#adaywithalineman

As of midnight that day, the local police were giving the ability to chase criminals again in their patrol cars. Well this jack wagon, after calling multiple times threatening “suicide by cop” decided

Yo Hivers!! Welcome back to yet another edition of A Day With A Lineman A Day With a Lineman is series about what High Voltage Lineman do and encounter to keep the lights on for our customers. Also some

Yo Hivers!! Welcome back to another edition of A Day With A Lineman! This is my attempt to bring a little light to what is Lineman encounter when building, repairing, and maintaining the electrical grid.

The County Boys were out clearing some drainage ditches on the side of the road getting ready for fall and winter. They have been out there for a week or so working around the power poles without any issues.

There are many different ways to change out a power pole while keeping the electricity flowing and the lights on. We call it a Hot Pole Changeout. Every pole presents different challenges and obstacles

The Sandman just knocked me out and I was sleeping hard. I was hearing this weird noise in my sleep and nobody would shut it off. Oh… it’s my phone and that means it’s time to go to work and make some

A little snow, a little wind, icy roads, what a perfect time to change out a transformer. Oh ya and it’s 15 degrees Fahrenheit, which makes it real pleasant. The old transformer was perfectly fine but

Watch on 3Speak---As far as power outages go in the Blue Moutains this winter, it’s been pretty quiet. Which is a good thing for our customers. A couple years ago we spent all summer cutting dead trees

Van Halen’s Jump starts blaring from my phone at 1AM the morning on Christmas Eve. No it’s not an alarm, it’s my ringtone. If that song doesn’t get you going for the day… we cannot be friends… The call

Pole Farming is what us Lineman around here call it when a farmer is working their field and they get a little too close to a pole. It doesn’t take much for those powerful tractors to tear a pole down.

It seems that no matter how much bird guard/bird deterrent we put up, they always get their beaks in the wrong place. When we built this substation 7 years ago, we spent a week putting up all kinds of

It’s been raining non-stop for weeks it seems. The ground can’t hardly soak up anymore water. Still raining,the wind decides it wants to join in on the fun. Looking out the window of my house seeing the

It was nice to finally get a break from all the rain that's been pouring down. All the rivers and streams around here are on the verge of overflowing. They look like the chocolate river from Willy Wonka.

First let me give you a little warning. Some images may cause you to get a little queezy if you are sensitive to seeing dead animals. Don’t worry I will give you a fair warning Your Hive Lineman is at

Your Hive Lineman is back with another edition of A Day With A Lineman. Man, things have been pretty lively around here when it comes to power outages the past few days. It’s not due to a poorly managed

AAAAHHHH last day of the work week only a couple hours until quitting time. Cruise right into the weekend… Not So Fast!! My phone rings and it’s my General Forman. I’m pretty lucky because he doesn’t

I’m what we call a Toubleman/Serviceman, I’m still a Lineman but I work by myself most of the time. During the work day I run all over hell and back handling different service calls and responding to outages.

As we were checking transformers and vaults for the cause of the outage, the other Lineman opened a vault lid… ”Oh CRAP!! A bunch of smoke came out of here!! My response… “Yeah, that’s most likely not

Certain times of the year we simply can’t de-energize the line to replace poles and string in new wire. Springtime is super important to the farmers around here. Their irrigation pumps are basically running

Warm winds melted the deep snow causing water to flood over the road. On a rural highway dividing the orchards, traffic is sparse in the middle of the night. With each vehicle driving through the puddle