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2001 Ford Excursion Front Axle Rebuild ~ Part 3 Front Axle U-joint Replacement
The front end rebuild of my 2001 Ford Excursion continues as I work my way farther into this beast. With the front Hub & Bearing replaced in Part 1 and the Front
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It’s all back together and torqued!! Just need to grease up all the b ...
It’s all back together and torqued!! Just need to grease up all the ball joints and U-joints and she will be ready to roll until the next time I tear into it.
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A Day With A Lineman #20 ~ Grub Canyon Fire
10,000 acre fire, windy, hot, dirt the consistency of flour, poles consumed by the fire with nearly zero access, excavators, bucket trucks, Linetrucks, in the hooks
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I’m glad this outage didn’t happen until the evening. DAMN it’s been ...
I’m glad this outage didn’t happen until the evening. DAMN it’s been HOT!! It was still 95F but that’s better than 105F You can see a little glimpse of the Columbia
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Intex 16’x32’x52” Pool Install ~ A Father’s Day Weekend Project ~DIY~
What’s up strangers? How has everyone been doing’? Fan-frikken-tastic I hope!! Dang, it’s been awhile since I cruised the Hive-O-sphere let alone make a DIY post
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This is a nice way to finish the weekend...
One thing is for sure, as a Lineman you never know exactly where or what you will end up doing coming the end of the day. Car wrecks, fallen trees, failing electrical
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To me, there isn’t much worse than seeing a blown fuse on some electrical equipment ...
... or power line and not knowing what caused it. Closing in the new fuse has me second guessing my Sherlock Holmes of Linework efforts. As I stand there shaking
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The aftermath of the first snow. Look at all those trees we had to cut off the line ...
... last weekend. What a mess!! This is just one 300 foot span out of many we had to clear off. The homeowner is excited for springtime so he can chop ALL of these
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First Snow Fall of the year and it left some people out of power. It was about 2 ...
... feet deep and still snowing pretty good. while we were up there trying to restore power. We Spent all day cutting trees off the line that had been weighted down
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We made it out alive!! Middle of the night outage, no cell service, no radio, no ...
... roads close to the Powerlines. We call it No Man’s Land. Thick Fog, pitch black, 30 F made this an absolute nightmare. Driving this section of line out during
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Step 1 ~ Project 1997 to 2005 F350 Axle Swap ~ Sometimes I Can’t Afford Not To Buy It ~ DIY
When the opportunity is there you gotta take it!! Most of the time you hear, "I can't afford to buy that!" But did you know that if you just add one little
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Sometimes You Gotta Do It Hot
It feels good to break out of that normal work routine and do a little something different. Granted every isn’t necessarily same for me by any mean, but the “type”
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Tool Evolution ~ The Lineman Wrench
Let’s talk tools shall we? Being a DIY person I am all about having the right tool for the right job. As a Lineman sometimes... or oftentimes it’s more like the
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It’s Cold Outside But The Line Is Still Hot ~ Live at the Scene of a Broken Pole
It has been sometime now but I’m back!! I’ve been gone for about 10 days, you know busy fishing and enjoying life.... well if you consider prepping for the freezing
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A Day With A Lineman #41 ~ We Can Fix That ~
Do you ever wake up in the morning to your phone ringing or alarm going off and wonder, "What in the world is that noise?" Then after a few moments of
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A Day With A Lineman #37 ~ Asleep at the Wheel
A Day With A Lineman #37 Asleep at the Wheel I know it does seem pretty bright outside for someone to be asleep at the wheel, cut across on coming traffic, tear
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