"Dielectric".......Bucket Trucks

[SkwerI]

That's great, John. Nothing down here for me but Brendon may be able to hit the one in MA next month.

 

[sotc]

If it were closer than 4 hours.... Still may consider it for the crew

 

[treeman75]

Omaha is only 1.5 hours away from me, Im signing up.

 

[treeman75]

Im a member of the TCIA but wondering if its open to any one.

 

[stehansen]

I avoid them.

 

[Al Smith]

I love electricity. But hey, it makes me lots of money!

Yeah what he said .

Seriously I 've gloved 7200 from a bucket truck but remember at one time in my life that's how a made my living .If you aren't trained and have the proper equiptment stay the hell away from it .You don't get a second chance if you make a mistake .

 

[brendonv]

April 12. Saving the date.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Rob's brother Jeremy worked electrical crew for PG&E out here. He was told the juice was off in a junction box I believe. He was supposed to cut a decent size line they were going to be working on... Juice was not off. He woke up slightly singed and sunburned from the discharge. The large mechanical cutter was missing the cutting head. His safety vest was all full of holes from all the hot sparks. He has that in his garage to remind him about that day.
He works for PG&E still, just does gas instead. Turns out he did not have the attention span needed for working live lines anyway..
Second chances are few in that line of work.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I've been zapped so many times I wonder if I'm fertile. Seriously... one time my arm and shoulder hurt for a week. I am a lucky bastard, for the most part.

 

[Burnham]

Lucky, or maybe something else....

 

[MasterBlaster]

If so, I don't know what for.

 

[FJR]

I really want to do that EHAP, thanks for the link John.

 

[tophopper]

Sure thing........You cant pass up free.

 

[tophopper]

Im a member of the TCIA but wondering if its open to any one.

Yes, its open to anyone.

 

[NeTree]

Heck, I'll hit it up. Nothing wrong with a refresher.

 

[Al Smith]

Well you can stand a shot of secondary like 240 but usually you tie up with a primary line you either get cooked or die .There are exceptions for the lucky ones .

BTW Toms brother in law is the the tree bizz also .Last summer one of his idiots put the lower boom of a two year old Altec into the primary .Did like 40 thousand dollars worth of damage .Took all the lines ,fried the rotate bearing ,hydraulic pump ,all the electrics and set the damned thing on fire .Blew the primary fuse .The operator didn't get hurt thank heavens but he also doesn't work there any more either .

I think they had to replace the whole lower boom .

 

[NeTree]

I got a quick bite of 13.8kV once. Hurt like hell, but I count myself lucky it wasn't fatal, never mind no serious injuries.




Although when I sneeze now, lightning shoots out my arse.

 

[Al Smith]

Well that would put on a spectacular show especially on a dark night .


You gotta take a lot of things into consideration around primary lines even if they are deenergized .Several miles of deenergized lines can generate enough static to nail you like a park plug wire .In addition they can pick up induced voltage from adjacent parrellel lines .

Weird stuff .Even with 10,000 volt gloves and rubber sleeves in an insulated bucket truck the static will make the hair on the back of the neck move if you glove a conductor .Fact even with a hot stick you can feel the effects of it if atmospheric conditions are just right .

 

[MasterBlaster]

Don't forget the smell... ozone, I think?

 

[Tree Reb]

I know that smell from the lightning strikes, don't ever want to smell that again.

 

[NeTree]

Yep; ozone.