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P. S. MAD is the Minimum Approach Distance. No part of the tree should be within 10' of the line, I'm guessing. You're tree is within the MAD. The power company may come cut it out of the MAD, free, giving you a little cushion. Do you understand that electricity arcs? Doesn't need direct...

Insulated booms don't conduct, but dirt and pitch seems to. Do line trimmers clean their booms? I was told our boom was to be clean and waxed for testing. We didn't use it for power line triming, so I don't know details. I was told it would, from my boss who had ehap training. Feels funny...

How many times have I been shocked by primaries, once, a very brief fraction of a second. Enough for a lifetime. No hands Stan lives 4 miles does the road. Lost more than his hands. Watch how his life, wife, family, and liver turned to shit, and you might be overcautious. His was very...

Certain things can handle underkill. Brian, please post a video of you holding a wet, pitchy, throw line over the primaries, in the rain.

I've heard of people throwing sticks/ rake at the throwline to pull it free, without having to touch it. You may have noticed, I work in the rain a lot. I don't know if pitch or dirt will add conductivity.

Don't put the throw line into the power lines! Find that rattle-can, yet? It would spruce up you pics for your Gallery.