bucket saws

[JODY MESSICK]

You can get a limb off the line using a pole saw as long as your body has minimum separation and the tool is non conductive . Try doin that with your 200t and you cant because you will be shocked but not with a non condutive saw or prunner .Even when your not near the line, lets say a long limb is on the line and you are making your cut 10 feet from the line you have to use a non conconductive tool .You cant use a chain saw unless the line has grounds on both sides.

 

[clearance]

Here in BC you are not allowed to remove anything from a live line, ever. The closest you can get with tested tool (trimsaw, pole pruner) is 1' on a 12kv line. Not that it isn't done, just not allowed. I thought about Big John ranting about utility guys and how they leave stubs, then he said he worked utility for three years, must have left stubs, what a hack! Sounds like he couldn't cut it, production wise. Kind of like a lot of these holier than thou arborists here, they think utility is no big deal and anyone can do it, ok.

 

[Sirpouralot]

You can get a limb off the line using a pole saw as long as your body has minimum separation and the tool is non conductive . Try doin that with your 200t and you cant because you will be shocked but not with a non condutive saw or prunner .Even when your not near the line, lets say a long limb is on the line and you are making your cut 10 feet from the line you have to use a non conconductive tool .You cant use a chain saw unless the line has grounds on both sides.

Right you are. Thats what is meant by indirect contact. Here in the united states, You must maintain 2ft 4 inches indirect contact with 15kv and that distance increases with higher voltages. Unless you are a utility employee, you cannot lawfully remove a limb from off the wire when a limb is in direct contact with the electrical conductor according to strict interpretation of that law, even if you think you are using a non conductive tool.

The tools you use are important to prevent electrical shock, but knowledge and know how are the most important factor. As I say, we like to have all the options available to us and our personal.

 

[JODY MESSICK]

Ive been on 4 major storm damage power resoration teams in the past year and they have had regional safety supervisors and corporate safety supervisors, they even had dupont safety team out there and every time they said we could get limbs or trees off the lines with our circular saws without them being grounded.If you have to climb, put a rope on or use a chainsaw it had to be.

 

[JODY MESSICK]

I use a circular saw eveyday and don't leave stubs and always leave lateral branches or cut back to the trunk its way faster than a chainsaw

 

[dakota]

You can't make a good cut with a stick saw so stick it up your a$$. Get right up close and personal with a chainsaw and make a nice cut. I'm tired you line clearance hacks leaving dog ears and stubs everywhere and putting the sergents stripes all over a tree. I have no tolerance for that $h1t.

Yikes dude. You don't think CAs and other residentials leave stubs, make flush cuts and do other damage to trees? You come off as some ornery SOB whose only mission is to provide the best tree care around but I'd be willing to bet you've done some pretty fine massacres yourself. Griping and yelling the whole time. I think I know your type.

 

[doggonetrees]

Its all good- when his lights go out due to ice storm outage, he would be the LAST consumer restored, with the attitude he has towards line clearance tree crews.

 

[clearance]

Its all good- when his lights go out due to ice storm outage, he would be the LAST consumer restored, with the attitude he has towards line clearance tree crews.

Many times I have wished this, always wanted to take my Jamison pole pruner and cuts some knobs service wire at night, screws up the cutter when you do it, I hear.

 

[a_lopa]

I thought about Big John ranting about utility guys and how they leave stubs, then he said he worked utility for three years, must have left stubs, what a hack! Sounds like he couldn't cut it, production wise. Kind of like a lot of these holier than thou arborists here, they think utility is no big deal and anyone can do it, ok.

the going got tough and the tough got going,something about a crew leader picking on him, sob whif.

residentual crews hate r.o.w guys because we can do there job but they cant handle production work with no by standers or people "watching"them climb they need there egos boosted.

LOOK AT ME IM UP THE TREE!!!! BIG DEAL