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Popper, out of curiosity, what do you do for a living now? I think you mentioned something about a lawncare company a few pages back? You'll always have clients that need trees worked on when you're doing lawncare, you might be able to sub these services out to a good tree co. and ask to work...

Excellent video

savvy farmers know that it can electrify fences, eliminating need for an expensive fence charger. I always take an insulated Jameson walking stick with me to push down on fences to cross them when im out on patrol.

Thats what I'm saying, the electromagnetic field around the conductors, you can actually hear them humming

Not a visible arc, it's like static buildup, induced voltage I guess would be the term. Half a million volts makes some strange physics

Some of the older EHV lines, ones built in the 60s and 70s, the engineering isnt always so great, especially in parts of the world with hilly geography. been in spans where the ground to conductor height was so low that grass was incompatible vegetation. (Seriously). I always get a nauseous...

I've parked under them and have been shocked getting into my toolbox or opening the door, of course after a while you learn, don't park under them....... Basically everything from 230 to 765 kV will do it.

I was patrolling a 500 kV line this past fall, and i cut a cherry sapling that had about 30 ft of clearance from tips to conductors. I cut it with a handsaw and pushed it over and it nailed me. Hurt the rest of day. Those EHV lines are a lesson in just how powerful electricity is, you dont have...

I hope that video finds it way into every EHAP training program and needs to be watched at least yearly. Much more eye opening than that old video of an Asplundh bucket truck in the 3 phase.

Just tell them you want to pursue a career in tree care. Tell them that you are a beginner at best and that you need to learn. No harm in that. You shouldn't jump ship right away anyway, because that defeats the purpose. It takes several years to get good at this kind of stuff, 5 years in my...

I think i saw your shop the last time I was down there, late March. Can you see it off the A1A?

I think everyone is right about going to work for someone else. With exceptions, i would suspect nearly everyone on here worked for a company or with someone else before going it alone. It really does take several years to be able to do removals like that comfortably, without someone coaching...

Arcing depends on a lot of things. Voltage of the line, humidity, distance above sea level, etc.... Will the lines you are talking about arc? Probably not, but 1-5 feet away is too close. The standard across the board is, for most typical distribution voltages, i.e. 14-12 kV and below, you need...