My husband has been a lineman all our married life. He has worked for co-ops and for contractors and is now working for a municipality. He has worked hurricanes, ice storms, tornadoes, and fires just to name a few. Years ago when our children were young, Hurricane Hugo hit Charleston, SC and he was gone for 6 months restoring power. He would come home for the weekend every 2 or 3 weeks. I'm proud of the dedication he has in making sure that not only is power restored, but, that he puts his men's safety as priority.

Thank you for all lineman. Really thank you.

As a 30 years plus lineman I can relate to missing many holidays and family functions in the course of doing my work,fortunately I have a loving wife and children who understand my role in helping people who are without power. Lineman and their families are truly special people.

@jacobboles2057

2 жыл бұрын

Come to me my power is out

U truly have to enjoy this work...yes, we’re paid well, but all the money in the world cant replace missed christmases and birthdays...sacrifice and holding a deadly product in our fingertips on the daily is the reason we make good $...cant imagine doing anything else...once linework is in ur blood, its the only thing u can see urself doing... stay safe boys and keep the lights on...

@katehampton1674

4 жыл бұрын

Hi! My name is Kate and I work for Florida Power and Light. We are looking for journeyman lineman to join our team! Would u be interested in speaking?

@bjornegan6421

3 жыл бұрын

@@katehampton1674 would you like me to leave a comment with my social security number?

@braydinjones6301

3 жыл бұрын

@@bjornegan6421 LMAO

@willjones7571

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, people always wish for snow on Christmas, I always wish for a clear windless day and night so plow and utility crews can be home with their families for the holiday.

The unsung heroes! Working whenever it is required!

Great video of what goes on in the life of a lineman. I've been a lineman for 15 years now. I'm a registered P.E., but I find working the lines to be a rewarding career. A job that truly seperates the men from the boys!

@dannystone8647

7 жыл бұрын

I have been a Lineman 33 yrs and I will tell anybody it's a very good great job,I am my brothers keeper 4th generation 🛠🔧🔩⛏🔨💰💰💰😎God bless

@blouslighter663

4 жыл бұрын

What’s the pay for you guys Ik it’s on google but I wanna know from someone with experience

@blouslighter663

4 жыл бұрын

Danny Stone .

@BeastModeFitness11

4 жыл бұрын

p.e?

@brendangalios1961

8 ай бұрын

@@blouslighter663 our rural utility starts lineman at $52/hr but I know in metros like Denver or Minneapolis you are looking at closer to $62/hr starting

You look pretty fresh after working 16 straight! I work for Xcel in NM. Great video, stay safe. Local 602.

Hi there i am lineman. I work for a peruvian eléctrical company. This is my story. Twice a month i Have maintenemt outage . we call it here in lima-peru "Maniobra". We changed transformers, overhear cables, concret frames, etc. I feel so exciting when everything is ok . people thank us so much.

This was better acting than on a lot of tv shows and movies today...lol

Shout out to all the lineman and crews! Friends and Family of mine are utility workers. People remember with Smart Meters you don't even need to call in an outage hardly anymore, leave that for emergency calls for people with medical needs and or equipment such as oxygen concentrators Etc. They will know when the supply gets cut from the meter. And remember cordless phones will not work without AC unless attached to UPS. Always have at least one corded phone hardwired to a jack because the phone company will have battery standby or diesel and still work! At 5:40, shout out to the farmer with the Deutz-Allis! Air-cooled inline 6 diesel probably one of the coolest tractors ever made! (She's an old girl but run forever, keep that fan clean!!)

@flabbe81079

4 жыл бұрын

Not everywhere has smart meters

Equipment is different than back in the 80's when I was doing this in KY, but the story is the same everywhere. It was always a good feeling to get "the lights" back on.

This remind me of my self always on the go trying our best to keep the power on the life of a linesman. #GUYANAPOWER&LIGHT. GPL. From Georgetown Guyana South America

lineman are the backbone of the industry

Can’t get over him putting the wheel chock on the back of his tire at home I’m sure he’s parked in a slope facing down hahahahaha damn lineman!

@strangefruit8776

4 жыл бұрын

BUZAR OH I think a lot of that is just so they don’t get complacent and think other situations are pointless too.

@lipstretcher

3 жыл бұрын

It's simply to stay in habit if you always do it there won't be the time you didn't do it when you should have.

@bjornegan6421

3 жыл бұрын

@@lipstretcher it's only because the person 'directing' this wanted the viewer to see what he was doing. if he put it where it should go, most people wouldn't know what he's doing.

@lipstretcher

3 жыл бұрын

Just saying I literally do the same thing same work and like I said habit is good you won't ever not have it when you need it.

@bjornegan6421

3 жыл бұрын

@@lipstretcher i'm just giving a more likely reason than what has been stated so far as to why he put it on the side that seems wrong.

My dad was a linemen and had the same boots

What a sweet family! Super appreciate you guys, it is not an easy life at all.

Wow this was really awesome thank you so much for putting this together.

Great video. I have always respected what they do but never knew what all it takes to get there.

I missed 42 years of birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas, Thanksgivings, kids ball games, camping trips, fishing trips, the list goes on and on not to mention 3 marriages. The commitments of this trade takes it's toll.

@jonathanmelendez1669

2 жыл бұрын

Was it worth it man.

@ghalgren

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanmelendez1669 I look back and say "yes". A Lineman needs a strong woman and family to be successful and safe. My first two... didn't have that support.

very cool vid. nice editing and filming. thanks for sharing. and thanks to the linemans

To linemen and their company crews, everywhere.... Thank you for your dutiful compromises, risks, sacrifices, and service!👍 🙏🙏🏽🙏🏾🙏🏼Stay safe out there brothers and sisters, in this line of work, We will praying for you all!🙏🙏🏻🙏🏿

great film, I have an interview coming up in six months with IBEW, looking forward to a lifelong career with this brotherhood!

@bberguson

8 жыл бұрын

+Rob Pierson Good luck Rob!

@Robbobshiskabob

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, any advice about the interview or it's process, would be greatly appreciated!

@tri-countyruralelectric8096

8 жыл бұрын

+Rob Pierson Have you attended a lineman school or college?

@Robbobshiskabob

8 жыл бұрын

+Tri-County Rural Electric no I have not, I talked with the Ibew president and assistant business manger, the requirements were your diploma, Algeria course, which I went and took a college course, and a cdl permit, which I have and I'm working on getting full license before interview! This opportunity will be a four year apprenticeship program, which you have a 2 week climbing course before your accepted. depending on where you score on your interview, which is out of 100 people.

@coltenhoban9545

4 жыл бұрын

Robbobshiskabob Robboboscarpete well how did it go😂

Belo video. Bela Profissão.

Love the film! About to be on my journey to becoming a lineman can not wait.

@tri-countyruralelectric8096

8 жыл бұрын

+Austin Wade Thanks Austin! Good luck in your journey to becoming a lineman. You'll be joining an awesome bunch of people!

@willgallman4943

3 жыл бұрын

Howd it go?

@damonfleming2695

3 жыл бұрын

I go to lineman school here in a couple weeks im excited

Great video.

Wow!

Great public service announcement!

Sacrifice time from your kids birthday to get someone's power on who wouldn't give two fucks if you died doing it. I'm sorry for the family's that lost good men cause of this career. That sometimes isn't worth it at all

Gonna try for the overhead line worker course at Hudson valley community college in Troy my , then see if my uncle can get me into national grid as an apprentice

any call outs are usually Doubletime reguardless of what day of week it is

I know the feeling brothers 23 years and I have been called out on Christmas Eve 15 years of them.

Watching during the Memphis ice storm of 2022. If MLGW linked this video and showed us the process, they wouldn’t have so many angry customers. To clarify, we’re mad at the administrators, not the linemen. We appreciate all of you.

@garyrobinson219

Жыл бұрын

Yes they would. Some people are gonna complain no matter how fast we work. I wish some of those complainers could go on a ride alone during an ice storm only then may they actually appreciate what it takes to keep the power on.

How much are these employees paid? And how many hours do they have to work? The linemen take care of the vehicles of the company and can take them to their houses?

@pootubedoodle9467

6 жыл бұрын

heclop2008 Pay is generally pretty good. Depends on your position, experience, whether your doing scheduled work or emergency work and other factors. Hours worked kind of depends on the severity of the situation. Generally 16hrs in a day is the safe limit. Widespread destructive weather events can keep crews out 7 days a week for months with few days off. Generally lead linemen take truck home if they are on call for emergency responses. Most general crews respond from a yard after lead is on scene and can assess exactly which components are needed to do a job. Most systems have a huge variety of different components, pole lengths, crossarms, insulators, transformers, wire sizes and span lengths etc. Its not practical to keep every possible component and quantities on a truck and/or trailer to cover what may be needed for every situation. Big items like poles crossarms, transformers and complete spans of wire get loaded at the yard as necessary for a specific job after the lead responder figures out what might be needed to complete the task.

Was 'Dean Jackson' calling from a portable phone? Hmm.. Might have been a sat phone..?

@tylersexton2622

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂 I was thinking the same

@bradwilmot5066

4 жыл бұрын

Very likely a mistake while filming, but I had a cordless phone that had a spot for a second handset battery in the base so you could swap handset batteries if it went dead. If that 2nd battery was in the base, it would power the base station for an hour or so. When I got it, I thought that was a pretty novel idea.

@Computergk91Gaming

4 жыл бұрын

some newer phones have the option to install batteries that will allow the corded and cordless phones to operate during a power outage

Who eats a cupcake with a fork?

@dougdiplacido2406

4 жыл бұрын

People with beards that do not want to get them loaded with frosting. Be more observant.

@steve9279

4 жыл бұрын

fat people who like to be classy

@rafaelxgonzalez

4 жыл бұрын

That cake had a cockroach

@trevorbaughman5234

4 жыл бұрын

I do also bee safe and stay away from down power lines

@smokum0

3 жыл бұрын

The same people who chock a tire on the uphill side

Bucket babies... Bucket babies everywhere.

Purchase a stand- by generator. It is a great investment.

@alexanderbreitschaedel9070

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it is. But don't forget to put an Automatic transfer switch in between because transformers also work step up and not only step down

What are those green things on the lugs of their wheels I saw them on a garbage truck the other day but have no clue what they are

I like the over night calls overtime pay 💰 is good 90 dollars p/h

the gas station has a standby generator because I google-searched the restaurant and look on google street view you can see the generator

Jw im 3:38 into video anyone notice the phone wasnt on

Nice trouble truck..Wish we could get dodges here...

wouldve been better if this was in wichita... glen cambell wouldve been proud

Amazing video, but who eats a cupcake with a fork?

love the linemen but don't forget the Tree crew that's usually there First!

@pootubedoodle9467

6 жыл бұрын

rusty bird Not often. Depends on how badly the wires themselves are pinned. Linemen can usually free them and get them back up as long as the tree isnt blocking the path of the span or pole replacement area. They can also do basic cutting and drag limbs out of the way to get the lines and power back up ASAP and move on.

@jdsullivan2567

5 жыл бұрын

Been a Lineman for 12 years, and we do our own tree cutting during storm. We don't need anyone else to a job we can do.

@bleachinuri

4 жыл бұрын

Tree crew's, are usually drunks, drug addicts, and model citizens!!!!, keep em off my job

These are their stories

funny the power is out but you can use a cordlesss phone also the gas station sign still lit, but i understand its only a simulation but hey for what its worth we in ohio appreciate our lineman at least i do

@Computergk91Gaming

2 жыл бұрын

Panasonic Cordless phones you can install batteries in the base unit and it operated the Cordless phones for a couple of hours depending how much the phones get used

Bucket truck is parked on a decline why do you chock the back of the wheels??? Power is out everywhere and it turned from night to day lol

That's so sad! His parents didn't tell him you can eat cupcakes with your hands.

@nathanielezrre6487

6 жыл бұрын

Garyrabii lol

nicely done video but i cant help but LMAO from 2:00 to 2:10

Good thing you’re linemen and not actors. And who eats a cupcake with a fork LOL.

@joniboi5954

3 жыл бұрын

Good video though

How does this make anyone want to be a lineman? LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@bberguson

8 жыл бұрын

+Andrew Loisel (InsideOutGaming) Actually Andrew, we made the video to show electric customers that lineman have lives that are interrupted when the power goes out too. It wasn't intended to be a recruiting film. Saying that, this is a special group of guys (and sometimes girls) that really love what they do and wouldn't trade their jobs for any other.

@DottieBaker

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for putting this out here. People need to know the sacrifices that are made.

@TheSQUALLLINE

5 жыл бұрын

Ask a lineman and they will tell you. Appreciate what they do for you when a storm rolls through and takes out your power!!

@sierra0291

5 жыл бұрын

You see that house

The response time is hell. Took them 5 hours to get more crew to help them.

who eats a cupcake with a fork?

@bleachinuri

4 жыл бұрын

people with beards who don't want that shitty frosting in their beards

3:28 and cordless phone wouldn't work with the power out...so fake!!!! hahaha

@Computergk91Gaming

3 жыл бұрын

the newer cordless phones back the option to install battery backup so that can work during a power outage and the phone could be also connected to a ups

Boo. I didnt realize it was fake until I watched a bit into it, and not even "the special moment" when the power comes back on :-(

My grandson is a journeyman lineman with Toledo Edison for 5 years

I'd bet one day that kid's gonna do something naughty, and Dad's gonna say, "You're GROUNDED!" And the poor kid's not gonna understand why Mom is suddenly giggling.

@z1lla4

5 жыл бұрын

Wtf kind of English are you speaking my nigga?

Dude has it made. He'll retire with 2 million and other than that, his bank account will have probably grown to over a million. Power companies sure do have their choice of guys, as everyone wants to get into it. No school, just straight hired at about 18 dollars an hour and all the overtime you can dream of. Your weekley bring home will be fucking 1500 dollars. I make that in a fucking month, I could just never get the right opportunity to get into power. I couldn't find anyone who'd help me get a CDL to get in the door. I was going to SLTC in Georgia, but my boss fired me at the HVAC company and I had to spend the 10 grand for the school on living. These guys don't know how lucky they are that they fall into these power jobs. They better thank their fucking God, cuz I never fell into it. I fell into communications linework. I was one of those dudes a job always found me. I started at Bell Atlantic, then I knew someone who worked for a communications contractor. I applied at CW Wright, a power contractor but God damn I got the jist when I went in to fill out the application and check on it, "we don't have the work". Only contractor around. Sucks. I like linework. I do. It's a challenge. Plus power pays well. Fuck, I could have actually had a life if CW Wright hired me. They gotta pay 25 an hour.

@bleachinuri

4 жыл бұрын

1500 a week take home is trash, you really should aim higher, i'm a school bus mechanic that works 50 hours a week and i take home 2250 a week

Damn. Hot wife. ....what time does Daddy come home again? 🤔

You’re all fired. There’s no way a pole in the middle of nowhere took the entire night.

@Computergk91Gaming

4 жыл бұрын

When a power pole is knocked down they have to completely rebuild the power lines if had more help they gotten done faster

The resteraunt has no power but the gas station sign managed to stay on logic think

@bleachinuri

4 жыл бұрын

back-up generator, think logic dumb ass

@Computergk91Gaming

4 жыл бұрын

Backup generator at the gas station to keep the store and pumps running

WTF should of told them it's your kids birthday and you will get the call first thing in the morning... lol

This video has taught me: 1) Service disruptions to gas stations affect their lights but not their electronic pricing signage. 2) The electric company doesn't proactively investigate outages until people call in about them; even when their own employees experience a service interruption during a special event. 3) The electric company has no shame in blaming nature/storms for outages, rather than a lack of redundancies. 4) Electric companies always employ really bad actors. 5) As with most things, the entire operation is really being run by a woman with a floral print shirt on that's working longer shifts than anyone else involved. 6) Rural Pennsylvania doesn't have any kind of computerized field operations, but they do have really clear radios in their vehicles.

@damonfleming2695

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@NillKitty

Жыл бұрын

Also this video should be teaching you that cordless phones don't work in a power outage. Yet Mr. Farmer at 3:45 manages to make a call using one that not only is supposed to have its base station powerless, but also seems to have a dead battery because the display is blank.

call 911 for down lines not utility center

This is the corniest thing i have ever seen

@br9760

4 жыл бұрын

And it works. Lol

Bullshit!

didnt know i was about to watch high school drama class failures. click bait and reported