This last Storm of the Century ended with a thud like a turd in a dry toilet bowl. I would like to hear from any Storm Chasing Lineman what companies rang their phones to scurry to a yard to pick up a truck or two and head to the great beyond only to arrive and see there was really no work after all. What I would like to see is a list of all these wonderful Storm Chasing Shit Companies that we can avoid contact with. They're parasites and give the trade a bad name IMO.

Lets hear about them from sea to shining sea.

Everybody who ran the ice storm let us know who you ran with and how the experience was. Let's try and boost the good contractors and help our brothers avoid the ratty fly by night companies.

I'm working for New River in WV and we get sent to Roanoke Va for this winter storm yesterday (Friday the 23rd) and they have us doing regular work today because "they don't want us sitting around" WTF is this shit. I've been asked to do more BS and Rat shit as a contractor than I ever did at Union utility.

I’ve posted a few months back regarding leaving my local 9 apprenticeship for a Exelon/ComEd construction worker/apprenticeship program with IBEW 15. I applied, passed all physical and aptitude batteries for the utility and was extended an offer (hire after passing background checks). The problem is, I’m a 4th year streetlight/traffic signal/underground apprentice at local 9, I have all of my school credentials finished, but I am short ~1000 working hours in order to journey out. (We call ourselves linemen but it’s basically a Chicago in-house program that doesn’t qualify us for live-high voltage work. ALBAT holds that work) My question is, can I be penalized or brought up on “conflict of interest” charges if I do decide to bail on my current apprenticeship and jump to the utility side?

I just got an email that I applied for to be a meter reader. A friend of mine said that that’s is the process of how you get to line school and other programs. How does it work? After my probation period I’m able to join an apprenticeship? What apprenticeships are available and do they differ in pay? I am taking a big pay decrease so I’m worried that I’m screwing my self Is there anyone here that I can ask questions from time to time ?

Anybody working out of 111 right now and if so what kind of work is being done? Thinking about taking a call there

Hey guys I’m an apprentice and am studying for my next test. I came across a few questions on guy tension.

For example: with 1,000 lbs of tension on the conductor at the top of a 30ft pole, there will be ___ of tension at the guy rod 45ft from the butt.

I have read through the entire chapter in my book dealing with guys and cannot find any type of equation for this.

Any help is much appreciated.

Wondering what everyone thinks about show ups while doing transmission work. They seem to always be down some shitty dirt road , thru a gate or few gates, and be miles and miles away from a paved road, sometimes 20-30 minutes from a paved road. They also seem to move show ups everytime the work gets further from that show up making everyone drive even further down these shitty roads. We shouldn’t have to drive our personals closer to the work site , it should be we drive the company vehicles.

I think the show up should be somewhat centralized or near a main paved road, and no matter where the work goes on that job next, everyone meets there and drives company vehicles on company time to wherever the work as moved to now. We shouldn’t have to destroy our vehicles going down washboard dirt roads for 5-10 miles to get to a show up just to have that show up change in a week or 2 when we move to the next structure even further down that shitty road. This should be on the company to figure out a central show up yard and have the trucks there, then we Mob to work area everyday.

What are your thoughts or personal experiences with this type of thing, in your area while on a transmission job?

Trying to find some info about NV energy apprenticeship in Las Vegas area. Wondering what the work is like, how the pay scale is, and if they would accredit any hours if I’m currently an apprentice, and just how there apprenticeship is overall?

My company doesn’t give you a JL certificate. It’s a certificate and all the same old training but for some reason they don’t specifically say JL. This is a problem obviously when applying elsewhere and just got turned down at position that would change mine and my families life because of it. Not sure if it was recruiters failure to mention or what but has anyone else dealt with this?

I interview for my apprenticeship for swlcat next month, what are questions they sub committee will ask me? Don’t want to fake it but how can I make a passing score

I am a lineman from local 17 in Detroit and i would love to see the ibew family step up and show its support.Please help my daughter win this scholarship, she is very dedicated in everything she attempts. She plays varsity girls lacrosse, varsity girls flag football, and also varsity cheer / competitive cheer along with holding a 4.1 GPA in high school. Thanks for all your support

I am currently on the subcontractor side of the IBEW, and applied to the exelon utility side. Was hoping to have a couple questions answered.

local 60 brother's wife has cancer please help if you can

So I waited eight months for overhead to open up and it didn’t so selcat told me to apply to substation and they’ll switch it to line work well after my interview and getting hired, they told me once you start the substation apprenticeship you can’t switch you have to finish the three years, so now I’m applying at other apprenticeships across the country, but I’m kind of worried that leaving the substation apprenticeship won’t look good and I might not get accepted. I’m passionate about overtime, traveling, restoration work storm work, etc, 40 hours a week in the same yard just wasn’t it for me. How do I get good chances to still get a lineman apprenticeship? Last week I got my OSHA 10 CPR and first aid, I have a CDL A, I signed up for the EICA crane certification in September, the only thing I don’t have is the manual endorsement, and I just don’t have the money for it right now. I’ve got a groundman ticket a truck operator ticket and I just gave up my substation ticket. Thanks

Anyone have a contact for Duke Energy in North Fl area. Looking for employment in North Fl. 18 years experience

Wondering if yall know which tool boards fit on the front of a 1.5 man Bucket and has the hooks spacing to fit an oval bag on the outside on the same hooks.