ticket-22 over the limit in personal vehicle

your posting is very offensive to me, and as such i reported it to the Admin/mods. you insulted me and MY profession of teaching. there was absolutely NO NEED on your part to group us instructors into the bottom feeder category. i would truly like to see anyone that insults us (like you did) to even try our job not for one day, but the the entire length of the training a student MUST go through. i think only then would you appreciate (if you are of normal intelligence) what WE DO each and every day with what WE HAVE TO WORK WITH....think its as easy as YOU THINK......or blurt out at another.....???

 

I didn't and I highly doubt the other guy cryed to the admin/mods when you called us whack jobs, but now that your feelings got hurt your crying foul. I'm not a whack job. I'm a gear head that regardless, if I'm in a semi, motorcycle, or even flying a plane (yes even though I don't hold a license or fly anymore, I've flown solo before with nobody else in the plane), doing tree work dangling from a rope at 70' only 5 feet away from a 13k powerline, or backpackinging alone ten's of miles from any help, I take it all very serious both for myself and other that may be affected by my doings.

I can imagine how hard your job is and I respect that but are seriously going to cry to the admin/mods? If so I'll file a complaint for you calling me a "whack job"

 

The only way I can put this is summed up in two words. Your screwed!

 

So you got signed off for a solo, but never passed your check-ride? What's up with that?


Oh BTW that 13K power line is only 13K phase to phase. It's potential to ground is only like 7.5K. If that rope you are hanging off of is nice and dry, you should be able to work on that line bare handed.

I just don't understand why anyone would put a 13.2 K line 70 feet off the ground. Seems kind of overkill.

 

You and I both know that working with-in 5 ft of an energized line, even a 13k violates safe working standards, couple that with the "70ft" comment, we can deduce he isn't even somewhat honest.

 

Should I be concerned about whether I work for a company that does mostly east coast runs? I was told the streets are very narrow there, is someone pulling my leg? I haven't heard anyone talk about this on the board. thanks

 

the "east coast" was developed centuries ago. it was the primary landing place for most (if not all foreigners) back in this country's earlier days.

as a result, we have roads TO THIS DAY that were built for primarily straight trucks, or at the most 30 foot trailers, and of course in the REAL beginning, horse drawn delivery wagons.

you WILL HAVE a tough time in many city areas, like NYC, Manhattan, Boston, Quincy, Da Bronx, Hartford, and so on and so forth.....

BUT, truckers make pick ups and deliveries EVERY day in long 48 or 53 foot trailers and big sleeper trucks. so IT CAN BE DONE.

nowadays, there are trucking companies that swap out trailers for the major trucking companies. what is done is (say) you bring your load to a point in NJ, and drop your trailer at a trucking company. they take your trailer and make deliveries, while you hook up to another trailer and go on your way someplace else......

there are "fee's involved" but that is between your company and this "city delivery" company, and you do not need to worry.....

BUT, NOT ALL trucking companies operate this way, and if the company you go to work for doesn't, then say hello to all the Boro's in NYC, and CT and RI, and Mass, VT, NH, and Maine.

 

Oh, your the one that got all upset at me because I wouldn't be your online buddy and go check out your facebook page.

Honest, yep. There have been several times when my 120' rope wouldn't get me to the ground which is why some of the companies starting going to 150' ropes. For guys that don't do tree work on here, that's doubled up on the rope so it's 60' for the 120 and 75' for a 150' rope. Working within 5 ft of a 13k line. Done that dozens if not hundreds of times.

To the other fellow, I'm sure you can touch it dangling off a dry rope. I don't want to try that. I did have to come down on the other side of a line once to take out a limb that I couldn't walk on and in doing so I managed to somehow get the tail of my lanyard wrapped over a line and when it did it kinda choked itself on it. That's as close as I ever want to get to a powerline. As far as a bucket truck goes, I've slid, rested, pushed, touched lines hundreds of times as long the contact point is above the insulating block on the lower boom and as long as I had about 5-10 feet on distance between the contact point and the bucket in hopes that the insulating sleeve on the upper booms is doing it's job. As far as 13k? Yea, I never did understand if that was each leg or combined.

To the flying question, no I never did get my license both because I couldn't afford it and despite being a tree guy I'm a little afraid of heights.

Anybody else want to try and belittle me, question my honesty, or call a "whack job"? Keep it up and I'll cry to the mods!

 

Rerun, what no apologies? Your another one that talks smack about others but can't back it up.

Just like a few months ago when some guy on here asked about getting his CDL but had no experience with bigger truck. All I did was make a suggestion to maybe rent a Ryder, Home Depot, Uhaul or something along that line so he could get used to being in a bigger vehicle. You got all upset over that. Now I see why, you want him to go spend a few thousand dollars so he can look up to you like a "God". Your just another one on here that does nothing but try to belittle others, make false acusations, and can't handle it or man up when your in the wrong. How do you look at yourself in the mirror?

 

So if you can drive a U-Haul or Ryder rental truck you feel that someone can handle a rig? Geeze man! Not even close!
Hell, A little old lady can drive a U-Haul...

To the OP, Why in the heck didn't you get a lawyer and keep that ticket off your record?