and we have to climb onto roofs. But the stuff done in this video would make me very nervous.
@langfordfirebuff37048 жыл бұрын
Oorah from Langford FR!
@domesday15356 жыл бұрын
props to mercer and his camera guy for going up there without much complaining
@Kingsoupturbo12 жыл бұрын
Man rick is pretty tough actually! no problem at that terrifying height! Respect!
@maxscameraguy2 жыл бұрын
The absurdity of this show sometimes. Rick really had the best job in the world.
@ArcticArrowPowerlineGroup7 ай бұрын
Well done Rick!
@sadiecorning12 жыл бұрын
"Did it have sprinkles?" *In Rick's head- Oh damnit!
@DCoffey238812 жыл бұрын
Rick is Jon Stewart with field experience! Love it!
@redwerd24298 жыл бұрын
tim hortons new air delivery
@p1harw6612 жыл бұрын
Rick is working on the Bruce-Milton 500,000 volt transmission line which goes from the Bruce Nuclear Plant near Tiverton, ON all the way to Toronto. I'd love to see Rick hotstick a live powerline.
@camerontaylor93308 жыл бұрын
Well we know who to blame when the power goes out 😅😅
@voltorfan7 жыл бұрын
FireStorm LOL
@clusterguard7 жыл бұрын
man, this guy Rick is amazing! LOL best from Greenland
@gimzoso10 жыл бұрын
Jeez...How much is Rick Mercer's work insurance policy ?
@Admiral8Q6 жыл бұрын
Hahaaha!
@numberoneJATT10 жыл бұрын
lol at the coffee and donut part
@rsharma.112 жыл бұрын
you are just awesome !!
@MenwithHill12 жыл бұрын
That why we should build wind turbines INSIDE the powerline towers, effectively creating Edison's dream : a Windmillpowertower.
@VioletRene6 жыл бұрын
*WoW! Scary, Informative, Funny and Most Entertaining! Loved It!! ♥*
@darrylmiddlebrook18333 жыл бұрын
rick i always look back on meeting you.
@glenncarroll413610 жыл бұрын
the "how are you"s! every time with the unanswered "how are you"s!
@prmbain8 жыл бұрын
Terrifying! No way would I (COULD I) do that! Wow! Amazing stuff.
@jenandchad112 жыл бұрын
worked for that conpany in alberta!
@gangesexcavating12 жыл бұрын
that was pretty cool
@lwj0199812 жыл бұрын
Pretty impressive for someone who has never done this before. I used to do this work.
@gwocomoly9 жыл бұрын
Those boys are from the walkerton hydro shop! I've met a couple at Bruce power (where they are running the line from)
@Dmc-contracting9 жыл бұрын
Worked alongside valard on the eatl project in Alberta
@amotue12 жыл бұрын
he has the best job in the world
@coolstream112 жыл бұрын
Ladies and gentlemen... the power infrastructure of Canada... made by hand... by a TV personality :3
@zachbrown149611 жыл бұрын
*An hour later* Mom I think the powers out!
@chuch527 жыл бұрын
Notice how they use Kito lever hoists to deadend the high voltage power lines.
@BSmith-xl1jx6 жыл бұрын
Love to know how many women are part of the crew.......looks like a hard job. Did you see the size of that guys hands that was turning the nut......the crusher.....
@saint2e12 жыл бұрын
What? No Donut? Classic.
@dfeers12 жыл бұрын
The transmission towers are neccessary to bring all energy, even wind energy to its destination. Unless you have your own wind generator that is.
@memoranda111 жыл бұрын
wow rick must have good connections for those ppl to allow him to go on the helicopter and dangle from the side and toy around with it delivering donuts it looks fun nonetheless just didnt think they would allow him to go that far with his stunts you rule rick
@kleytoncarlos110 жыл бұрын
bide friendly seat ! this guy is hilarious
@Blairington12 жыл бұрын
Balls of steel
@gingerr80159 жыл бұрын
Its like a bidet lol
@Transitfan9311 жыл бұрын
so he went to an undisclosed location but it says in the info that he traveled to hanover on
@halt19315 жыл бұрын
I've climbed those poles before... damn painful on the legs.
@simonbright10937 жыл бұрын
i agree
@MenwithHill12 жыл бұрын
Not all windmills have 50m wide wings. And not all mills use wings, just google image "Urban windmill" to see a few. These don't even have to face the wind.
@Hiei2k712 жыл бұрын
If The Frantics' skit "Army Careers" is to be believed, you need training in Antique Restoration to work on Canadian Helicopters
@jenandchad112 жыл бұрын
@JoeIsMyName2000 Actually look in the back ground of the video,the contractor is Valard. Valard is all over the world. so before u make a statement thinking u know what youre talking about- get your facts straight.
@haydenkasich86648 жыл бұрын
I'd love to be a linesman, however I hate really tall structures from a certain point :)
@InfernalSatan12 жыл бұрын
Holy shit, I will never be a powerline engineer
@Dibrini12 жыл бұрын
@zeldafreak71 Given how long "Rick Mercer Report" has been on, I think that should be the other way around!
@zeldafreak7112 жыл бұрын
ever notice that the mercer report is like dirty jobs?
@Cinematicjosh12 жыл бұрын
Peter McKay style!
@dfeers12 жыл бұрын
And how exactly would they rotate when the wind changes without hitting the wires?
@jdavid170712 жыл бұрын
great job Rick, you sure are brave. not meant as a political comment, but why do we accept these transmission towers as a given, when some many people can't accept wind turbines? what's uglier? they are both important given our dependence on electricity.
@AaronRStanley12 жыл бұрын
@zeldafreak71 Yes, but far less inept.
@markus122piesuckers12 жыл бұрын
Anyone have any idea what the job title of these guys working on this is called? What kind of experience do you need to get this job?
@denelson8312 жыл бұрын
That helicopter is registered in the frickin' States?!?!
@bbc454nos5 жыл бұрын
Just stay up there and apologize for your existence
@micklepickle82005 жыл бұрын
@@bbc454nos bahahaha yea, right. CANADA!
@randomidea21137 жыл бұрын
Why is it an undisclosed location?
@glaxko212 жыл бұрын
Electrician PRIDE!
@schnuurtchke4 жыл бұрын
Zazur hydro
@hawker800FO10 жыл бұрын
why would they contract the helicopter work out to an American company?
@jenngeorge675610 жыл бұрын
Valard Construction is actually a Canadian Company :) I am lucky enough to be part of the Valard Team
@cooter909610 жыл бұрын
Jenn George glad to say you guys give us a lot of work haha. (i work for implo canada, manufacturing the connectors)
@jenngeorge675610 жыл бұрын
Valard Is an awesome team
@motorpickle641010 жыл бұрын
Jenn George Why do y'all have a helicopter registered in the U.S.A.?
@camwipper10 жыл бұрын
***** Helicopters and other types of aircraft are often owned by leasing agencies who then lease the equipment to companies who what to use them. This arrangement allows companies to use equipment like helicopters without having to come up with the millions of dollars needed to purchase the equipment outright. I'd guess in this situation (I don't know for sure), that the helicopter is owned by an American leasing company--hence the US registration--but operated by a Canadian company (apparently Valard Construction).
@juan560011 жыл бұрын
wait the coffe and de donut was unnecessary ...
@MrCantStopTheRobot7 жыл бұрын
Wrong. The coffee and donut are the most important components of the system. Without them, everything collapses.
@lorawsome12 жыл бұрын
did it have sprinkles? LOL
@oliviahmacollng1419 жыл бұрын
i would not climb that metal monster 1 i hate highs 2 i dislike being near deadly metal monsters &3 i learned in science that the electricity metal monsters carry jumps & if it comes in to contact it can instantly kill some one. so that why i avoid being near a metal monster like that pylon
@jeff-vm7wk8 жыл бұрын
What the fuck is a metal monster?
@MrCantStopTheRobot7 жыл бұрын
.... you know the power's off when they work on lines like that.
@Colestercamps7 жыл бұрын
You have no knowledge of how it works so just no.
@Colestercamps7 жыл бұрын
Atheist avenger , I go up the daily and work on them wit 500,000 volts flowing
@DAB52010 жыл бұрын
I'm in complete agreement with JoelsMyName2000. The only way to maintain a base load of energy per unit time, or Watts (Kilowatts, Megawatts), is to have energy conversion utilities that can maintain a baseload and other utilities that can ramp up the power (watts) as needed, relatively quickly to adjust for demand at different times of the day and different times of the year. My concern is that we are wasting our time with the CANDU technology as is, when using uranium. Why should China, using one of our CANDU reactors, be the first to get commercial power from THORIUM. Uranium is a finite element. Maybe 50 to 100 years of supply at todays worldwide consumption. Reprocessing waste/spent fuel will help tremendously, as France's AREVA nuclear utility does. But the "Greens" fearmongering has shut down a critical industry in most of the world. Canada should be developing the UREX AND PUREX re-processing system. WHY THROW AWAY SPENT FUEL RODS INTO A POOL, WHEN ONLY 5% OF THE FUEL HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO ENERGY. XENON 135, A FISSION PRODUCT OF URANIUM 235, IS A NEUTRON SCAVENGER, EFFECTIVELY STOPPING THE CONTROLLED CHAIN REACTION! THAT IS WHY THEY CHANGE THE FUEL BUNDLES EVERY 2 TO 3 YEARS. SO WE ARE THROWING 95% (approximately) of the ENERGY INTO A POOL FOR CENTURIES. THE NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY OF THE FUTURE WILL BE THE LFTR. (Liquid Flouride Thorium Reactor.) Look it up on your search engine of choice. And read the book: "SUPER FUEL Thorium, the Green Energy Source for the Future", by Richard Martin 2013....ISBN 978-0-230-11647-4 ad iudicium
@zacharygillespie-rogers17656 жыл бұрын
really??!! a timmies take 10 poured into a mc' donalds cup?? no