Sorry, but "just do it" doesn't fly in my book. The only people spewing that are those who are incapable of leading and fear the questions they may be asked. "Just do what you're told" is the biggest crap line someone could tell an apprentice in this the business. or how true to it the staker was when he lined it. that will tell how true to it you were when you set the pole. in the end the wires gonna find the line. if your using preforms for "finaling out" one the wires sagged. Top over bottom correction for rake guys made up from top to bottom bottom preforms left with 3 ta 4 wraps not served. if ya ain't learning your prolly gonna be burnin. :cool:ĭammit man finially got that case of home brew I sent ya? P I guess this fu(kin' MAD IRISHMAN's just in the mood, a$$wipes. I'll wait to list credentials until later if need be in a stupid pissing contest. Now that I've spoken my piece, I'm sure a few know-it-all, FU(KIN' 2 COUNTY BOOMERS will try to re-educate me. And he shouldn't have to be told by a junior lineman that he's doing something wrong, - NO MATTER WHAT THE TASK. They day my fellow Journeymen Lineman says he has nothing to learn from an apprentice and anyone else, is the day I stop working around him. Everyone has something to teach, and everyone has something to learn, - including APPRENTICE LINEMEN. They tend to forget THEY were young once. They tend to forget where they came from. You need to try to have an open mind about things, but when all else fails, JUST STICK TO THE BASICS. Well, my young friend, that's just NOT the case. A very wise, old UNION LINE FOREMAN (LEADMAN) once said, that every other GODDAMNED JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN out there thinks they are the just THE GREATEST LINEMAN to ever $hit behind a pair of climbin' boots. You guys weren't BORN JOURNEYMEN LINEMEN. Chappin' your hide and makin' hairs stand up. Also, SOME of these OLD TIMERS on here replying to your post, probably need to LAY OFF OF IT ALREADY. Only if he is a $HITHEAD, SECOND GUESSING HIMSELF - LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WORKING WITH HIM SECOND GUESSES HIM BECAUSE HE MIGHT BE A DUMB$HIT OR A DANGEROUS FU(K. A GOOD LINEMAN SHOULDN'T TAKE OFFENSE - AT ALL. OR AT LEAST THAT'S HOW WE UNION LINEMEN OPERATE. Also, don't be afraid to SPEAK UP FROM TIME TO TIME, AS WE ARE ALL SUPPOSED TO LOOK OUT FOR ONE AND OTHER. That's from the old school of hard knocks. Top of the pole lines up with bottom of the pole, unless your allowing for rake in the pole or unless there is a nasty dogleg (bow) in the pole. Or MAYBE, you are a union hand, but this guy is a GODDAMNED 2 COUNTY BOOMER, and never learned to use a plumb dumb correctly. You work for a rinky-dink, non-union, mickey mouse outfit and they never taught anyone the right way to plumb a plumbdumb pole. Did you tell him the pole was out of plumb or did you ask him why he wanted it set that way? In wind country poles are raked one third pole top to prevailing winds N/W. First of all you never explained what was going to be attached to this pole, like on a street with a service crossing the road, he might of wanted it out of plumb to help hold some side strain. Now they are going to teach you how to be a lineman when they haven't even scratched the surface of line work. Most directors become an instructor immediately after topping out and have not worked in their tools very much as a JL. One thing that makes the hair on my neck stand up is apes who are always quoting their apprentice director. It all depends on your attitude and it sounds like you might have one or might be having a personality conflict with this JL. I have seen them set like that before so there are more than just one dumb ass out there. Unless the guy was just frigin with ya, but I doubt it if he left it. Perfect example of how a ticket don't make you a lineman. How do I tell someone who has been doing this for twenty plus years that it aint right. I was also told it was not just for the straightness but also for the support and the weight on the pole. The way I was taught was top over bottom or bottom over top depending on who is telling you. I am looking for some kind of publication that tells how to plumb a pole and the reason it is like that. Everything I have been taught in apprentice class and on the job by other lineman tells me that is wrong. He says that you only worry about the top four foot of the pole because that is where you stand if you have to climb it. I asked him about it and he told me that tghe way he was plumbing it was the way to do it and the way that I do it is wrong. He plumbed it and I was running the truck and I saw the pole was not straight at all. I am an apprentice and one of my journeyman was plumbing a pole the other day.
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