... 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.

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 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.

... substation. I had to give the wind farm guys a hand with some switching so they could maintenance some switches #lineman #lineman #pnwlineman

Every two years we bring a company in to test our hotsticks. This is a requirement by OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Administration). Hotsticks are used to when we work on energized powerlines and

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

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

Spring must not be too far away because the hawks are back at it building nests again. Our local farmers are pretty good at calling in a letting us know about any nests being made on our power poles. When

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

My career as a Lineman is full of daily hazards, most of which can be deadly. Dangers of the actual job are one thing, then you add nature into the mix and it takes things to a whole new level. For instance,

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

No sense on building this transformer bank out in the wind and snow. Our giant, heated 2 acre shop at work sounds much nicer. #linelife #transformerbank #electricity #stayingwarm #pnwlineman

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

Watch on 3Speak--- A little breezy but not a bad day for changing out some poles energized. We keep the main line energized and spread it out to the Hot Arms. then we set the new pole right up through

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’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

A Spring morning up in the Blue Mountains putting wire back up that a tree had taken down. I could have hung out in the woods all day. Instead I had to go back down to the city for handle other Lineman