Then again if you saw their fathers/grandfathers doing this job sixty years ago without harness ropes or even a hard hat, they make these lads look soy.

Everybodys earth is conected if could hold the earth conductor you would be alright 1 moment but it could be crazy the next

The BBC would never celebrate good men like this now. They would never use terms such as 'real men' and 'linesman'. They would say lines-person and push the 'toxic masculinity' narrative! Any feminist who pushes the 'wage gap' nonsense should watch this video!

Fair play Steve! 💪🏻👏🏻

I’d love to this as a job!!

Fred dibnah be like can I have go like

Lazy British workers? F**ck you Liz Truss...You wouldn't know real work if you walked into!

Funny how the multicoloured hair with lip/nose piercing brigade aint shouting about “diversity” for this job!! It’s only the roles that are easy compared to this role they are shouting and having tantrums about

Fair play to these lads, a dangerous job, they earn every penny...🙂👍

yep, we all definitely take these guys far too much for granted... we forget how much we rely on them, and think nothing of the danger they put themselves in for our own pleasure... i will take a minute of pause, for formal appreciation... they truly are heroes, putting their lives on the line (no pun), so others may share in the rewards of modern living. 🍻

anyone know the maker of the hardhats they're wearing with the integrated eye protection?

Not a single soy boy in sight- well done lads. 👍🏻👍🏻

I have always been fascinated by pylons since I was young. Thanks for uploading this. Have you got the Forth Bridge episode?

A few L6 and L2 pylons featured’ not an easy job changing out insulators’ spacers and conductors’ they have to be at the right tensions and some towers can be tricky to navigate’ the grid is being modernised and quad bundles are being replaced by triple and twin conductors and twin conductors are being replaced by single conductors on 275 and 132kV lines’ I heard here that electricity can jump to a conductor that isn’t earthed and that reminded me of a tragic story of a linesman who died on a L3/L3c line in the highlands due to a conductor that wasn’t earthed and the energy company was fined thousands for it.

No matter what color pants I'd be wearing at the start of the day, they'd be brown by the end of it :/

If everyone enjoys this, they should watch “Silvering Up” on KZfaq. It’s a very nicely made fly on the wall.

Meanwhile there's a feminist with a gender studies degree on a TV channel somewhere talking about the wage gap, female oppression and male privilege.

All the lads in the training school top lads miss working with you lads #UTB Steve Worton

23 year worker 18 year journeyman overhead distribution worker, and I would not give it up for anything.

Steve Gallagher top man Terry bradburn top man rip

Never mind the golden spanner award, they should get a balls of steel award! hehe I saw a load of this work going near me a couple of years ago, I watched with awe and amazement. They are 150ft up in the air while the wires on the other side of the tower buzz and crackle with 400,000 volts! :-0 These guys are the unsung heroes of the modern world, keeping the lights on for us all day every day.

im a 22 year old qualified electrician, working in domestic new builds, where do I apply for this!? ;)

i wanna see the bridge painters video

Can't they use a radio instead of shouting for communication.

Not bloody likely

Fair Do. Balls of steel to be point man on that even as a newbie. £50k. Not bloody likely..