A buddy of mine was a welder out of 798. I am a fitter retired out of 85 and he was my welder back in Saginaw, MI. I retired a few years back after I lost my knees to surgery. He never got the chance to retire. A heart disease made his heart stop beating on it's own. Doctors believe it was from all the years of breathing smoke. I miss you "Tumbleweed"!

@albertbell7120

2 жыл бұрын

Get asked the same question every time I visit the doctors nurse for annual check up … your chest sounds terrible do you smoke NO I say … it must be the welding fumes iv breathed in for 50 years … oh I don’t think so is her reply … cluelesss … had a great life would I do it all over again you bet 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@dominickgulizo8473

2 жыл бұрын

Know what you're talking about , brother.Welding 47yrs got bad knees and heart trouble. Goes along with the trade. Made a good living though miss it. .

That the longest I have ever seen welders awake.

@americathefree3708

3 жыл бұрын

😁😆

This is a fascinating look inside a whole different world...great camera work, Cheryl!

God bless Shawn and his family

I can feel the brotherhood in that film, great work. Was a welder in the U.K. but not pipeline.

@CherylAnn798

3 жыл бұрын

It's become a thing of the past ... brotherhood ... our country is divided and our own union does not stand together as one anymore! Thank you for your kind comments ...

@kevincuthbert3058

3 жыл бұрын

Cheryl Ann Lager Yes indeed, it’s sad to see what the US has become. I hankered to live there after visiting in the 1970s but now I’m glad I don’t. We aren’t much better here though.

Hermosoo!! 👨‍🏭Saludos desde Santa Cruz - Argentina 🇦🇷

@CherylAnn798

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Santa Cruz!....my son lives in Santa Cruz, California! Salute Saludos!

Love the sound of a SA 200 running beads

living the dream

Oh hey I was here.i was welding in the best spot with good old Rodney akins.great buchbof guys.robert,Denis@cheryl team.the last c time I worked around Phil chapman.time flys.mowerpower

The work busses in Alaska in 1975 said ALYESKA PIPELINE on stenciled sign near the door.The first thing the 798ers did was remove a couple of letters so it now said "YES A PIPELINE".Just to let management know who was really running the job.There were hundreds of these busses carrying personnel to the job sites every morning and evening.Laborers ,oilers operators 798ers all in the same bus.Sometimes riding an hour or more one way but the 798ers had negotiated pay both ways for everyone.

Good stuff looks fun and good pay

Good job!

Studying right now to prepare for welding next year. I'm getting old but I still have a few years in me. I miss Wyoming. From Cody. Hope to get back there soon. Nice video!

@andywells397

Жыл бұрын

Ive been welding since 1977, my lungs are shot and am suffocating slowly to death. Ive done hundreds of miles of pipeline all over the uk and europe and had good money for it. Air feds are the way to go.god bless all the old welders, has it all been worth it ?? Hell yes.

Nothing finer than a pipeliner!

Love it that job

Swear I seen a couple familiar faces I've worked with in the past. When I've ran tack rig.Best wishes to Shawn's family and pipeline family. And the hater who commented is probably someone who got run off a pipeline job or there wife got pregnant during a job, And SURPRISE!!! The baby popped out with some Fine looks.

Very excitly and correct welding at root pass

i am also a downhill welder work in saudi arabia.i like this job very much.

@CherylAnn798

5 жыл бұрын

It must be very hot there...good job!

Straight gold

Love it! I weld on live gas mains everyday!

@jefferyshaw3990

3 жыл бұрын

Still welding?

@stefanlewis7773

Жыл бұрын

He probably was blown to bits...

Nice video.......

Applying within the week for 798 to get on as a helper..currently only certied in stick on plate hopefully I can train and make to welder within a year or 2

Pipelines are the best place to work on!

LOCAL798 PIPELINERS UNION!!!! It's not a job it's our life!!!!

this is an amazing video. I've elwelded in boilers and shops all non union in the southern eastern united states. and you guys look like your happy healthy and whole on that jobsite. and your right about a retirement. SIGN ME UP!!! Do I just have to pass 6g pipe test at union hall???

@justinverbaux6474

7 жыл бұрын

I got me a powerarc and am practicing every evening. What is the best way to get a welding job?

Oh ya I'm bryan mower.road boors.great work.denis cheryl Stewart's.

I hope you hear from Shawn. God Bless his family!

Why join a union? Answer: Workers unorganized are weak. Workers organized are strong. What does job security mean? Protection against being discharged without sufficient reason. Courage and faith in the future is fundamental to success. There will always be tempory dips in our economy; however, living standards in our country continue to march forward, and always will. The best time to plan and forge ahead is when others are afraid. ONE FLAG, ONE LAND, ONE HEART, ONE HAND.

@sgr5287

7 жыл бұрын

Cheryl Levi great message. I'm a welder from Puerto Rico

@scotttaylor8419

7 жыл бұрын

Friend of Oil and Gas Pipelines

@terrylacey2144

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Cherly im a brother from across the boader ive belonged tothe UA since 1977 pipelined all over Canada ran the bugs once my main gig stick hotpass hand i loved it stay above the fire and its a great go lol. My uncle was head of the UA for Canada older brother is #1 for banister nefew is vice president for summit little brother ia a spreadman for sommervile its all ive known love the life but most of all i love my brothers and sisters in the UA!!!!.truth be told back in the early 80's there were few to no women in the industry but they asked me if i would take this new sister in the UA as my helper i said sure she was a single mom just trying to buy grorceries for her kids well after about 3 days i new then i had ths best partner ive ever had and i tell ya she was so orginized and my truck was spotless and i could find shit lol plus she kept me laughing and grounded that was 30+ yrs ago and today werethe best of friends shes a tech for the goose i talked her into to doing it pulled a few strings and she made me proud dam i love that girl her kids still call me uncle .well im rambling so thanks for the vid and all the from the Rabbit your canadian brother

@CherylAnn798

4 жыл бұрын

@@terrylacey2144 Hi Terry...I just now saw your message...yes sir...I use to live on the Canadian border in Washington state and started back in 2006...I went to work in California and they were all shocked to see me out there working. I retired in 2017 but plan to produce more videos for now... take care brother!

@TheGhost81

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😆

Pipeline Labourer 625! Cheers boys!

@adequategamer5537

4 жыл бұрын

Who?

Heartbreaking

I like those strange welding masks :)

@itsanotebook5695

8 жыл бұрын

+Bill Admond Pancake mask

@CherylAnn798

8 жыл бұрын

+Butthurt Alert it's actually called a Pancake welding shield or welding hood! FYI

Im good at stick, and my friend who taught me how was a pipeline welder... thinking about doing it myself.

@DamienNestor

3 жыл бұрын

You need to be more than good for pipe work

@CentralArkansasHomesteadandOff

3 жыл бұрын

@@DamienNestor I am. I do mostly fab work. Everything from hand rails to flat beds. Roof access ladders to cat walks.

I want to ask , after radio graphy the weld where is dvloop film?

I love welding with my everlast welder and all but how long are you guys out in the field working that pipe?

@CherylAnn798

3 жыл бұрын

Quick....we are known for laying miles of pipe in a day ... go union or go home!

WOO

Is that a r model at the end. Get it gone lol cool video

Pipeline survey all the way

muy lindo trabajo mi papa tambien es soldador suerte y un abrazo para todos

Lol. I was on that line. Fuckin loved it.

I hope they found the guy Shawn that is sad I worked up in the dakotas during the big oil boom and a lot of people came up missing during the three years I was there well enough said I hope God brought him back to his family

this is great, i wanna be here

gotta love cellulose rods

Where is this ...? I want to apply there

When is the next job?

What is that big long thing you are running in the pipe? Is it welding from the inside too?

@CherylAnn798

4 жыл бұрын

That's what's called internal clamps...so cool to watch right? It lines the pipe together then the Journey men space it...then the welders take it and run the bead!

@algentry4382

3 жыл бұрын

I think what you are referring to was the mandrel rod which allows you to control your inside clamps. They run on air

pipeliner.. UA local 601👍👍

I love my job 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 Downhill 8010 🥰🥰🥰🥰

I'm a welding student in the south, we don't have unions here. After school would you recommend moving to a union state?

@CherylAnn798

7 жыл бұрын

TorTorTalks Depends on what kind of welding you plan on doing...if you want to weld on pipelines, Local 798 has jurisdiction in 42 states so it wouldn't matter where you live. The union would Dispatch you to a job or you could be hired directly from a union contractor!

@jeffs.5882

7 жыл бұрын

There are boilermaker unions in EVERY state. We'd love to have ya.

A man was at the hospital waiting for the birth of his first child. After a while the doctor came out and said you have a 7 pound son and all is fine. The man asked is there anything else you can tell me? The doctor replied, I think he will be a pipeline welder when he grows up. Why do you say that he askes . Doctor , He's crying!

@CherylAnn798

4 жыл бұрын

Good stuff! What do you call a basement full of welders? Whine cellar...hehe

@Benjywells1

4 жыл бұрын

I used to pipeline weld back in the day offshore. Until they found out my parents were married. Had to run me off

why is everyone staring at the welders arc

No disrespect but who's Shawn? Saw comments on here asking if he's been found. Hope he's okay

@CherylAnn798

3 жыл бұрын

He was a journeyman spacer on this job...he started acting very strange at the end...drugs perhaps? Anyway...he had to leave this job...and they found his truck in Mississippi ... to this day he has never been found?

What is the machine that was being ran inside of the pipe called? And it's purpose?

@CherylAnn798

8 жыл бұрын

Those are the internal line up clamps which align the pipe perfectly...it's purpose is to align it for the welders to weld it!

@Dirtrat27

8 жыл бұрын

+Cheryl Levi oh right on! That makes it a lot easier. Thanks for the reply 👌

How do I get into this business

I would weld on pipelines for the union any day I'm from Texas I guess that's possible 🤠

There's nothing better then a 798er!!!

I'm American I'm in a union love 4th generation union guy local 265 baby

Wine, dine & pipeline 798

So im 16 and doing welding and never have i ever seen the welding mask whats up with them?

@CherylAnn798

7 жыл бұрын

Antonio Valenzuela first of all they are not called masks...they're called pancake hoods...designed especially for Pipeliners ... lighter and you only need one side covered depending on which hand you weld with...there's right and left hand.

I guess you guys are UA to then?

Was Shawn ever found?

@CherylAnn798

7 жыл бұрын

Hola Joseph no he never was

I work utilities (Storm water, Sewer, Recycled Water, pipes like that) so I'm not too familiar with large scale pipelines like this. You guys don't back fill these pipes do you? Also I'm sorry to hear about you're worker Shawn. It's never good to hear stories like that, whether you know them or not, were all in the same dangerous business.

Where do I sign up??

@XboxLlV3

9 жыл бұрын

local798.org better get some practice. more info on the site and check the job line periodically

@jslade60

7 жыл бұрын

Steven Perez you can't u not in the click!

How would I be able to get in on pipeline work. I live in Alabama. I don't want to use those damn machines like I've seen in other videos I want to burn some rod not run a machine that does it for you

Looks like rough work... Glad I went into electronic engineering!

@blackrifleguy556

9 жыл бұрын

Pussy lol

@gerardogarza5750

8 жыл бұрын

too bad cuz pipelines make more cash

@smackdadickus

8 жыл бұрын

gotta learn how to work with your hands not on a damn computer

@jasperthedog8585

7 жыл бұрын

if you can find good screw anyhow! I hear allot of the road bore crews only work 60 hours a week! some bosses get lazy when they work on salary! taking lunch breaks and shit!

@t_ho1744

7 жыл бұрын

I work 5 12s. 30$ an hour. work ain't all that bad. Was in coal mines before than it was alot more physically demanding.

used to know a 798 welder...freddie stats...biggest prick around, but boy could he weld

@steverogers2648

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a typical 798 hand

@steverogers2648

5 жыл бұрын

At least the prick part

What’s the difference between a pipe liner and pipe fitter ?

@CherylAnn798

3 жыл бұрын

A pipefitter works in a power plant and puts pipe together......we lay cross country Pipelines!

@justinclark3649

3 жыл бұрын

Cheryl Ann Lager I’m currently in the army getting out in a couple years , I’m done wasting my time with college I was only doing it because it was free for me d am just looking around at where the real money is at thank you so much

@CherylAnn798

3 жыл бұрын

@@justinclark3649 thank you for your service....I retired from doing this in 2017...I have a great pension from being union...it was great fun, but dangerous at times...good luck!

@justinclark3649

3 жыл бұрын

Cheryl Ann Lager thank you ! I’m between this or getting the hook up from an in law that works for total industrial services specialties in Houston to become a millwright apparently the pay is just as good overtime per diem hazard pay etc

I can xray that for ya!

Job. Welds in. On. Going Using Stick.

how do u land a pipeline job?

@CherylAnn798

7 жыл бұрын

Cuzzo 1k Get yourself in a union...laborers, teamsters, local 798 (welders) operators, would be a start...try contacting the laborers to get in would be a good start. I started flagging and got in with a union contractor. I met a welder and had some experience working pipeline and got into the Pipeliners Local Union 798. Sometimes on a low scale job it's hard to get people so they'll hire you right on the spot!

@cuzzo1k867

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@cuzzo1k867

7 жыл бұрын

Cheryl Levi thanks

Walking between the pipe and the boom... not good.. very dangerous... Taught that on first day

@CherylAnn798

Жыл бұрын

Better come back out again...I'll teach you a thing or two...you have to unhook the pipe...yes? Hello...

👍👍👍👍👍👍🌎🌎🌎🌎👍👍👍👍🌎🌎🌎🌎👍Alles beste aus Serbien. 👍

What is average salary for a week for pipelinner??

@t_ho1744

7 жыл бұрын

Remkare Hgf 1600$- 2300$ a week. That's being a laborer or helper. Now welders doing Mainline with their own rig are making well over 50$ an hour.

@remkarehgf7439

7 жыл бұрын

T_ HO thanks so much its great man

@remkarehgf7439

7 жыл бұрын

But where ? Please its BAKKEN? WILISTON? Penisylvania?

@remkarehgf7439

7 жыл бұрын

T_ HO tell where to came please ???? Wich state???

@t_ho1744

7 жыл бұрын

right where West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania are all together. upper Ohio valley. It's booming

You'll find out when it comes time to retire why we're union. . . better hope you're putting that $$ up for your retirement!

@tobycovert4088

7 жыл бұрын

There's a guy I know here in south Texas that has been with 798 for 50+ years ( he's retired now). Couldn't tell if I saw him in the video I thought I may have his name is Gary Sanders.

@CherylAnn798

7 жыл бұрын

+Toby Covert that doesn't ring a bell to me...I don't believe he was on this job

@tobycovert4088

7 жыл бұрын

+Cheryl Levi yeah he could have been anywhere... He's a great guy, a wealth of knowledge. He just helped me get my machine running. Anyhow thanks for the reply.

@MrHanes12345

7 жыл бұрын

T

@idave4900

7 жыл бұрын

Cheryl Levi Exactly! Union Iron Worker here and l couldn't agree more!

hi mr levi , you work like a BOSS! im a qualified in ASME standard PIPE WELDING and TIG welder My name is Orlando muñoz reyesI live in colombia south america, im currently preparing myself on the API 1104 standard what shoud I do in order t work with you?

I work welding tik and mig and argon fenes in I exprsesn 7 yours

were all proud of what we do. but the Alaska pipeline aka the last gold rush is over fellas! don't look to hard ah work ta me? on the ground, helpers, wtf!!

@CherylAnn798

5 жыл бұрын

www.outsideonline.com/2309006/alaska-wants-build-second-800-mile-pipeline

Looks like a mess. Coal? 32 miles per gallon impresses ya,,, you must not know we are sending ppl off planet in jump rooms. Have Anti Gravity crafts. Hope that guy is ok, but many a strange things happen out in these kinds of areas and the missing persons list is long!

@crunch9876

8 жыл бұрын

Seriously I don't understand this comment lol.

@jasperthedog8585

7 жыл бұрын

yup... o.o

Ha ha ha I had never seen welding masks like that in my life.

@CherylAnn798

Жыл бұрын

Then you've never seen a pipeline welder...duh

@CherylAnn798

Жыл бұрын

Oh...they're not called masks...they call them a pancake HOOD!...AND THEN WELDERS SAY...WAIT A MINUTE LET ME GET MY HOOD!

Looks like a lot of people standing around to me

@bstevermer9293

5 жыл бұрын

totallysick88able Ahah , I was just going to post the same thing.

@CherylAnn798

Жыл бұрын

Well then you don't have a clue as to what and who is doing their job out on the pipeline...hey!

마스크 정도는 쓰고 합시다… 피복아크에서 나오는 가스는 인체에 좋지 않으니 챙기셔야죠 ㅠ 몸이 자산인 직업군이신데;;;;;;

@CherylAnn798

Жыл бұрын

Can someone please translate for me?

It always cracks me up how people post these videos like it's hard to weld pipe or something. Give me a break, stick is so easy and most of all 6010 and 7018 down-hand. Yes I was a welder for 24 years and now a CWI of over 15, yeah I know.

@CherylAnn798

Жыл бұрын

And it always cracks me up when inspectors say they can really weld pipe...bahahaha....prove it? Let's see ya weld...Inspector!

@calikalbocalikalbo6082

Жыл бұрын

@@CherylAnn798 ....HAHAHAHAHA, a chick in a mans world talking shit, Now that's comical.

@CherylAnn798

Жыл бұрын

A chick? I am a woman who knows that when most inspectors brag about how easy it is to weld on the pipeline, that most went to inspecting because....well they just can't weld! So again...show me you can weld! Easy huh?

@calikalbocalikalbo6082

Жыл бұрын

@@CherylAnn798 ....Ok chick whatever you say. OMG, what's the world coming to? A chick in a mans world trying to do a mans job. There is a lot more to welding than just burning 6010 and 7018 down hand on pipe. I was a welder fabricator for 24 years and also a certified underwater welder diver. I forgot more about welding than you will ever learn in your life time. I got three chick welders ran off of the biggest public works job in San Fransisco because they were the worst welders on the job. Ok girl come to Osaka, Japan because that's where I live and work as a CWI and consultant and we'll see. But leave your pads at home.....LOL

عمل منتازمع تحيات شركةالسندانالذهبي

They were welding down hill WTF ? on a big time pipe job your allowed to weld down hill? Not how I was told all these years.

@l.p.5259

5 жыл бұрын

Uncle Quack all pipeline welding is downhill

for a AT LEAST a minimum of 1,000 a week or no

@CherylAnn798

5 жыл бұрын

Are you asking a question? We have Welders and Helpers.... 1,000 a week is on the low end for both!

This welders at Union looking very old lol Run your own truck guys make more cash Go no union

@CherylAnn798

8 жыл бұрын

These are the best welders...old equals experience meathead!

@silvesterweber2879

8 жыл бұрын

+NeverThat just saying work your own truck make 120 hr why let your union get all the money

@CherylAnn798

8 жыл бұрын

+NeverThat You're right you know nothing of unions or of welding pipelines!

@unclequack5445

8 жыл бұрын

I made more money running my own truck than I did as a hire in, I paid 5.000$ for my 400 amp diesel Lincoln, set up a Chevy flat bed with a built small block 327 backed by a full synchro SM 420 grandma 4 speed. Then, I got paid Muh Fuh #!#!#!#!.

@idave4900

7 жыл бұрын

+im full insane When it comes time to retire, is when people often learn a huge difference.

was thinking of joining but after seeing ratty practices by company hands like dave rat castile working in ohio I changed my mind so I don't have to work in the rain and snow and oh yeah through my breaks

@gerardogarza5750

8 жыл бұрын

pipeliners dont work in rain you fucking idiot

@MrBen527

8 жыл бұрын

+not ratt That's were unions come in. It's not just about wages like most think.

LOL...Stick welding pipe, it doesn't get much easier than that (unless your doing MIG).

@SOCCERSUCK123

7 жыл бұрын

Dan smith what other ways would be harder? serious question btw

@paramandans

7 жыл бұрын

TIG would be harder but the point is pipe welding with stick is easy and not as difficult as pipe welders like people to think.

@SOCCERSUCK123

7 жыл бұрын

Dan smith bruh just one thing you make it look like there's so many others

*UA LOCAL 798… Stealing our brother’s jurisdiction one inch at a time!*

@CherylAnn798

2 жыл бұрын

??? What the hell does that mean???

The best Pipeliners are non union!

@chadalac1977

7 жыл бұрын

Cobra Crush umoron

@cobracrush

7 жыл бұрын

Chad, you are an American hating comie pinko.

@chadalac1977

7 жыл бұрын

Cobra Crush and what do u do for a living that non union is so great 😂😂

@cobracrush

7 жыл бұрын

I work for Explore PL Company. There ain't nothin finer than a pipeliner.

@dylancayton6482

6 жыл бұрын

Cobra Crush union boys are the only way to go you non union wanna be’s can’t hold a candle

so you just weld like a normal person. not a big deal. it's just welding. lol

Kind of a weird Osiris, occult symbol for their union logo, hmmm, weird....

@CherylAnn798

Жыл бұрын

Ummm...if you look at it right...it's looking down the pipe...uhhhh...say what now?

When I travel, I carry my own 4-wheeler 🏍 Why do I do this? Because, 1 to many times the company will say they are renting me one, and none are available. Or, they will rent one, along with 2 or 3 more. Then, soooooooooo many times I leave our “Safety / Medic Trailer, someone else has done jumped on it from our crew, And zoomed!!!!!!!! OFF! So, to make sure it never happens even with my own, I, TAKE THE KEY 🔑 OUT OF IT!!! Which I’m not supposed to do with a rented one. Btw, With the size of the 4-wheeler I own, it sure beats my company pickup 🛻 in many ways. You know how crowded job-sites can get. Also, I have a custom built rack on the front and back. And I carry a good size safety kit that has everything I need, also my fully-charged-up, “Philips FR3 AED.” To me, they are the best, or one ☝️ of, the best in the top 5 of AED. The Philips Heartstart is a semi-automatic AED and it’s really designed for healthcare professionals to provide emergency assistance to people. Who may, unexpectedly experience sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). It facilitates CPR to adults and children while monitoring the ECG results of patients. It’s an outstanding unit. It’s my own personal one.