Pictures from work

[Craig Miller]

This would be the view from my "office"

side shot from the ground of the whole works.

Are you working on any portion of I40 or I30? I get sick of driving through road construction. I admit though it looks like a tough job. I see people all the time flying by you guys probably chasing pokemon or something while your standing there 2 ft away. Scary.

 

[talltimber]

You have my sympathy. That's a hot ass job right there.

 

[uplandnut]

No Craig I'm not in Alabama. Western WI would be my home turf. It is hot in the summer but it sure is nice in the winter to have the time off.

 

[Craig Miller]

No Craig I'm not in Alabama. Western WI would be my home turf. It is hot in the summer but it sure is nice in the winter to have the time off.

I run both those highways when I go to Texas to work. Neither of them run through alabama. Shouldn't be too hot that far north. :hide:

 

[greybeard]

This would be the view from my "office"

side shot from the ground of the whole works.

One of my very first summer jobs as a kid, spreading hot asphalt on the temporary exit ramps on the I-10 bridge over lower San Jacinto River --many decades ago, except I was the scrawny kid (labor) with a square nosed shovel in my hands till the dirt foreman drove up one hot afternoon and asked if any of us knew how to run a dozer. I dropped that Mexican dragline and was seated in the back of bossman's truck before the shovel handle hit the ground, leavin my twin brother standing there with his rake giving me the finger as we drove off. He got me back later tho.

 

[LRTX1]

If they ask if anyone has a driver's license, don't volunteer. You'll probably be driving a wheel barrel the rest of the day.

 

[skyhightree1]

I am no longer tough enough to do that kind of work in this heat....

Same here... :nod:

 

[Boot Jack Bulls]

This would be the view from my "office"

side shot from the ground of the whole works.

Upland, that stretch looks very familiar....where are you paving at???

 

[Dave]

Today it would be a picture of this *&%^#$%@ computer screen. On the days when the phone rings or I am scheduled to go to a site visit with a farmer it is a good day. However, there are a lot of days staring at the computer screen trying to keep awake so I don't do a face plant on the key board.

 

[pdfangus]

Today it would be a picture of this *&%^#$%@ computer screen. On the days when the phone rings or I am scheduled to go to a site visit with a farmer it is a good day. However, there are a lot of days staring at the computer screen trying to keep awake so I don't do a face plant on the key board.

same here

I have to go do field work today and it is in the upper 70s at 5;30 am and headed for the mid 90s with 85% humidity today...but I only have to walk a couple of miles this morning and do some sampling and take some photos.

while the weather terrorist are still whining about it on the tee vee it is actually much nicer yesterday and today than it was over the weekend....there was some breeze moving yesterday...

 

[hillbilly beef man]

I try to keep this crap working.w

 

[Brute 23]

My Saturday

 

[Brute 23]

I try to keep this crap working.w

How does that happen? A storm?

That looks like one of those deals where you just want to turn and keep walking....

 

[callmefence]

I try to keep this crap working.w

My oldest is a lineman, I'm quite proud of what he does. He goes out in extremely bad weather to restore power..I actually started a thread on it once. A little bitty fella got it deleted.
Here's to ya. :tiphat:

 

[hillbilly beef man]

I try to keep this crap working.w

How does that happen? A storm?

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From this
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If you look at the front of the tank that is two pickup loads of telephone, cable tv, and power lines wrapped around it. The guy was permitted for 15 ft, but he was actually 17 ft. He made it 8 miles before the highway patrol got him stopped. Most everything that crossed the highway in this eight mile stretch was tore down. I would hate to know what the total bill will be for the repair work and fines for that guy.

 

[TCRanch]

I try to keep this crap working.w

My oldest is a lineman, I'm quite proud of what he does. He goes out in extremely bad weather to restore power..I actually started a thread on it once. A little bitty fella got it deleted.
Here's to ya. :tiphat:

Here's to Hillbilly, Fenceman's son and all the linemen! We were hit by either straight-line winds or a tornado in the middle of the night, live lines down, barns completely destroyed, debris everywhere, it was surreal. The electric Coop that services our house is actually in another county, we're their furthest customer; we called them shortly after 2:00 a.m., there were here by 4:00 and had power back on at the house by 6:30, the barnyard the following morning. It takes a special kind of courage for that kind of job!

 

[hillbilly beef man]

I try to keep this crap working.w

My oldest is a lineman, I'm quite proud of what he does. He goes out in extremely bad weather to restore power..I actually started a thread on it once. A little bitty fella got it deleted.
Here's to ya. :tiphat:

Here's to Hillbilly, Fenceman's son and all the linemen! We were hit by either straight-line winds or a tornado in the middle of the night, live lines down, barns completely destroyed, debris everywhere, it was surreal. The electric Coop that services our house is actually in another county, we're their furthest customer; we called them shortly after 2:00 a.m., there were here by 4:00 and had power back on at the house by 6:30, the barnyard the following morning. It takes a special kind of courage for that kind of job!

I did not mean to Mis-lead you TC, I am not a lineman, I am lower on the pole (literally). I am just a lowly phone man. We're a little lower and a lot less voltage.

 

[Brute 23]

I try to keep this crap working.w

How does that happen? A storm?

..

From this
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If you look at the front of the tank that is two pickup loads of telephone, cable tv, and power lines wrapped around it. The guy was permitted for 15 ft, but he was actually 17 ft. He made it 8 miles before the highway patrol got him stopped. Most everything that crossed the highway in this eight mile stretch was tore down. I would hate to know what the total bill will be for the repair work and fines for that guy.

That is crazy. :lol:

 

[jedstivers]

No Craig I'm not in Alabama. Western WI would be my home turf. It is hot in the summer but it sure is nice in the winter to have the time off.

I run both those highways when I go to Texas to work. Neither of them run through alabama. Shouldn't be too hot that far north. :hide:

On I40 ant exit 239 you are 12 miles from me. That's the exit west of Forrest City.

 

[jedstivers]

I tried to post pics and can't. If you have Instagram I'm jedstivers on it too. Got a lot of pics there.