I've realized now, how we take electricity for granted, if it wasn't for these heroes we, wouldn't have it. Respect the things we take for granted...regardless of the light bill, it doesn't mean anything, unless these guys are at a dangerous job. God bless and protect you all.
This is why men get paid more than women generally. Men are way more likely to work a dangerous job where their life will end. Women usually work comfortable desk jobs with air conditioning. You cannot expect a guy dangling from a helicopter playing with live wire to get paid the same money as a woman sitting comfortably in an office painting her nails?
Electricity is a business like anything else. I pay the electric company in return for electricity to my home. Taking it for granted does not apply here.
Hey, somebody has to do it & I'm thankful its you that's keeping the electricity flowing. Thank you for your service to our great country. Truly the real and deserving un-sung heroes of Americas POWER.🚁💡
You gotta figure it's one of those rare jobs where they basically set their own pay. Like the guys who put out oil well fires or repair pipes at the bottom of sewage lagoons.
Haven't you heard? Electrocution is a favorite Indian pastime. They watch their buddies fry all the time and still think, "Hm, let me grab that bare electrical wire on top of the train." Make it make sense.
Good point. In fact, the line worker ends his commentary with his only 3 fears, among which: women. But that doctor does not make this interesting footage
My lights, heat and air conditioning are always working and amazing, the people that provide it.......Priceless God Bless them all and keep them safe.....
the line Sparks to the rod with the guy on the helicopter because the guy in the helicopter have capacitance and the AC line it's charging them up positive and then reversing and charging them negatively 60 times a second.
Funny Nym BTW. MOSFET. 'Metal Oxide Semiconducter Field Effect Transformer'. That FET is the semi conductor equivalent of the vacuum tube. Great stuff! Have a 1939 Zenith TUBE floor model radio here. What a beauty. Regards.........
no, it's due to static electricity from the rotor blades, he is grounding the static from the helicopter so it doesn't go through him as he climbs on the lines, he then attaches a ground to the cable then, climbs onto the cables....when he gets off he does this in reverse. those lines are not live. the live HT workers wear a Faraday suit.
Matthew 6:19-21 NKJV "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; [20] but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. [21] For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.,
There is actual risk and apparent/perceived risk - the correct procedures, tools and protection (system wide and personal) can reduce the actual risk to that of normal everyday activities (which are dangerous themselves but found quite acceptable by most folks) at a cost. The difference would be the quality inspection of the cable at manufacture to that 'way up there' in terms of relative cost, working team size, time and accident rate. No doubt today (2021) this close inspection is done by the inspector from on the ground using an ATV for travel (rather than a piloted helicopter) and a camera drone (that may fly up and then hang from the transmission wire for most of the inspection time) for inspection documentation. I wonder if this 2010 process inspected the entire surface condition of the two cables top, bottom and both sides, I didn't notice any mirror used (though he did drag something along with him hanging from the pulley).
I was a behind a man in line at mcdonalds over 20 years ago, he was with his son and I asked him what happened to his arm( cut off from above the elbow) He did this job!
far away from loud and gleaming documentaries. The music is touching and the sound work of the sound effects is masterful. A beautiful documentary is like a good movie.
Yes i use to do that work in my youger life did it for 11 years then one day i got sick of it and i quiet and never went back doing that work again yes it was scary.
Average High Voltage Lineman salary: $71,000 per year. About $35 an hour if working a 40 hour week. I'd rather make a bit less than that and be comfortable.
Most of the time it's a 10 hour day, 4 day week. You get unreal benefits, great over time on Fridays, and if you're doing something like he is in this video, he's making well over $100'000/year
$100,000.00 my ass. I went to Iraq for 9 months and made $260,000.00. 3 months on. Two weeks off. As long as you don't stay longer then 10 days in the United States in a calendar year of the contract. It's all tax free... You just had to deal with Camel Spiders. Ever so often mortar fire. Just make sure you hide your alcohol out of public site. Or they send your ass back.. But it is an open contract. You can leave anytime you want... I did it twice. Then paid for a Brand New leisure travel van Wonder. I now travel around and stopped working.. Unless I want too. Best choice I ever made...
Just lookup KBR open jobs site. It's all right there.They do a phone interview. Fly you to Houston. Give a medical look over. Get you a passport. A debt card with some cash on on it and you're on a plane. It really is nice. As they pay for everything. You meet new people from all over. You get to take your 2 weeks to any country you like. They also flew me to every site I had to put by helicopter. Stay a few weeks or a month. Then go build a new one or support an existing one. It's pretty damn easy once you get settled in to the routine. Just don't spend your money going ape shit. When you come back. Take a few months off. If you think you liked it. Do it again. In two years. You can make out like a bandit.. As some of these assignments are in modern cities. Ask for Carol if she is still there. She was my recruiter...www.kbr.com/careers I mean you can get shot on the streets of Chicago easier.....
Fuck no your not. You're not even allowed to wear anything that looks military from any country. You want to carry a weapon. Join a military branch or become a mercenary contractor.
Fun trivia fact ; If you strike the ground wire on a transmission tower line with a metal tool, the sound that is produced is the sound effect used in the movie Star Wars for their laser 🔫 guns
That's like some motivation words. Dude sitting on cables that are really high in the air and they have lots of Electricity flowing over them and he's married "three things I'm afraid of"
It has nothing to do with Faradey cage. The copter is not connected to the ground, so there is no current outside of initial static discharge through the conducting stick. After the copter and the wire have the same electric potential, there is no danger in touching the wire.
That's a lot of trees around there, what happens if the wind blows and one of those branches touches the powerline or one of the guys as they're crawling across, creating a circuit?
There isnt one tree there that is that capable of being that tall first of all. The lines are that much higher than the tallest tree. Second there are not any trees near the lines. They are many feet away at the closest. so the answer is the branches will never touch them creating a circuit. There are not any to touch it. Its that simple.
The reason these cables are so thick isn't because of voltage loss or any technical reason, it is to support the weight of these guys massive testicles.
Can some one please tell how the man got on the cables without getting shocked and why there was arc forming when the rod came into contact with the chopper,I really could not understand it.
the rod basically allows the workers and the helicopter to be the same voltage as the power line without harm so the electricity is flowing around them not through them
Wendy's great paranese guard the sheep and lambs....perdenales electric....Blanco Texas was the provider at 1139 deer haven, Blanco, Texas. My Michael Meehan threw the ball to my son, Austin bastone and said, 'go long, Austin's and our son caught the football with one hand! I miss you Michael and Austin and my family!!!! Terry the owner of the 54 acres at 1139 deer haven was a park ranger. It was a blessing and honor to experience that life with Michael and my son and our pups on that land in the 'best lil town in texas' !!! I miss Blanco and chief Richie and pd...thank you for being kind to us when we lived there!!!!
Woman would be really good at this. We're not even aware it exists. I wasn't till I started welding... wish I knew sooner. There would definitely be more.
I remember I was in Norwich UK near the East Anglia University some years ago and guys were working on those high voltage lines without switching the power off. How they do it I don't know.
I would imagine that drones will take over some jobs like this in the future . I built some truck mounted boom lifts for working on powerlines at one stage of my life and l really did learn a lot about this sort of work .
I will keep my eye out for jobs with high potential.
THE PUNS.. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
There are plenty of current openings in this line of work.
we trip out on this stuff
thats very short
fair enough, I'll put a plug in it so.
This is the type of job where mistakes are not part of the equation.
I wish Africa leader would study this course
@@kwisa4899 🤣
@@kwisa4899 .,.,m.m
I was told a lineman's pencil has no eraser
Hgggg
This is my new superhero!
The humor, the courage, the absolute calm demeanor. The full package!
Thank you so much for sharing, I love my job!🎉
I've realized now, how we take electricity for granted, if it wasn't for these heroes we, wouldn't have it. Respect the things we take for granted...regardless of the light bill, it doesn't mean anything, unless these guys are at a dangerous job. God bless and protect you all.
Amen! Well said! 🙏
Perfect example of how men are underappreciated for keeping society running.
This is why men get paid more than women generally. Men are way more likely to work a dangerous job where their life will end. Women usually work comfortable desk jobs with air conditioning. You cannot expect a guy dangling from a helicopter playing with live wire to get paid the same money as a woman sitting comfortably in an office painting her nails?
Electricity is a business like anything else. I pay the electric company in return for electricity to my home. Taking it for granted does not apply here.
@@TudorOwen50s It wasn't very well said because he had commas in unnecessary places.
Hey, somebody has to do it & I'm thankful its you that's keeping the electricity flowing. Thank you for your service to our great country. Truly the real and deserving un-sung heroes of Americas POWER.🚁💡
Amen 🙏🏼
@@flightnavigator8999 With all the thank god and amen comments it's obvious that the US is in a headlong rush to a Theocracy.
I admire the incredible work you do. Awesome!
It would be difficult going to work everyday knowing you get zero chances to make a mistake. God bless these people.
No erasers on the pencils
every day. Two words.
Welcome to my life. I'm a fry cook.
I received this video suggestion after 10years of it's Upload but still I'm feeling wonder and amazing about their profession 🙌🙌🙌
Well if that’s what he likes, more power to him.🧐
I see what you did there
As someone who is afraid of heights, not electricity, I cannot appreciate these guys more.
If you work with electricity, you would fear it’s potential. Sure you’re not afraid of 120v branch circuits, but this is not residential shit.
You can't see electricity. I think that's a bit more scary since you can't smell it or see it.
@@williamcruz7976 you can’t smell heights either
This is what an ignorant man would say about electricity. Not ignorant in a bad way, just unaware. You should have a healthy fear of it.
Electricity will fuck you up way worse than any fall lol
This man lives outside of his fears 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇺🇸
They get 50,000 a year? They should be paid 500,000 a year.
Not even double when I earn lol fuck that
Im sure they get paid way more than that.
If I were to reach into my imagination to pull out the most absurd job that did not exist, this might be the one.
😂😂😂
Underwater welder.
You gotta figure it's one of those rare jobs where they basically set their own pay. Like the guys who put out oil well fires or repair pipes at the bottom of sewage lagoons.
@@gastonbell108 they do not set their own pay... or maybe in the us...
damn son .. thats a brave man with huge balls .. respect
My best friend's son-in-law flies the hellicopter as shown in the video (not this particular one however) and he has some great stories to tell...
Care to share some of these stories?
no@@ergez
I used to "Thread the Needle" so I appreciate your work. Special class of workers. Thanks and HNY '24🎉
he's safer then any electrician in India.
Yeah, here they don't wear gears and the cables might even break if they hang on with it maybe lol
Than, not then.
Haven't you heard? Electrocution is a favorite Indian pastime. They watch their buddies fry all the time and still think, "Hm, let me grab that bare electrical wire on top of the train." Make it make sense.
so true
i disagree being the doctor to tell women they are overweight is the most dangerous job
painhour lolol
😂🤣😁😄😅
painhour 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😁😁😁😁😁😁😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
might as well double down and call her an overstuffed blimp
Good point. In fact, the line worker ends his commentary with his only 3 fears, among which: women. But that doctor does not make this interesting footage
May The Lord protect you guys and keep you safe from all harm....
lord not sure. that mini Faraday cage yes.
#OneMessageFoundation
You do realize the "Lord" has killed and ordered people to kill thousands of people. I wouldn't depend on him.
@@oscarantoniomoreno5247 According to who? Which religion do you follow?
My lights, heat and air conditioning are always working and amazing, the people that provide it.......Priceless
God Bless them all and keep them safe.....
god bless the police
I imagine the pay is in keeping with the risk involved. If I were about 40 years younger I'd look into it.
ha ha ha i agre with you
the line Sparks to the rod with the guy on the helicopter because the guy in the helicopter have capacitance and the AC line it's charging them up positive and then reversing and charging them negatively 60 times a second.
Funny Nym BTW. MOSFET. 'Metal Oxide Semiconducter Field Effect Transformer'. That FET is the semi conductor equivalent of the vacuum tube. Great stuff! Have a 1939 Zenith TUBE floor model radio here. What a beauty. Regards.........
Bitch what?
It's just a type of a Transistor.
no, it's due to static electricity from the rotor blades, he is grounding the static from the helicopter so it doesn't go through him as he climbs on the lines, he then attaches a ground to the cable then, climbs onto the cables....when he gets off he does this in reverse. those lines are not live. the live HT workers wear a Faraday suit.
MOSFETT And if it was true what you wrote, (which it's not) would be 50 times a sec in other countries. Bom Bom !!
Matthew 6:19-21 NKJV
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; [20] but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. [21] For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.,
To boldly go where no man has gone before.
Job is just livelyhood , we are pushed into it and supported .
Thank you guys for doing this tough job 👍
There's only 3 things I ever been afraid of
Electricity
Heights
And women
And I'm married too
TOP KEK! LOL
. . . lol
Get Down lol
Get Down your married to a guy then since you scared of wolves
OMG THAT IS SO SCARY!!!!!😱😱😱😱😱😖😖😖😖😬😬😬😬😧😧😧👍💐☄
CRAWLING ON THE POWER LINES????!!!!!😱😱😱😱😬😬😬😖😖😧
WHY WOULD I WANT TO DO THAT????!!!!!!💗😭😭😭😭😭😬😬😬😱😱😱😖😖😖😧😧😧
There is actual risk and apparent/perceived risk - the correct procedures, tools and protection (system wide and personal) can reduce the actual risk to that of normal everyday activities (which are dangerous themselves but found quite acceptable by most folks) at a cost. The difference would be the quality inspection of the cable at manufacture to that 'way up there' in terms of relative cost, working team size, time and accident rate. No doubt today (2021) this close inspection is done by the inspector from on the ground using an ATV for travel (rather than a piloted helicopter) and a camera drone (that may fly up and then hang from the transmission wire for most of the inspection time) for inspection documentation. I wonder if this 2010 process inspected the entire surface condition of the two cables top, bottom and both sides, I didn't notice any mirror used (though he did drag something along with him hanging from the pulley).
Important comment and update.
Who's got big balls? He's got big balls.
and he's got the biggest balls of them all
Hans Kroll AC/DC
Eric R
still wondering why the helicopter didnt crash and the cable didnt bend due to his massive balls
Thought that arcing was CGI at first and I was about to leave the video. Gotta have respect for these guys!
wait.... its NOT CGI? WTF?
There’s 500,000 volts going through the cables. Thats MORE than enough to make those sparks!!!! lol
760kV
I'm a helicopter pilot who has precision hovering and manoeuvring skills and the idea of hovering around high power lines gives me goosebumps.
Truly amazing. Learning is really great. Thanks for the video so much.
What a buzz without any drugs, totally insane massive Respect guys 🙏
Underwater welders?
Thanks God only a few hand picked, you need steel nerves to do a gob like that, thank you guys for your courage.
I was a behind a man in line at mcdonalds over 20 years ago, he was with his son and I asked him what happened to his arm( cut off from above the elbow) He did this job!
NOT sure ------ who's more MAD the guy on the wire or the HELICOPTER pilot
Falling from height and electrocution can be seriously fast deaths. Marriage is a guaranteed slow and painful death...
Laughing & crying simultaneously
After 11 years TH-cam recommend this video to me.
My first thought was why they were not using a drone or some kind of robot. After reading Abdullahahmed212's comment, it made a little more sense.
I dunno, those 4 guys who worked on the leaking hydrogen valve on a fully loaded rocket 30 minutes before launch. Now THAT is balls!!!
You can hear water sizzle on these lines when it is raining.
That's awesome and unbelievable at the same time
my mate john done this job for 10 years back in the 80s . he died riddled with cancer . it is more than a dangerous job .
far away from loud and gleaming documentaries. The music is touching and the sound work of the sound effects is masterful. A beautiful documentary is like a good movie.
great final statement
I must admire this guy I think I m afraid of women too at times
Unbelievable pilot skills here. Besides him falling there is no danger
Yes i use to do that work in my youger life did it for 11 years then one day i got sick of it and i quiet and never went back doing that work again yes it was scary.
Real
Thanks for your service sire
does anyone know what this music or type of music called? it's kind of relaxing for me :D
don`t go to sleep!
I read that it is Michael Brook, a Canadian Composer
Its crazy how peacefull this is...
If I got to work in the woods like in this video, this job would be amazing. Inspecting power lines mile after mile over corn fields? No thanks.
These guys should be paid $1million a day
I love your 3 things you are afraid of!!! That is exactly me!!! amazing work!
I'm currently going to college for this 👌
update?
Update?
Hopefully to be the pilot.
Update please.
Average High Voltage Lineman salary: $71,000 per year. About $35 an hour if working a 40 hour week.
I'd rather make a bit less than that and be comfortable.
Most of the time it's a 10 hour day, 4 day week. You get unreal benefits, great over time on Fridays, and if you're doing something like he is in this video, he's making well over $100'000/year
$100,000.00 my ass. I went to Iraq for 9 months and made $260,000.00. 3 months on. Two weeks off. As long as you don't stay longer then 10 days in the United States in a calendar year of the contract. It's all tax free... You just had to deal with Camel Spiders. Ever so often mortar fire. Just make sure you hide your alcohol out of public site. Or they send your ass back.. But it is an open contract. You can leave anytime you want...
I did it twice. Then paid for a Brand New leisure travel van Wonder. I now travel around and stopped working.. Unless I want too. Best choice I ever made...
Master Chief 00117 my cousin does this he makes 200k a year
Just lookup KBR open jobs site. It's all right there.They do a phone interview. Fly you to Houston. Give a medical look over. Get you a passport. A debt card with some cash on on it and you're on a plane. It really is nice. As they pay for everything. You meet new people from all over. You get to take your 2 weeks to any country you like. They also flew me to every site I had to put by helicopter. Stay a few weeks or a month. Then go build a new one or support an existing one. It's pretty damn easy once you get settled in to the routine.
Just don't spend your money going ape shit. When you come back. Take a few months off. If you think you liked it. Do it again. In two years. You can make out like a bandit.. As some of these assignments are in modern cities.
Ask for Carol if she is still there. She was my recruiter...www.kbr.com/careers
I mean you can get shot on the streets of Chicago easier.....
Fuck no your not. You're not even allowed to wear anything that looks military from any country. You want to carry a weapon. Join a military branch or become a mercenary contractor.
If I was performing that job, I've would've done my "UNLIMITED POWAAAAAH!" scene from Star Wars
No worries, he's a jedi repairman. Watch out for the guys in the black suits though.
Fun trivia fact ; If you strike the ground wire on a transmission tower line with a metal tool, the sound that is produced is the sound effect used in the movie Star Wars for their laser 🔫 guns
what about the electromagnetic field he is exposed to? no health damage from it?
I guess he's completely isolated by wearing this Faraday Suit I don't see any other explanation.
“And I’m married too” 😂
All I can say is "There Aint Enough Money"!
True
@jeffco9600 You got that right!!!
Yes
Unbelievable !! Respect respect respect to all the folk who do this incredible job 😊
Job requirement: must have suicidal tendencies.
It’s not a job for a hotdog.
Real Heros!
That's like some motivation words. Dude sitting on cables that are really high in the air and they have lots of Electricity flowing over them and he's married "three things I'm afraid of"
It has nothing to do with Faradey cage. The copter is not connected to the ground, so there is no current outside of initial static discharge through the conducting stick. After the copter and the wire have the same electric potential, there is no danger in touching the wire.
That's a lot of trees around there, what happens if the wind blows and one of those branches touches the powerline or one of the guys as they're crawling across, creating a circuit?
There isnt one tree there that is that capable of being that tall first of all. The lines are that much higher than the tallest tree. Second there are not any trees near the lines. They are many feet away at the closest. so the answer is the branches will never touch them creating a circuit. There are not any to touch it. Its that simple.
Well said.
Use grounding cluster for safety work
I wonder if he has a problem with static cling.
The reason these cables are so thick isn't because of voltage loss or any technical reason, it is to support the weight of these guys massive testicles.
I get the part about the women!🤣
I don’t care what these guys are paid, it’s not enough!⚡️
lol
Can some one please tell how the man got on the cables without getting shocked and why there was arc forming when the rod came into contact with the chopper,I really could not understand it.
the rod basically allows the workers and the helicopter to be the same voltage as the power line without harm so the electricity is flowing around them not through them
Go back to school. Take a grade 9 physics course.
Still don't understand? then keep slinging them big-macs and quarter-pounders.
What is name of the material your cloth is made of...
What about the field of current generated by the two parallel cable
Anybody know the name of the background music?
The electricity is not the thing that is freaking me out watching this, nor is the height... it's the sudden stop at the bottom
high risk high reward obliviously ,
Why is Jijo on a power line?
Electric balls it takes! 👍🍻 I learned something new today. I wonder what they get paid, even more so agree with his 3 fears. 🙂
Wendy's great paranese guard the sheep and lambs....perdenales electric....Blanco Texas was the provider at 1139 deer haven, Blanco, Texas. My Michael Meehan threw the ball to my son, Austin bastone and said, 'go long, Austin's and our son caught the football with one hand! I miss you Michael and Austin and my family!!!! Terry the owner of the 54 acres at 1139 deer haven was a park ranger. It was a blessing and honor to experience that life with Michael and my son and our pups on that land in the 'best lil town in texas' !!! I miss Blanco and chief Richie and pd...thank you for being kind to us when we lived there!!!!
Does dominos deliver pizza 🍕 up on them lines•~
Where do I sign up this seem awesome and terrifying at the same time
I wonder how many woman rush to apply to this job.
Woman would be really good at this. We're not even aware it exists. I wasn't till I started welding... wish I knew sooner. There would definitely be more.
Really nice, deserves more views!
Where do I sign up? Looks awesome
Go too the power companies and enquire
Your local IBEW
I remember I was in Norwich UK near the East Anglia University some years ago and guys were working on those high voltage lines without switching the power off. How they do it I don't know.
Is the suit necessary since the helicopter is not touching the ground? Because they have the same voltage as the line so no current will be produced
Holy cow, I didn't know those guys crawled along the tables like that
Where did you see a table?
@@itsmesanto , that's what I'd like to know.
I would imagine that drones will take over some jobs like this in the future .
I built some truck mounted boom lifts for working on powerlines at one stage of my life and l really did learn a lot about this sort of work .
& he’s married too. LMAO
The volume is not low enough on the video, I can still hear it.
Thank you for your service!
thank the police
1:54 How do they get on the middle wires?
I would like to know what he was actually doing on those power lines?
This clip is from the IMAX documentary Straight Up: Helicopters in Action
REPENT AND FOLLOW JESUS CHRIST BEFORE ITS TOO LATE ,
I see why that would be ! Hats off to you guys
hats off to the police
Props to the pilot
Why do birds not flash when they land on HV cables?
Very fine.
Congrats for brave work.
There is no price tag for this job. He deserves whatever life he wishes to live!
I don't know any women voices for equality for these kinds of jobs ;-) except china, seen women doing it .
He forgot to take his esky with him 😁
Why do they use that long thin metal for?
these must have nerves of steel and get a hell of alot of money!!!