The front end rebuild of my 2001 Ford Excursion continues as I work my way farther into this beast. With the front Hub & Bearing replaced in Part 1 and the Front Axle Dust and Vacuum Seals replaced

It’s all back together and torqued!! Just need to grease up all the ball joints and U-joints and she will be ready to roll until the next time I tear into it. #automotive #doinwork #asplattslife

10,000 acre fire, windy, hot, dirt the consistency of flour, poles consumed by the fire with nearly zero access, excavators, bucket trucks, Linetrucks, in the hooks at 2am, working 36 hours straight, covered

I’m glad this outage didn’t happen until the evening. DAMN it’s been HOT!! It was still 95F but that’s better than 105F You can see a little glimpse of the Columbia River in the background. #linelife

What’s up strangers? How has everyone been doing’? Fan-frikken-tastic I hope!! Dang, it’s been awhile since I cruised the Hive-O-sphere let alone make a DIY post or any post at that. I have been able to

This is a nice way to finish the weekend... All 3 phases are still energized... Hot and Holdin’ ALWAYS STAY CLEAR OF DOWNED POWERLINES!!

Don’t mind that lunatic with the chainsaw... he is just clearing the right-of-way... The Dewalt cordless chainsaw earned its keep the past few days.

It was close to a year ago when I scored a sweet deal on a parts truck for my axle swap. The 2005 axles have made their way under my 1997 Ford F-350 and the driver couldn’t be much happier about the results.

Welcome back to another edition of A Day With A Lineman. From dusk til dawn we handled outages that came in that day due to the extreme windy conditions that day. From one end of our system to the other.

One thing is for sure, as a Lineman you never know exactly where or what you will end up doing coming the end of the day. Car wrecks, fallen trees, failing electrical equipment, digging trench with a backhoe

... or power line and not knowing what caused it. Closing in the new fuse has me second guessing my Sherlock Holmes of Linework efforts. As I stand there shaking my head wondering what could have caused

... last weekend. What a mess!! This is just one 300 foot span out of many we had to clear off. The homeowner is excited for springtime so he can chop ALL of these trees down. HAHAHA That’s my kind of

... feet deep and still snowing pretty good. while we were up there trying to restore power. We Spent all day cutting trees off the line that had been weighted down by the snow or even broken. We cut dozens

... roads close to the Powerlines. We call it No Man’s Land. Thick Fog, pitch black, 30 F made this an absolute nightmare. Driving this section of line out during the day light hours is a big PITA as it

When the opportunity is there you gotta take it!! Most of the time you hear, "I can't afford to buy that!" But did you know that if you just add one little 3-letter word in that sentence, it

It feels good to break out of that normal work routine and do a little something different. Granted every isn’t necessarily same for me by any mean, but the “type” of work is. I am working by myself 90%

Let’s talk tools shall we? Being a DIY person I am all about having the right tool for the right job. As a Lineman sometimes... or oftentimes it’s more like the wrong tool for the right job. The Lineman

It has been sometime now but I’m back!! I’ve been gone for about 10 days, you know busy fishing and enjoying life.... well if you consider prepping for the freezing cold enjoying life then you and I are

Do you ever wake up in the morning to your phone ringing or alarm going off and wonder, "What in the world is that noise?" Then after a few moments of misfires, your brain puts it together. Well

A Day With A Lineman #37 Asleep at the Wheel I know it does seem pretty bright outside for someone to be asleep at the wheel, cut across on coming traffic, tear down about 150 feet of chain link fence,