Changing blown transformer! 

yeah. looked very slick and well practiced. like how the military do rifle drills. it's nice to see people doing their jobs that way. especially utilities where they are a big cost, you'd want the whole process to be smooth from the first phone call to 'job's a good 'un, onto the next' and ryan and aaron certainly doing their bit! amazing that is a half hour destall/install - i'd have guessed half a day.

​@@billynomates920when evrything is already in place, ( wires, cut out, mounting bolts, etc.. ) , well it's pretty simple and quick. If this was a brand new set up, then maybe they would have taken the whole day, including the 2h lunch time 😋😉

Linemen are technicians. Is it destall/install or remove & replace? Find a mechanic not a person who removes snd replaces parts. A true mechanic does not simply replace parts, they find the cause of faulty parts as this states this transformer was tested twice to isolate the cause of the blown fuse.

Father-in-law was a safety lineman with the REA out of the Mankato, Kansas. It was usually his job to take care of problems and from what He has told me some of larger lines that had a blown fuse that reconnecting them in storm conditions was very unpleasant because of the arching. He covered a large area out of Beloit, Ks. One time one of his customers gave him a pint of moonshine. He gave me a sip and let’s just say it was potent.

It's easy to say how it should be done when you yourself contributed nothing to the end result of anything substantial in life.

Ryan been an excellent Lineman since day 1! Glad to have him as part of our team!

@@Bobsdecline Wooooof! @ Ryan

perfect job. Surprised that you don't use NOALOX on the the AL leads

@@Bobsdecline How long has Ryan been with this company?

Good job, kudos to this guy, working on overhead line, done his job perfectly taking his own time, God bless you Ryan and your completely team, stay safe always 😊😘🌹👍🙏.

So did we.. wind and rain, on top of the roofs with lightning shooting all over, Local # 32 Seattle, Hats off to these guys!

Their pay reflects this.

По технике безопасности запрещено работать в условияхине пригодных к работе. Ни одна страховка не спасёт от смерти.

@@Charlesbjtown As it should.

Agreed, excellent work and very professional.

What would you expect? He is a perfect human being.

@@jolyonwelsh9834 I always tell the truth even when I lie

These guys are top. You can tell just through the videos they would be great in real life up a pole or on a day off. It comforts me to see their intelligence and diligence to saftey. I’m not watching afraid of the possibility of a leathal mistake with a finger ready to pause and puke. Dude is inches from juice you can feel through those special gloves and through thin air. I don’t get nervous and use only the edge of my seat. The videos have the feeling of being educated by a professor using no live wires.

Probably a cost not care issue. Loss of (human) life is factored in on some job sites.

My first line work experience sounds a little like yours except for me it was just shy of 40 years ago. I was in Galena Alaska, a lower Yukon bush village of about 500 people. I was a one-man utility company, running a diesel power plant, reading meters and doing all the line work and connecting new services by myself. One late summer evening a freak lightning storm took out six transformers. I worked the rest of the night into morning replacing them. I had to hoist them using a bumper winch on my ton-and-half bucket truck, running winch line through a block chained at the pole base, with cable up to a second block hooked to a pole top jib and then run back down to the transformer. The distribution was mostly all flat primary construction with three phases and neutral on crossarm pins, so the cable had some clearance between the primaries. I opened and closed cutouts from the ground by extendo-stick with a flashlight in my mouth. It's good to watch the real guys make it look so easy and scary to think of how little safety equipment I had!

​@@rossk4864 that sounds kinda fun tho ngl.... running a diesel power plant on ur own 😂

@@rossk4864 excellent comment Sir. You are one of those guys I would have loved to be unless you left out the part about kicking puppies. I was taught the most important safety tool is your brain. I scare myself when I recall those possible life ending moments of my life and I got 10 sixty4 year old fingers.

If you don't mind I'll put a similar story right here under yours. 3rd day on the job as a helper hooking up switches, lighting fixtures or baseboard heaters. Not sure which. Completed the job and went over to the panel and turned on the breaker to the cct I was working on and BAM, the TRANSFOMER blew up. OMG Heart failure on my part. Run outside and find a smoking crow on the ground. After watching this it might have been the fuse, who knows. Had to check my pants for sure.

​@@gragor11I heard a bang near my house and saw a blown fuse at the transformer. The lineman who came saw a large round black spot on the transformer. He came down and looked in the bushes. He picked up with a raccoon, holding it by the tail, it was stiff as a board. 😲

@@wetrock2766 and smoking

Maw made Shake n Bake an I hepped

That is why our local trade school (Ozarks Technical Collage) in cooperation with with the local power companies has put in a large training area for training new lineman. The power companies loan and provide specialized equipment (bucket trucks etc.) for the training. Its a GREAT PROGRAM!! Thanks OTC! Lineman make GOOD MONTY! A Journeyman can easily pull in 100K+ a year. Then add in the overtime! Not to mention the GREAT retirement! Heck... Even an appetence can get close to that wage depending on how much overtime they want!

Also, another example of one where you don't find many women filling the role. I know there are some, but it's definitely not a job you hear them screaming about when it comes to equality in the workforce. Weird how that works. . .

As a retired architect,designer, mechanic, welder, fitter, millwright in training, fabricator, but doesn’t drive a train Guy learning electrical you are welcome and I invite you to injoy dropping into the banks, carwashes, gas stations, restaurants etc. I made or buy second hand one of my China and Hutches or pull the handles on a slot machine I made in some casino but I discourage you from getting close to a giant earth mover with attachments (buckets, blades, wheels, rippers, rakes, etc). To distinguish my work from most others is look for flawless execution while attempting to be invisible…..like a bank you run in to make a deposit and notice a Particular detail, like a edge of a counter or a wall meeting a ceiling because your visit was like being on first with bases loaded and your teammate just hit one over the fence. If I bring you beer and put them in your refrigerator you will find them all with the lables facing front.

Thank you Heather!

@@Bobsdecline Ya, for sure. I got bit on the thigh a few weeks ago whilst wiring an electric gate opener. Sucks. Like you, I was standing talking to the owner. I think the dog was guarding said. Heal fast. Mentally it might take a little longer. When I went back there to finish the job I told the owner don't be surprised if I beat her dog if it came after me a 4th time. It did but it figured out that the whistling piece of 3/4" PVC pipe in my hand was a danger so he kept his distance. Dogs.

Another great video.

I'm an inside electrician. I wish I could get the same admiration.

@@jolyonwelsh9834 anyone that plays with power lines or electricity on any level gets my respect.

I knew an Army guy who did that in-country. I doubt he's still with us, but all Pat C. would say about what he did was to drive around VN putting up poles, setting up antennae and trying not to get shot. He taught me a lot about shortwave antennae, though. Dude knew his stuff.

I'm an inside electrician, people take me for granted.

I was attacked when I was 8 years old. Nearly took my arm off. I'm 59 now, and still have the gnarly scars to remind me of it!

That’s crazy how people praise German shepherds but no body talks about all the attacks that happen. But if a pit bull bites somebody it makes national news. Fuck german shepherds! They’re weird as hell and unpredictable

After it happens more than a few times, wouldn't it make sense to fit a plastic cover so that squirrels don't keep shorting it out?

@@NiHaoMike64 I would think so, but they never did. This was 25 years ago, so maybe things have improved by now.

No wasted movements. I'm pretty sure Ryan could do a change out in his sleep...

He could be a robot for all we know.

Kline hand tools as well.

Don't do that, his head will hit the primaries.

@@godfreypoon5148 ha ha you're funny.

@@jolyonwelsh9834 😶‍🌫

Military personnel love to label themselves heros but are they? Does killing make you a hero? My father spent the Vietnam war offshore applying bandages. Was Betty the rivitter a hero? Were manufactures of munitions and all those working back home who made it possible not also heros? We live in a society where our lives are possible by the work of others. We (linemen and garbage collectors) all need doctors (and linemen) but a doctor can’t work without a garbage collector ( and linemen). Show respect and tolerance for your common man (human, not a male) next time you get cut off in traffic or get stuck behind a bucket truck. Don’t think because you are rich or make lots of money through the work of others that you are a hero. You are a part of us, our society that includes doctors, linemen, garbage collectors, soldiers and dirty smelly hippies.

@@magicbox9371 I would agree, there are lots of heroic workers. Linemen just don’t get the credit the other ones do.

@@bwmcelya thats what stun guns are for =p

@@magicbox9371 ??

yes, 3 phase vs single phase. Much more messing around.