I've been climbing for 33 years. Of course during those years we didn't have such fall protection gear. Our form and technique is what saved our lives. Now the company I work for utilizes the Supersqueeze and the Cynch -Lok. Professionally speaking, your form is spot on. Excellent circling technique also. Nicely done.
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Did that for 15 years with the phone company. Get anxiety looking back it. Was taught by an older gentlemen just like him. Don't sleep on these guys very very knowledgable from the old school.
Hi. Im a linesman from Australia and i have been in the business for 35yrs. We did all our climbing with ladders and pole chairs when i started but now we rarley break out the ladders and mainly use the EPV. But i admire you guys for doing it the hard way without ladders or the buckets. Great vid, especialy for us guys overseas. Thanks for the lesson.
Great video with the thorugh and serious explanation i felt if i turned away you were gonna call me out haha nice..... thanks its been a while and needed a walkthrough and this was the best.... Thank you.
It's great to see the dedication and hard work that goes into providing quality education and training. The campus looks beautiful, and the programs offered seem diverse and engaging. It's inspiring to witness the impact Blue Ridge Community and Technical College has on its students' lives. Kudos to the entire team for their commitment to excellence in education.
Brilliant video on the use of spurs.. I found this by accident but sure learnt a lot!! You are an amazing teacher, thank you for making this [From the UK]
Notice which side his secondary is placed on when not in use. When used he can use his dominant hand to connect and disconnect. I am a fan of having green strap or rope set up on buck squeeze to the left side away from tool pouch on right side. All great techniques. This was one of my go to videos prior to attending line school. Still a great review after being on an underground transmission project for about a year.
I work as a lineman here in Serbia, but we have totaly diferent equipment. Miller's belts and totaly diferent shoes for climbing (half-moon shape with spikes).
I was taught to climb without the belt around the pole but to wait until you reach the height where you will work and then belt in. But that was many years ago
Best thing I found using " Spurs " to climb with is to have customized souls ( twice the Reg. thickness ) on your boots . This will stop the feet from going numb when standing on the " Spurs " shanks after a few hours .
he may have been up alot of poles, but never worked for hrs on a pole, you tell by the way he cinched up the main body belt, if you did that and worked on a pole all day your hips would be killn ya, this guy is a trainer and no more than that
@@sloughdog9480 haha this fella has probably spent more time pissing between bin doors than what you have in the field 🤣🤣. This fella has a great reputation around here.
Did it for 31 years. Don't miss it at all. Although I kept my body belt as a keepsake. It still fits on the very last hole. Needed spinal fusion surgery after retiring.
@@imprice5668 Okay, I did cut out once and fell 18 feet. We didn't have double strap systems then. We climbed around and over obstructions hand over hand. At the time I thought I was lucky to just have a broken leg, but back pain began soon after. Also, I used working off a body belt (fewer bucket trucks in the 70s) as a means of working out my midsection, stupidly. I thought leaning out more was a way of exercising my abs and obliques a lot more, which it was, but I was also grinding away the discs in my lower back without realizing it. It was my own fault. So I'm not blaming the career of lineman for heath problems if you approach it right. I did not.
@ed I’m just getting into the field and my instructors were telling me that the body belt should be placed on my hips and should kind of be on my very lower back and tailbone area. I use the lean back method to get a good gaff in the pole easily and on the contrary I have had a lot less back tension and didn’t workout my abs as much. I am gaffing with little to no effort. I don’t know if I am reading wrong or if our experiences are just different but I feel that the leaning back sort of sitting in the body belt method is great for releasing lower back tension. I would love to be corrected or receive insight from a veteran like yourself.
Tree climbing videos brought me here. Two completely different worlds to achieve the same goal. Granted, these poles are probably a lot slicker than a tree.
Put a wrap around the shank of spikes then buckle the bottom strap it took me 36 years to see this in a tree care product magazine also on the internet now this stops the spikes from sliding on your foot! Joe Greer Have Saw Will Travel Grayling Michigan
I retired before OSHA stepped in. We just three point climbed. (and that's if we were safe!) Lots of us just two pointed! By the time you've gotten up there, it would be time for lunch!
Teach climbing...couple of things.....1. always wear gaff shields when putting climbers on. 2. that is a supersqueeze, not a bucksqueeze. 3. Hitting your screwdriver with a hammer is a good way to break that plastic handle (beneath the rubber)...see it dozens of times. 4. distance from pole is important..body parrallel to pole (not leaning in our out per say while climbing). 5. Since it so important, I would have mentioned to make sure the inner strap is at least touching the pole and the bigger the smile on the inner strap, the less likely you could fall.
Wow! In all of my climbing days I never had that many straps on me! Just my hooks, belt, and strap. NOT that there is anything wrong with this new gear! Can surely see the safety benefits. But being "old school" my first thought is that with all these straps there is so much more stuff to get in my way when climbing. So where is the safety strap for the safety strap for when you have to remove all of your other straps? I suppose I should not be making light of this as this was a very informative video and nicely done, AND, thorough!!!
I know, this is a lot harder than free climbing. I know OSHA requires it now but I retired in 2007. Climbing over a transformer looks like it would take forever with all those straps.
The climbing tools sure have changed since I was climbing.... Thank God for a bucket truck the last year's I was doing that..... Very good video I want to go climb a pole now LOL NOT!!!!!
@@Forbiddenknowhow Pretty much time away from family if you have one, lots of work , calls at any time, working constantly there is work everywhere. Need to be physically and most importantly, mentally fit. I’m 19 and I’m getting into this and I’m ready for it.
Aaron Wanamaker can’t drive bucket down r.o.w lol think they have to b certified in both. Tree climber here tho just interested in “buck squeeze” for blocking down the spar
If your gaffs are causing you discomfort at the top strap there could be several reasons: First off is the height adjustment correct? It should be at least two fingers below the taper at the knee. How tight do you have the strap? Top strap should be a little loose to allow movement. The bottom strap at the boot should be as tight as possible that is comfortable. Lastly, there a multiple different pads you can buy. There are thick padded ones . Formed padded, padded Velcro etc. Hope this helps you out. Thanks for the great question.
20 years technician at Vz and last 2 years they started using buck squeeze. ... i still free climb to working height then belt on i also hitch hike when im tired or feel less safe on certain days
I’m in school for this however we don’t have piles and only time we get to climb is 2, 4 hour sessions leading into a 3 day orientation we’re if you fail you have to wait 6 month to take it and pay and you only have two try’s total. We climb 60 foot and they we have to climb all day for the three days without making one mistake. I guess what I’m asking is how do they expect me to practice and get good at something I’m not able to get reps at. How should I practice climbing without a pole?
Hi Blue ridge community and technical college. Good to connect with you. I see you're a tree surgeon. I was one also. I am interested in what you do. I have a few small questions regarding tree surgeons and their struggles. I was wondering as a tree surgeon do you struggle with back pain?
I have an apprenticeship offer at an energy company as a linesman. Part of the interview will be assessing how i can handle heights. The thing is I’ve only tried to climb a pole like this once before and I was terrified, granted when you climbed up it it was like a ladder rather than those spikes in the shoes. Anyways I didn’t even make it to the top because I was too scared, im worried becauseI really would like to do the apprenticeship but I’m worried I might just buckle in the interview and freak out. Any advice for me or should I just not go to the interview?
Bell South told my class of two women that we could not climb with a belt only safety on with belt when we were in place to do our work. We were told if we cut out by trainer named Turner in Columbia, SC he would pick the GD splinters out of our chest with his GD teeth. Other supervisions stood at the bottom of the pole laughing. Would have loved to have been trained by a man who was not afraid of women in the work place. I choose to cut back to frame attendant and wait for an inside advancement. Retired as an electronic tech but always admired the other woman who was new and had no choice but take the harassment.
Those guys sound like real shitstains. Nice to imagine that these days they'd be cut loose for talk like that. I'm sorry you had to put up with it. More and more women are entering the industry, and fewer of these types of men are surviving in it. You are a part of that process.
Hi Liam, our Faculty are using a bucksqueeze and a secondary lanyard. That is all we use. If you would like more information about our program, please send us an email at Admissions@blueridgectc.edu We would love for you to join our EDET program!
having a CDL is also a good start many employers allow a new hire groundman 6 months to get a commercial drivers license but having one prior to application in my opinion is a huge plus
wow, seems slow for production work but I suppose the safety factor outweighs that. I've free climbed over 150000 sticks without that gear and happy to still be in one piece
@@IceColdProfessional If a pole is not perfectly straight up and down, one side of the pole will actually be at a negative angle. That side of the pole is called the "low" side. Dependending on the severity of the lean, climbing the low side of a pole is much harder, and much more dangerous.
Looks like a lot of trouble. I'm retired and I'm still carrying splinters in my arms from cut-outs though. I obviously never heard of a ''Fall restriction device.''
Get new gear. I borrowed a bull rope from a so called friend. It was dry rotten. My first log snapped the line. Learned a life lesson. Have my own gear and take care of it.
I learned the old school way. Put the old school safety on, climb the pole, and don't fall. There WAS no bucksqueeze and I climbed many a 40, 60, and a 90 foot pole without fall arrest. On the job training cannot be beat. Lineman school is for guys who are going tho get thrown on drawn out jobs where new lines are being strung.
I can't say this is done badly, but I can say I would have used different verbiage. Must be nice to have someone rush and remove an obstacle so you don't have to climb around it while descending. But now I see why climbing is so discouraged these days, having to go thru all those steps just to ready oneself. No way I'm hitting 60 sticks a day doing wreckout, with all that nonsense needing to be done.