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

... truck into the trees and leaving it!!” 🤣🤣 The things we see when running on a midnight power outage. #wheattruck #crash #linelife #asplattslife

... transformer. It was packed completely full of dirt. Gonna have to change this one out and put some compacted gravel in it. #linelife #lineman #worklife #electricity #gophers #asplattslife

... hand getting the lights and A/C back on for the people. Temps were over 100F the whole time. #lineman #fire #linelife #dowork #asplattslife

... delicacy of Charred Owl and Smoked Snake… #linelife #lineman #dinneranyone #asplattslife

... places which cause power outages. #linelife #lineman #pnwlineman #asplattslife

The local farmers are pretty good about letting us know what they come across when their power goes out. Whether it be a blown fuse, broken jumper wire, or the obvious wire on the ground or broken pole.

A few days ago we had some wire break and hit the ground in 2 separate places. After getting the wire pulled back up and reconnected we noticed a few insulators had been tracking. This means that the

While transporting a spray rig to another field, a hydraulic hose burst causing the long spray arm to fall down. The farmer found out the hard way when the spray arm smashed into a power pole tearing it

... before the snow comes… #lineman #linelife #electricity #pnwlineman #asplattslife

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.

... road, so we have to relocate the pole line. #lineman #linelife #electricity #worklife

It seems like an odd place to have concerts. A Golf Course Driving Range… really?? The range does have a nice slope so people can throw out their blankets and not have to worry about the big ol’ head of

... lt powerline to have a little hiccup and blink the power… Only went crosseyed a couple times… didn’t find anything??!! #lineman #substation #linelife #electricity #asplattslife

Watch on 3Speak---I was finishing up changing all the old induction lights to LEDs in the shop yard, when I caught some lightning off in the distance. I better hurry up and get out of the air before that

Watch on 3Speak---Up in the Air with my Boy, Cheezit getting this new wire pulled in and dead ended. This is the last stretch along the highway that was in desperate need of a wire upgrade and new poles.

Had an outage call the other night and wasn’t expecting to see this. This VFD (variable frequency drive) pump had a full come apart!! It’s only about 4 years old. Part of me would have liked to see this