Powerline storm work - Raw footage

[@Bobsdecline]

Hey Everyone! Busy ,busy again! 3rd weekend storm in a row 😟. We were supposed to get 40+ cm and 100k gusts, but so far it hasn't been too bad. I imagine tomorrow will be a busy day as the storm is supposed to continue until noon tomorrow... So I probably won't get much editing done this weekend. In the mean time, this is what I'm up to right now! Literally 10 minutes ago, lol I have a partner today and he's driving so I figured I share this quick video while we head to the next job site 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@YumYum820]

Apprentice here in CT, been watching your vids and I appreciate your content, thank you. Be safe out there.

[@paulmoir4452]

Winds are starting up now here on the coast. Hope everything holds together inland for you!

[@ebr-fan1117]

We love the vids! Stay safe out there as the storm gets worse. As always, be your brother's keeper.

[@scottyTy]

Thank you for all you do to keep the power flowing. You guys are great especially working during storms that knock out the power.

[@gramurspel]

Thank you for taking us on your daily work. I like your Work. Greetings from Vienna / Austria.

[@trickytrav88]

I was hoping for a vid, love your vids. Its nasty here in NJ after this storm luckily no power outages in my area yet. God Bless and stay safe

[@billm6171]

Southwest Missouri here again, my hats off to you guys once more. Don't think I could work out in the weather like that

[@chrisbalderrama6026]

We usually remove the door when open up the cutout .. just in case for a faulty switch and peace of mind .. great work ..

[@BrokebackBob]

Just want to drop you a line and say how much I appreciate all the hard work that linemen do for all of us both in Canada and the US.

[@wim0104]

Thank y'all!

[@austinalbin5320]

Watching videos like this further make me wanna do line work I might be starting at the city here soon can’t wait

[@johnwalker890]

Good job Aaron, You be careful out there.

[@adkRoy]

God bless you guys and the work you do . Stay safe.

[@russajohnson]

We’re getting dumped on down here in Maine too. Thank God for you guys.

[@Usmc2131]

I love your videos. I'm an inside wireman, but always wanted to do line work. I love high voltage work. I'd still love to work as a lineman ( but I'm getting kinda old) or to do substation work. Stay safe brother

[@barryomahony4983]

As they used to say at NASA, you guys are Steely-eyed Missile Men. Thanks for all the work you do.

[@roquri]

Getting cold just watching this!

[@mattwheaton7621]

Good ole Riverview,,,, 🤟🏻🇨🇦🤙🏻

[@jamiebright7297]

I watched your live stream during the last big storm as I was in a similar situation (overnighting away from home sleeping in my car) it helped to pass a couple hours of an otherwise uncomfortable and boring night. You guys do an awesome job in some really nasty conditions and I have huge respect for the job you do and even more since I started watching your videos. Keep up the good work and stay safe out there.

[@dannynormile3550]

Be safe out there Aaron. I’m working storm duty in Central Ma.

[@robertbullcarmichael9856]

Above all, stay safe.

[@stanroesner3892]

Thoughts are with you! Be safe Brother..

[@brianpayne4549]

I used to do this. I miss it (I had a brain injury in ‘05, and the damage done was real. I don’t feel safe, returning to the lines.)

[@dustinkay274]

Great content. Lineman here in south Texas. God bless. 60 degrees here. Nothing like that here as far as snow, stay safe.

[@dloomis201149]

Be safe ! IBEW local 126 Pa,USA.

[@dashcammayhem]

New truck or temporary? If it’s a new truck you should totally do a new truck tour similar to the last one you made. Myself not being in your line of work I enjoy checking it out and learning about what’s needed and how the equipment works. All your videos are pretty cool to watch.

[@hughholt121]

Thanks for posting Bob. Waiting to see your new content. As a Master Electrician (Retired in 2000) I have cut many a secondary drop and respect you linemen and the job you do for the public. Stay warm .

[@stuntchicken6510]

Thank you for doing what you do.

[@paulross8821]

Hats off to u guys out there in all weather. Keep safe and hopefully u are back in the warm now with a nice hot cuppa.

[@blueyesfaerie]

Love the storm footage! (Mostly because living in western CT we get hit by many of the same storms. 😄) I've always been curious about what causes outages and how they get fixed, so these videos really scratch an itch for me. Safe travels and stay warm!

[@zpoppe]

Thank you Canadian working truck drivers, freedom!

[@chrishettinger6314]

Aaron, I love your videos. I am an electrical engineer who loves to learn. Your videos have been a good start for me understanding the details of the grid.

[@kevinpoore5626]

That just looked like it was loads of fun and I bet you it was cold as can be LOL be safe be good

[@B-Scales]

Stay safe guys and ty for the dive into what happen.

[@jamesashley3827]

Be safe👍

[@davesworkshop2714]

Stay safe out in those storms! Only catching up on your video now, was over in Italy on a factory acceptance test on a 38KV traffo for a wind farm, luckily the weather was better there.

[@patmcnally6]

Glad you are Ok and doing well Aaron stay safe

[@harlanstocks3514]

This is good content man raw footage of what you actually do

[@TheSoundmanPete]

That is an awesome truck. 👍

[@Bobsdecline]

It was pretty much a snow plow today! My truck would have never made it

[@TheDirtyChef]

Here in VA and the power was dropping out from 3:30 am to about 10 today. I hope everyone up north is safe and warm! Love your videos!

[@brianleeper5737]

You have Dominion Power?

[@TheDirtyChef]

@@brianleeper5737 yep

[@bm03431]

Stay safe stay warm man.

[@Bobsdecline]

Cheers Bruce! 🧣❄️👊👊

[@jackfromtitanic233]

Snowing good out there something is happening on the lines for sure

[@k7iq]

Heck with the cold and snowy... I came down to Arizona for a couple of weeks to work where it's warmer. 😁

[@Lanceb131]

Be safe!

[@linehandibew6205]

Stay safe brother. We got slammed on Long Island. But no outages. Snow too dry and powdery. Didn’t stick to the trees.

[@yurizhivago4848]

Keep up the great work and we appreciate what you do. I went out in LOTS of blizzards to do no heat furnace repair calls when I was in the HVAC biz so I feel for you. I wonder what is the worst Winter job? For me it would have to be the guys who fix broken water main lines in Winnipeg in -40C weather with a 30 mph wind. We have lots of freeze and thaw problems and city water lines breaking due to age. They have to stand in water. Being a firefighter in Winter must also be very difficult.

[@Samanthareneeheart1]

Be careful out there not bad here in MO just cold, but could get some REALLY nasty weather coming up Wed.

[@rupe53]

Almost always rode single in my work truck. Ridding with a helper is handy but it doesn't take long to get on each other's nerves after a long day. Sometimes you need a break, even from the nice guys... and even if it's only the 20 minute drive to the next job. BTW, we dodged the bullet on this storm in southwest Ct. The bulk of the snow and wind blew 50 miles more to the east and hammered the coast and up toward Boston. We'll still have -20 wind chill all night, but I will be in a warm bed for a change.

[@Bobsdecline]

Nothing better then our new "mandatory rest regulations"... Well, I guess it's been in place for about 15 years now 😟 man time flies! I definitely love being alone, and listening to podcasts... But love catching up with the guys just a la much. We're lucky to have such a great crew!

[@viktortegelberg]

It is noticeable that you have a completely different type of electricity network in Canada. Here in Sweden, we have all the cable buried in the ground and then we have central transformer stations that spread "low voltage" to an entire residential area. Very interesting to see the comparisons.

[@ronblack7870]

it depends on the area. if it's rural/ semi rural the cost of burying is high compared to revenue. in busy cities it tends to get buried sometimes on main streets .

[@Franny_the_Fisher]

Found an interesting cutout today and sent you a picture haha, stay safe tonight!! That was me earlier this week

[@Bobsdecline]

Awesome, I'll check it out!

[@Franny_the_Fisher]

@@Bobsdecline I sent you the singular cutout then the rest of them on the three phase, someone did not weather properly is all I have to say haha, had a massive elm fall into a 12kv 3ph this week, talk about a blast in -30°f

[@oldiescoll]

Hey, Bobsdecline, I live right by the water in Connecticut. The last storm we had a week or two ago was all rain with 80K/hr winds. We had a power pole with 3 phases with no cutouts or transformers light up the sky at 5AM we lost power for 2 seconds during the arc flash and came back on. At 6AM two bucket trucks were up there for 30 minutes and left the area but were parked nearby. At 7:00AM there were two arc flashes from the same pole seconds apart and dropped all three phases to the ground the nest pole down. Again no equipment on the pole where the wires came down. The next pole down looks like a reclosure that serves the waste water treatment plant. My guess is is the porcelin ties on top of the pole cracked over time and with the salt water and the rain and wind gave way. When they closed the reclosure at 7:AM that is when things got ugly. Took an hour to put all primarys back up with those splicey things. Joe.

[@alan.macrae]

Stay safe my friend! 👊

[@ElJohnerino]

At 3:18 the word you were looking for was Schmoo or Shitstain (AvE), or Skidmark (Big Clive). 😁

[@kgt9535]

Still at it in the inhibited tundra up north there I see🥶 Stay safe....keep the fire in the wire ✊

[@johnclyne6350]

Aaron, You guys must have got the nor’easter that blew through here. Cape Cod got clobbered! Not bad in Connecticut. That word you were looking for was “where the magic blue smoke came from”. Only lineman would know about magic blue smoke though. I can’t imagine the cold temperatures you got up there with all that snow? Some places received 2 feet of snow in Connecticut with white out conditions. My hard hat is off to you guys! 👍🏻👍🏻👊🏻👊🏻 You have some nice equipment up there. Tandem axle material handlers with Posi Plus booms. They look like the old Holan booms we used to get. They were by far the best! That looks like a 2 man bucket too? I’m guessing an extended cab as well? 6 wheel drive or 10 wheel drive? Onspot chains? Over center booms? You need all the advantage you can get! Lots of your pole line is off the road.

[@Bobsdecline]

Hey John! All of the above, except for "on spots". I would love to have them tho for my little truck! The tandems are quite the truck tho, I guess it would be 8 wheel. They're calling for another storm the weekend coming again! There's been some some nasty driving conditions for sure!

[@johnclyne6350]

@@Bobsdecline The front axle is not a drive axle? Still a brute thou? We had one like that years ago. It was a digger. Unbelievable traction. The old call trucks used to have “on spots”. The company I work for took away the truck committee. Half lineman & half garage mechanics to come up with the best suited truck & accessories. You know the rest of the story…..the same guy that buys the pencils buys the trucks. No more on spots. Just so you know the “on spots” only work if your going forward. If you try to back up? They are not there to help you. I saw pictures of an oil truck that backed up with “on spots”. The driver lost the truck in a ditch & they couldn’t winch it out. They had to pump the oil out of it first & not sure what happened to the truck? Bad day for that driver. I don’t care what they say about apprentices? They are eager to work & won’t stop at anything. They give the tired hands a break from going up all the time. Keep posting those videos! Your loyal subscriber. 👍🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@somethingelsehere8089]

Outside the Crappy Tire, fixing the hydro in a snowstorm in Canada. F-in eh! ;)

[@Bobsdecline]

🤣🙌 Telling you I'm Canadian without telling you I'm Canadian

[@MrMjym]

be safe it might be a long night

[@e.vasquez9946]

No rubber sleeves?

[@acuraintegrar5]

Great vid! How do you guys like posi plus booms?

[@chrismoore9402]

Stay safe brother looks nasty out

[@commoncentstx]

What kind of jacket is that? Would you recommend it?

[@corymiller5190]

i’m wanting to be a lineman and i’m in high school but i want to get started as fast as i can do you have any advice to how to get started quicker?

[@matthewmiller6068]

How often do you have easy access to the problem like that vs having to blaze your own trail thru the down trees and unclear roads to reach the area? We had much of my area out for nearly a week in early January and I understand a big part of it was just the crews had to cut their own path to open roads to reach anything. Our IT guy had to get a ride from a tractor to get to a main road to be picked up by a lifted 4x4 truck to get in to handle a building-wide systems outage

[@Bobsdecline]

Almost every job in this weather! Our department of transportation and city plows are awesome for helping out though. Even last night we had a call - had to go down an access road to patrol a main 3 phase line. While we can always get our own plows (contracted) the community was quick to clear the way for us to help reduce restoration time. Everyone n a while customers will also clear a path through their yard for us!

[@assassinlexx1993]

Thanks for the video. No funny being up a pole when the snow is blowing sideways. Do you use those rechargeable hand warmers? The fingers lose out touching that ice cold metal. Trying to do your job when the bucket is bouncing all around. Is no fun either. You guys stay safe.

[@rohadirex6518]

Is that 1 phs trafo?

[@MB-gf1yc]

What rain gear are you using? Is that nasco?

[@stiffneck2090]

Here at my Airport we call that "meltage"

[@pumkinface1]

What do you think about the truckers?

[@brucekwak2420]

How much you make a hourly

[@msnow22000]

Hey Bobsdecline, I’m in North Texas. An ice storm hit and the power was out before i ever made it home from work. I took the next day off, and have been sitting here without power now for almost 24 hours. Iv’e been seeing trucks from out of state (Alabama Power) and owner (oncor) driving up and down the road all day (rural county road) but not one has stopped to fix anything. The center top wire is broken down the street. Why does the power company provide an estimate on power restoration on their website for an area, when once that time passes they put the status as “unknown”? This area has the largest number of affected customers, but somehow we are apparently not at the top of the list. I just love messaging on KZbin in the dark, while it’s cold.

[@Bobsdecline]

Lol messaging in the dark while cold is definitely a good time 🎉😬. The initial website estimates are based on trend. They're basically an educated guess. Often times a large area can be down, while perhaps a mainline that feeds that area may be down as well. Crew may arrive and see the damage and report back an estimated time only to discover additional damage that may not be as obvious... An example could be a pole broke at ground level swaying in the wind. During the changeout process they discover a gas main buried directly beside the pole. With a million possibilities, a series of events such as this could easily change an estimated time restoration multiple times and extend it by several hours or even days. If a job gets too big, sometimes it may be abandoned all together as the time can be spent more efficiently at restoring another area with less work involved. If that's the case, arrangements are made behind the scenes to prepare crews and equipment for the more complex job. During large outages or storms work is also focused in areas that restore hospitals, gas, grocery etc.. and not necessarily on the amount of customers affected. The main priorities are active fires or public safety issues

[@msnow22000]

@@Bobsdecline Nice! Thanks for the insight.

[@nhzxboi]

Thank New England, we taste the storms and pass them your way if they're spicy.

[@Bobsdecline]

Hahah how true! This one dumoted a lot of snow, but in the end wasn't too bad. Keep on sending them! Haha or maybe not, we could use a break 🤣

[@jake2213b]

I had a big event the other night. A car took out 2 of 3 poles. I was hearing arcing so I looked out the window. A phase was down but it ever kicked out because it was on a cattle fence burning up the post. I called to report it ad I told them who I work for ad job title because I can see people out by the fires. By the time I got my coat on they killed the lines. My training is I stay back until the line people show up and make sure it is dead so I was telling others to stay back. Eight hours and 6 trucks later 2 new poles and new high line.

[@Bobsdecline]

That's definitely a scary situation. Great job keeping people back 👊. Very well may have saved a life 🙏

[@jake2213b]

@@Bobsdecline A guy I worked with got burnt with 33000 volts. His body was one big scar. He said he died 7 times before they got him stable.

[@jeanlouisrioux2416]

Great content brotha, mechanic here for Hydro Qc, wondering whats your preferred truck to work, posi +, altec ect? Most of our guys only work with the posi + stuff. Keep the content up.

[@Bobsdecline]

Nice! I worked with crew from Hydro QC for two weeks straight a few years back. Great guys. They even had a few mechanic trucks follow their fleet. The posi have treated us pretty good. I found they were a. It slow at first compared to the altec, but much smoother. My first truck, when relieving the position before things were official was a versalift that worked very well. Then came the Terex... Which was nice, but the lower boom bottomed out too high. I have a brand new versalift now and it's crazy fast but the lower boom isn't at all like the old one. If I'm far from the pole, I might not even be able to go down far enough to reach telephone. I definitely like the speed of it tho for the service truck

[@Nick-hd2ft]

so why did you want to become a lineman instead of a electrician?

[@linehandibew6205]

More money. More fun

[@hans429]

Imagine you put 7200V into a Gas station....mabey then we had some fireworks this year :/

[@thomaskane8137]

Black tape does solve everything but that's a bit humped😂

[@e.vasquez9946]

Storm pay?🤓💲💲💲

[@skunked42]

Aaaand we have the Canadian version of Jim Cantore. Just that this one is dealing with live powerlines in a blizzard. We watch from our couch while he is out there in f**kall bad conditions. Folks. Pay the utility workers more, f**k me if I can do it.

[@colbyrafuse9246]

She wasnt real nice in lunenburg nova scotia today

[@howardhodges8475]

😡 Promo-SM.

[@414RadioTech]

what an asshole that person hopefully lost his job or is about to for doing such a stupid rap like that with electrical tape and on top of what you said wound too tight around that cable no wonder why it failed but people are so much in a hurry that they're not paying attention to their job and guess what more service calls more power outages because of stupidity from employees not doing their job and cutting corners so it's not your fault Aaron it's others that are working alongside of you or people before your time that decided to cut corners at a big risk to the public that could've been worse if it would've flashed over and it could've caused a chain reaction that happened to me once and that was not at the good at all it was a very bad day for the electric company I can tell you that they had to re-tri plex everything for a mile and a half that's how badly damaged the whole line got