Still missing is Shaun Thornhill since January 2012. New footage from the last job he was on with Local 798. This is Old Skool 798...best of the west in welders!
@@CuttinWithCody Because they think they're God's gift to mankind that's why. There's people all over this world that can weld just as good as these guys they're just not on the "pipeline" or work for the "798".
I see a lot of folks that I worked with for years. This video brings back some find memories as these people became my family over the years. Since I retired I've lost contact with them. Thanks
I really enjoy your posts! Takes me back to some of the best times of my life. My dad and uncle were pipeline 798 welders and I grew up traveling the country in a trailer and living in a trailer park with other pipeliners in a strange town. Most of the pipeliners I knew were the best friends ever. Some played hard but all worked hard. I worked many jobs from Manistique MI in 1968 to Fairbanks and Livengood AK in 1976 and what you shared hit the nail on the head. I went to college and worked in a different field but in my heart the best times ever were on that ROW or in the ditch making tie-ins or on the pipe gang or firing line. In my heart I will always be a pipeliner! The best people I ever knew. Thanks.
Been welding for 17 years and I sure do miss the pipeline! Doing some structural for now but every time I hear my old sa200 rev up , I fall in love with my profession
I’ve worked in safety in the Oil&Gas Industry, mostly in the “Pipeline Construction” side of it. Doing “Contract Safety”. And I have LOVED IT!! For 30 years!!! Some of the best men I’ve ever met have been “Union Pipeline Welders!!!!
@@deerepower337 1). Union or not, pipeliners are about as real as men and women can get. We all work hard out on the R.O.W. 2). Nobody in my union tells me how to vote. If I vote one way and my brother votes another, we're still union brothers and we stick together and bitch together. 3). There's so much work out there, that if I job goes sideways for whatever reason, if you're a good pipeliner and have made a name for yourself, you can ALWAYS find more work. 4.) It's THEIR, not there. You're welcome.
Long live the photographer who gave us this amazing video. I am a welder for 12 years. My father taught me this profession and I loved it very much. I'd like to get to know you ❤
Fossil fuel companies don't do too bad in the infrastructure bill: $12.5 billion for CCUS commercialization projects $2.1 billion for CO2 transport (pipelines) Orders DOI to open up Gulf of Mexico for carbon sequestration.
If that is the type of pipe I think it is, those welds are special sticks that are x-ray quality when finished. Only extremely small bubbles are allowed. These guys are pros
It’s called porosity,..not bubbles. They are likely using 6010 root and Lo-Hy or “hippie” for fill and cap. Pipe is API 5L X52. Normal day on the R.O.W. Pre qualified procedure performed by all welders per API 1104. Either a “Butt and Branch” test or a “Bell-hole and a Branch”
God bless the ironworkers!...worked with some guys in the 80's building a fishing access on the Hood Canal Bridge in Washington state...good bunch...thank you...however, the new bunch of 798ers coming up know nothing about the brotherhood of unions...sad but true...this was almost 10 years ago...
@@CherylAnn798 that’s the sad part about it and only being in for 4 years now I worry about some of the newer guys I’m with and whether they’ll take care of themselves or take care of the brotherhood if it comes down to it
Jordan, you are right, there is a brotherhood in the pipeline. I'm a 627 Operator of over 12 years and have worked on a number of pipeline jobs for several contractors, Price Gregory as seen in this video being one of them. On all of those jobs, I have worked with so many good men and women of all races, ages, and walks of life. Didn't matter what union they were working under, whether it was Operator, 798, Laborer, Electrician, Iron worker, there's a good sense of brotherhood and comradery. Just like anywhere, you're not gonna get along with or make friends with everyone you encounter, but for the most part I've had great experiences and worked with many people that would give you whatever cash they had in their pocket if you were in a bind. @Cheryl Ann Lager, you are definitely right on that one! And it's not just 798 union members, I think it's in every union now. I know it's that way in the Operator's, I've seen a lot of people come in, young and old, that don't really care, they just see the good pay and benefits, and are in it for themselves, and somehow feel entitled because they're a union member. I'm a 3rd generation Operator. My dad is a 45yr member and my grandpa was in for a number of years in the past. My career path might change in the future, but I take great pride in being an IUOE member and being able to follow in the footsteps of many great men and women before me that paved the way to what we have now. So many people wanna talk down on and bash the unions, but those are also the people who know nothing about them. The people who don't know their history, and don't know that without unions,,,, We wouldn't have,,, WEEKENDS, safe work conditions, 8 hour work days for many, good pay, and many other things. Anyways I'm done rambling, glad you had a good run in the laborers and 798 Cheryl and thanks for the video
Sou brasileiro,trabalhei como soldador no Brasil durante 13 anos mig e eletrodo,na área petrolífera Siderúrgica,celulose e outras mais minha paixão a solda vem de berço,meu avô era soldador,ainda acredito que vou trabalhar na minha função mais uma vez,hoje moro em Boston
I was on the right of way as a filer. Many years ago. I filed pipe all day every day for weeks. Stand around all day playing quarters. And then right at quitting time the pipe shows up . Unload till two in the morning. They never let me in. No grinding no welding nothing. I will tell whoever is reading this, if for some reason someone doesn't like you your are screwed. You will not be part of their crew . It's that simple. It got to the point I drug up five miles from the nearest dirt road and twenty from the nearest town. I went back to masons tending and carpentry. So don't think your can walk up on a right of way and everyone is gonna shake your hand, it ain't like that. To any newbies welding is the easy part.
This right here is the dream that I envision for my career. I want this so bad I just don’t know where to start and how to get into that area of the field
As a retired pipeline welder here in the UK it all looks so familiar shame that maybe the best days are gone but you never know, it remains to be seen if green energy can replace gas and oil. Good luck to all fellow pipeliners in the USA.
I remember working for HC Price & Gregory & Cook at different times over the years. I've been out of the loop for awhile but was wondering when did they merge together and why?
As it clearly shows in the bore under the Ohio river 6,500 feet of pipe welded and professionally done by SMITTY ,OUR FAMOUS ... SO YA WANNA BE A BADASS PIPEMAN ... VIDEO CLEARLY SHOWS 798S GREATS!
Are they now unemployed Keystone pipliners. Sure don't look like they fit in soft hi tech solar fitting job. Peace and heartfelt condolences for lost jobs guy's. Stay strong fellas, you are invaluable assets to your country. God bless ya.
@@railmaker thing of it is. All these unemployed union workers will still vote for Biden next time around. They'll blame everyone but Biden. Hell they'll probably still be blaming Trump 4 years after the fact. Brainwashed sheeple. They do what they're told.
Millions of miles of pipelines across the USA that need maintenance and still new pipe to be laid. Keystone was a big project but I won't make or break local 798 or the UA for that matters. There's been projects before that haven't worked out but I guess Keystone is the talking point right now. And for the record Biden and the democrats are the only ones trying to protect collective bargaining right now while the Republicans try to make the whole country right to work so yes we'll vote for Biden again and again cause the Republicans hate unions
@@kanodelosreyes5995 Kano if I were you I would work in the field a few years to learn how things are done and how to deal with the conditions that you encounter. I think you will be a better Inspector.
Work union live better, oh yes , I’m a ol union millwright, but now just do my own thing , truck drive ,weld, cut , hauling my own scrap metal and junk cars, nice , thanks beautiful, love ya for it , stay safe out , praise Jesus Christ grace Christ amen BigAl California.
@OliverDude damn straight! Best spot is working with the bead hands...my favorite...no wear and tear on that truck! 60 hrs. Breaks, lunch, and a good cold beer for the ride home...miss that!
Union for life brothers.You want a life ya need a union. think not try urning your life with out one.when a new boss comes along on a non union job and his nefew whants a job guess what your going home,, been there done that.try that with a strong union aint happening boys.good job out there.
Unions poison. Get the workers to always demand more money, and a new owner comes along and imports third worlders to do your job, and EVERYBODY'S GOING HOME. Why do you think everything is made in China???? Why do you think the auto and steel mills are all overseas..??? Because of shitty unions.
Pipelining will be dead soon..thanks to the biden administration..the same demoncrats that unions voted for..now they bitch about losing their jobs.better look for a "green job in solar"John Kerry
I would like to get into 798 union. When is the best time to join. I'll turn 49 in January. I have over 20 experience in welding. Structure, pipe, stick, wire feed.
Make an application....do it now! I started in the union 2007 at 52 years old, and retired in 2017...I have a great pension that added to my SS...and talk about 401K...
that was ten years ago too!...wow...fast forward to 2019...take a look at my video called SO YA WANNA BADASS WELDERS TRUCK...BIG BUCKS...holy cow those trucks now...wow...show trucks...not made for a real pipeline ROW
I had to pull up and leave with my arc constantly blowing out with 100 mph. winds and a water spowt on its way, knocking the crane down later smashing down on the empty moblehome office. Do you guys weld in winds over 100 mph. ?
Hello. I am writing through a translator. Tell me, what is going on with you? It is clear that you are pulling the pipeline, I do not understand such a number of cars. Where did all this come from? Do you work for an organization and this is its car? or do you work for yourself and are your personal cars ready for welding work? Does the organization give you a task and you go anywhere in your country to fulfill an order in your equipped cars? or how it happens with you. Very interesting. I am a welder, but in another country. We call it a watch. For example, on 30/30, you work for thirty days somewhere in another part of the country, and then you rest at home for thirty days. You can also work at home in enterprises, but the salary is less than shift work. Thanks
No way I would ever want to be a pipeliner! I'm not enough gypsy to want to do that traveling and living in trailers. I'll stick to welding at my table in a comfortable shop. But my hat is off to anyone who CAN do that job!
And Danny just told the entire country what Union Pipeline Welders make? However, the cost of running those trucks cross country, TWO HOMES TO MAINTAIN, FAMILIES LEFT BEHIND, these are the best in the pipeline industry in all of AMERICA
@@CherylAnn798 I’m sure I don’t have any doubt it.. and yes that’s the hard part is leaving your house and kissing everyone goodbye for a few months at a time
Of course each has a rig...that gives them money for that truck...how else could we lay all that pipe? A guy welding off one machine? Helpers ride the bus
Every welder has a helper...then there's the helpers that pre heat the pipe with propane...and helpers that carry the ground, and some of those people could be laborers...
Inside the pipe are internal clamps that hold the pipe square so you can get the space you need for the bead.The smoke inside the pipe is smoke from the first rod. Putting the bead in will cause smoke to go inside the pipe.
The busses are to take the hands from the yard out to the right of way where they'll be working. Operators, welders, and those driving and riding in company trucks are the only ones that drive out. Well, inspectors and others too
@@zionstephens5467 no...I was in the laborers union in Washington state...met a welder in the Pipeliners union...so I joined in 2007 and became a helper ...I never learned to weld...most helpers go on and become welders, I was 52 when I started and retired from it in 2017...good luck!
Depends on the scale in the area they're working, and the contract. I worked on the Keystone back in 2013 down in east Texas building a pump station and one in Oklahoma, and the 798 welders were getting around $45/hr, like $15/hr rig pay for their truck, and I think over $100/day per diem. Also I think I remember them guaranteed 12 hours a day. So yeah they were bringing home $4-5k a week or so
If it’s union it can provide training for you to get out there in the field and for welding you’ll need to go to a pipeline welding course and get certified. Hope I make sense !
@@CherylAnn798 I am sorry to hear that. My condolence to Ronnie's family. Is there an ongoing investigation for Shaun? Best wishes from Local 12/IUEC Kansas City.
@@chetboisen1187 I looked him up under his name, Shaun Thornhill, The Charley Project. Shows he was in Louisiana when he went missing...truck was found, he never was....although, he left the job because of suspected drug use...sad for his family for sure...this video was the last pics of him.
The United Association has backed Biden since 2020....which 798 is a part of....some of the members chose to back the GOP candidate...TRUMP....the rapist, the con man, the art of stealing American dollars...Biden at least has a brain, and has produced a lot of work for the union...yes...I'm still riding with Biden...if that's what you were wondering!
