These are good men doing an extreme job. No complaining about conditions etc, doesn't help.. Safety for these men is like breathing.. they do things within their parameters without having to really think about it. J.S.A's etc.. good work. Hats off to the men who do these jobs.
I couldn't explain it very well. So I just copy and pasted it. It has to do with line sway. Some have a ball joint at the bottom. Transmission towers are tapered at the bottom to minimize wind loads and improve structural stability. Tapered forms are aerodynamically efficient, which can reduce sway and make the experience more comfortable for occupants. The design of an electrical tower takes into account many factors, including: Mechanical and electrical tension Number of conductors connected External factors like wind, rain, and other phenomena Soil composition How the tower is anchored to the soil.
These workers have it easy today. My line of work was many years working an living in huge paper mill longing camps hundreds of miles from home. I was a welder and an equipment operator. Being the one maybe 2 welders in a camp with over 200 places of huge logging equipment. You spend days 30 to 40 feet in the air welding on a main boom knuckle or in side the belly welding in oil an grass fire smoke. You be gone from home for months at a time in order to get all the wood out before spring brake up crossing miles of frozen swomp. There no internet no cell phone service. Sure we had Satellite phones for emergencies at over $6 a minute airtime. If there was An emergency back home the only way family got ahold of us was sending the OPP out
So, you could: fall to your death, be electrocuted, slide off the ice and die in a crash, freeze solid dead or become a midnight snack for a polar bear.😮
Great vid! God bless and keep these dudes!
These are good men doing an extreme job. No complaining about conditions etc, doesn't help.. Safety for these men is like breathing.. they do things within their parameters without having to really think about it. J.S.A's etc.. good work. Hats off to the men who do these jobs.
I was a telecoms linesman in my 20s for a couple of years. Now in my 40s, I still have a few aches and pains from injuries. Don't really miss it..
Question,why are those high towers tapered at the base?
I couldn't explain it very well. So I just copy and pasted it. It has to do with line sway. Some have a ball joint at the bottom.
Transmission towers are tapered at the bottom to minimize wind loads and improve structural stability. Tapered forms are aerodynamically efficient, which can reduce sway and make the experience more comfortable for occupants.
The design of an electrical tower takes into account many factors, including:
Mechanical and electrical tension
Number of conductors connected
External factors like wind, rain, and other phenomena
Soil composition
How the tower is anchored to the soil.
Very hardworking team. Great job👍👍👍👍
Respect!!!
These workers have it easy today. My line of work was many years working an living in huge paper mill longing camps hundreds of miles from home. I was a welder and an equipment operator. Being the one maybe 2 welders in a camp with over 200 places of huge logging equipment. You spend days 30 to 40 feet in the air welding on a main boom knuckle or in side the belly welding in oil an grass fire smoke. You be gone from home for months at a time in order to get all the wood out before spring brake up crossing miles of frozen swomp. There no internet no cell phone service. Sure we had Satellite phones for emergencies at over $6 a minute airtime. If there was An emergency back home the only way family got ahold of us was sending the OPP out
Armando niebla
I never been treated that bad as I was in Montreal eff that place
So, you could: fall to your death, be electrocuted, slide off the ice and die in a crash, freeze solid dead or become a midnight snack for a polar bear.😮
*lineman