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  1. Default Is welding a useful skill in line work?

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    How often do linemen weld?

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    Never- intentionally!

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    Quote Originally Posted by rob8210 View Post
    Never- intentionally!
    You nailed it, intentionally is the key word.

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    Default Welding

    Distribution Lineman don't do welding (except when it all goes wrong). At some companies the Apparatus Linemen/Technicians may do some welding but that is an infrequent job even for them. In fact most companies do not have it in their requirements.

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    Default Put it this way

    Quote Originally Posted by deer View Post
    How often do linemen weld?
    What if I asked how often a welder does linework....not much huh? at least not intentionally.

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    Default In NZ

    When I was in New Zealand .. I was contracting down on the South Island ... We ran out of poles and it would have been a three week wait for them.

    BUT... THERE WAS AN ABANDONED RAILWAY LINE.near wear we we're building the line. SO !!!!!!! We " borrowed " the railway tracks..welded two together back to back... And welded brackets to take three insulators. And concreted them in place. We used a little helicopter to put them up..and used ladders to work on them.

    PROPER CONTRACTING BACK IN THE DAY.

    But ain't needed a welder before or since.
    IF IT WASN'T FOR BAD LUCK WE WOULD HAVE NO LUCK AT ALL. !

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    Quote Originally Posted by bren guzzi View Post
    When I was in New Zealand .. I was contracting down on the South Island ... We ran out of poles and it would have been a three week wait for them.

    BUT... THERE WAS AN ABANDONED RAILWAY LINE.near wear we we're building the line. SO !!!!!!! We " borrowed " the railway tracks..welded two together back to back... And welded brackets to take three insulators. And concreted them in place. We used a little helicopter to put them up..and used ladders to work on them.

    PROPER CONTRACTING BACK IN THE DAY.

    But ain't needed a welder before or since.
    You barrowed,is that like someone barrowing a cigerette,and never returns it? Never mind,Im sure you gave tracks back.

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    Default Maori ,s

    Quote Originally Posted by reppy007 View Post
    You barrowed,is that like someone barrowing a cigerette,and never returns it? Never mind,Im sure you gave tracks back.
    Ok we recycled some tracks... Adapt an survive.
    IF IT WASN'T FOR BAD LUCK WE WOULD HAVE NO LUCK AT ALL. !

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    Default Failed my welding test

    Ive welded a few times...without a torch....had to throw a few screwdrivers/ect away

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