ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area Where are all the Lineys?.

Guys,
Here is the closest thing I can find to our method in NZ, it's an Australian company that contracts this type of work out.
Go to www.aeropower.com.au , not much info, but heaps of pictures.

Edward — Never forget there are at least two sides to most stories. Often one is somewhat less glamorous.

Ed:

[QUOTE]Do you guys know what the pay is??[/QUTOE]

Not nearly enough....

Wm.Colt

Any company in the states that does this kind of work?


Edward

Edward,
What sort of work do you do at the moment?.
The reason I ask this, is because nobody starts at the top, in any Trade, especially as a Liney, ask anyone who does any sort of Line-oriented job, they will tell you that it is really hard yakka, because of the fact that the equipment and wires are so large.
You also get used to working really long hours, in the worst of weather and you are normally on-call pretty much most of the time.
I do a lot of Faults work over here in NZ and when it last snowed over here, I worked for 4 days non-stop, putting poles and lines back up, as part of a Line Crew.

Gidday George,
Lineman Class A, eh?, do you do Live Joints?.
I call it quits at 66kV, the Flashover distances are just too small for my liking!.
I had a real hard time learning Live Glove And Barrier work, was out of my time and still couldn't do it properly, and all of a sudden things just clicked, have had no problems since, Hot Stick work was a sinch compared to LGAB, at least you were a fair distance away, if something went wrong, hence the photo by Bjarney!!
I don't work on Transmission either apart from doing the odd "look-see" in a chopper, just to generally inspect the Local DC link and other EHV lines, you wouldn't get me that close to the lines!.
Transpower(they own the Grid over here), have thier own Line crews, for all of the Heavy Duty stuff!(thank God).

[This message has been edited by Trumpy (edited 04-27-2003).]

Trumpy,
I am in the electrical service work. Some remodeling some new construction but mostly service work.
I know i can not statrt at the top it will take me about 5-10 years to get up there and start working it live.

Edward

Mike,
Yup, live joints are part of it. Did lead a long time ago, not much call for lead anymore though.
Rode a line one day, me and another crew could find no fault, someone had taken the collapsible fusing stick off my truck, the other crew had cleared, I decided to throw the fuse with a little 6' fusing stick......saved me the cost of a haircut

Used to lgab pretty well, kinda feel funny working without them, but don't do much of that anymore anyway.

George,
You wouldn't find me doing something like that, it's either the telescopic stick or nothing or I'm going home.
No point in shortening your life.
BTW, where was your helmet at the time?.