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A Day With A Lineman #41 ~ Up In Flames

As of midnight that day, the local police were giving the ability to chase criminals again in their patrol cars. Well this jack wagon, after calling multiple times

A Day With A Lineman #40 ~ A Balancing Act

Yo Hivers!! Welcome back to yet another edition of A Day With A Lineman A Day With a Lineman is series about what High Voltage Lineman do and encounter to keep the

A Day With A Lineman #39 ~ Farmer Destroys A Pole Again…

Yo Hivers!! Welcome back to another edition of A Day With A Lineman! This is my attempt to bring a little light to what is Lineman encounter when building, repairing,

A Day With A Lineman #38 ~ Road Grader Meets Pole & Lightning Strikes

The County Boys were out clearing some drainage ditches on the side of the road getting ready for fall and winter. They have been out there for a week or so working

A Day With A Lineman #37 ~ Energized Pole Replacement Using The Fiberglass Tree

There are many different ways to change out a power pole while keeping the electricity flowing and the lights on. We call it a Hot Pole Changeout. Every pole presents

A Day With A Lineman #36 ~ Snow, A Fallen Tree and A Slingshot

The Sandman just knocked me out and I was sleeping hard. I was hearing this weird noise in my sleep and nobody would shut it off. Oh… it’s my phone and that means

A Day With A Lineman #35 ~ A Quick Transformer Change Out

A little snow, a little wind, icy roads, what a perfect time to change out a transformer. Oh ya and it’s 15 degrees Fahrenheit, which makes it real pleasant. The

A Day With A Lineman #34 ~ Snow, Trees, & Wire Down

Watch on 3Speak---As far as power outages go in the Blue Moutains this winter, it’s been pretty quiet. Which is a good thing for our customers. A couple years ago

A Day With A Lineman #33 ~ Car vs Pole… Nobody Wins

Van Halen’s Jump starts blaring from my phone at 1AM the morning on Christmas Eve. No it’s not an alarm, it’s my ringtone. If that song doesn’t get you going for

A Day With A Lineman #32 ~ Pole Farming

Pole Farming is what us Lineman around here call it when a farmer is working their field and they get a little too close to a pole. It doesn’t take much for those

A Day With A Lineman #31 ~ Overcooked Raven

It seems that no matter how much bird guard/bird deterrent we put up, they always get their beaks in the wrong place. When we built this substation 7 years ago,

A Day With A Lineman #30 ~ Down Goes The Locust Tree

It’s been raining non-stop for weeks it seems. The ground can’t hardly soak up anymore water. Still raining,the wind decides it wants to join in on the fun. Looking

A Day With A Lineman #29 ~ Washed Away

It was nice to finally get a break from all the rain that's been pouring down. All the rivers and streams around here are on the verge of overflowing. They look

A Day With A Lineman #28 ~ Mass Casualties

First let me give you a little warning. Some images may cause you to get a little queezy if you are sensitive to seeing dead animals. Don’t worry I will give you

A Day With A Lineman #27 ~ Exploded!!

Your Hive Lineman is back with another edition of A Day With A Lineman. Man, things have been pretty lively around here when it comes to power outages the past few

A Day With A Lineman #26 ~ Farmers Be Farmin’

AAAAHHHH last day of the work week only a couple hours until quitting time. Cruise right into the weekend… Not So Fast!! My phone rings and it’s my General Forman.

A Day With A Lineman #25 ~ Energizing a New Urgent Care Medical Building

I’m what we call a Toubleman/Serviceman, I’m still a Lineman but I work by myself most of the time. During the work day I run all over hell and back handling different

Had a Blow Out!!! A Half Ass Day With A Lineman

As we were checking transformers and vaults for the cause of the outage, the other Lineman opened a vault lid… ”Oh CRAP!! A bunch of smoke came out of here!! My

A Day With A Lineman #24 ~ Doing Some Hot Work

Certain times of the year we simply can’t de-energize the line to replace poles and string in new wire. Springtime is super important to the farmers around here.

A Day With A Lineman #23 ~ Semi-Trucked… More Like Fully-Trucked

Warm winds melted the deep snow causing water to flood over the road. On a rural highway dividing the orchards, traffic is sparse in the middle of the night. With