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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

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

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

Couldn’t ask for a much nicer morning to do some work in the Blue Mountains. Had a tree fall through a service wire going to a cabin #worklife #linelife #pnwlineman #lineman #asplattslife

“Let’s dig under these electrical conduits and leave 25-30 feet of it floating over our ditch while we install a 40 inch water pipe..” Is that the thought process that went into this brilliant idea??…

I’ve been in the Lineman trade for 18 years. 3-1/2 year apprenticeship working God only knows how many hours. For 10 years me and boys built or rebuilt hundreds of miles of powerlines in California. It

I didn’t expect that!! Damn near got stuck in the greasy mud while chasing a power outage. The grass was mowed and this is the farmers road to his pump. That soggy grass didn’t like my 17,500lb bucket

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

Watch on 3Speak---I’m unsure as to who installed this meter back in August of last year. I know it wasn’t me because I always thoroughly inspect the meter socket before installing a meter. Once I found

So, your lights are flickering in your house?… I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that this transformer full of dirt may very well be your problem… Damn Gophers!! #linelife #electricity #lineman

Watch on 3Speak---This view brightened up the our spirits a bit. Frigid single digit temps weren’t the way we wanted to spend Christmas Eve morning. A drunk driver hit a pole at approximately 12:30am.

An Absolute Terrible way to start Christmas… Got called @ 4am to a house fire to disconnect the power. Unsure if everyone was ok but praying for them. #notamerrychristmas #housefire #fire #lineman

Here comes the rain… then the Wind… then the rain and wind… Sometimes we get lucky and not a single power outage will happen. We will get 50-60mph winds and nothing… A downpour for hours… nothing. Then

Watch on 3Speak---Talk about Mega-Movers… DANG!! I’m honestly surprised they got this big power transformer down to this substation. The time has finally come to upgrade the old power transformers that

Enjoying a brisk 25F night putting wire back up in the air. A connection that became loose over time, slowly burn the wire in half. The power outage lasted about 2hrs… not bad #lineman #linelife #poweroutage

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.