Today's Messy Work

[joesoup]

Today\'s Messy Work

Here is a job I was on repairing the Cable and Fiber Optic lines that were downed by this nice Red Oak. Would you believe that it didn't break any fiber?

 

[joesoup]

Today\'s Messy Work

Sorry about the slight blurriness, baby Dalton split a can of formula onto the digital camera, and I guess I havent completely gotten it all out yet.

Another good shot here.

 

[joesoup]

Today\'s Messy Work

This was a backhoe that the county had out clearing the road while we rehung the lines.

 

[joesoup]

Today\'s Messy Work

And another shot of it

 

[joesoup]

Today\'s Messy Work

This is really NOT GOOD for fiber optic cable!!

 

[joesoup]

Today\'s Messy Work

They just leave all that beautiful firewood there for months at a time sometimes before contractors pick it up off the side of the road.

 

[tinman44]

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so is that a georgia power truck in first pick? it's very likely my best friend worked that.

 

[joesoup]

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The big guy in the bucket was named Jeremy, the ground guy was short with blonde hair and goatee, not sure of his name. It was GA Power

 

[Treespotter]

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All the respect for you guys in America. Almost every photograph I see on this forum has somthing to do with POWERLINES. I think the treedudes in Holland have to count their blessings for having all of that infrastructure underground (well at least if you are not a transplanter). /forum/images/graemlins/icon14.gif

 

[tinman44]

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well sometimes the ground guy is the boss, my friend is a lineman if he didnt work that call he was somewhere in macon working for sure, that storm called in all our resources, at least so i've heard i was off

 

[joesoup]

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Who for, and where do you work? And I do think the ground man was running the show, he was pretty much calling the shots while the bucket man was working on gettin er dun.

 

[tinman44]

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my friend works for gpc out of macon hq and i work in trouble dept. for gpc. yeah since he made lineman his head grew three sizes too big.

 

[joesoup]

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How long did it take him to make lineman?

It took me 2 years at CoxComm. Do you work in Macon or Atlanta?

 

[glens]

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I thought it was going to take 2 years for this thread to load!

Attached is an 18,758% more modem-friendly version of your "avatar", Joe. Please use it.

Thanks,
Glen

 

[joesoup]

Sorry Mr. Glen

I keep forgetting to resize my avatar pics, sorry for your inconvienence sir.

 

[tinman44]

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he made lineman in less than 3 i think. i work in atlanta, although i'm not in the union i work in management /forum/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[willie]

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i cleared a black oak from a fiber optis 2 years ago. it was 3 feet or so where it took the lines down. they didnt have to splice either but they were sure nervous having a 046 that close to their beloved fiber! that log is still lying in the ditch after 2 years!