Saturday, November 23, 2013

The Importance Of A Tension Load Linesman Tool

By Bonnie Contreras


For someone up a pole suspended by little more than a piece of leather dealing with high voltage cables the importance of a tension load linesman tool becomes pretty obvious. The tool bridges the gap between broken or faulty cables while new ones are put into place. This allows the person to work freely and safely to replace the cable.

The items these people need all have to be carried on their person at all times. Usually suspended from a belt or in some kind of belt harness or pouch. Climbing around on steel frames or up poles and working with high voltage cables the worker needs everything instantly accessible to be able to do their job. For this reason all the items have to be compact, light and reliable, the workers need to know the things they use will not let them down.

This type of work is much more necessary in bad weather. This is the time when the weaknesses in any points of the cables become apparent. Blizzards, ice and rain test everything to the limit including the people and their tools, but as soon as the worst is over this team of intrepid workers is soon on the job.

So when we get thrown into the dark with a power failure and we are without heat and light and can not watch our favourite TV program, or play our computer games. It is these brave people that we have to thank for getting our power supply back. So that we can then once more get on with our normal lives and get back to doing the things we like to do in comfort.

Working like this is a pretty rough way to live. Travelling the country through the most remote and roughest parts to get to the distant reaches of our habitation. They see little of their families and friends as the work takes them away for long periods of time but they do it just the same.

The lack of fear and sheer determination these people show as they work in dangerous conditions. They climb high structures to reach cables carrying even higher voltage, to work with all their skill, in all weathers. They keep our country running by sheer will power alone.

Yet they are unsung heroes. Working for a pay packet like you and I. Turning up for work everyday, moving from job to job to make sure we all have the power we need at home and at work. Just to ensure that we too can get ready, turn up for our work and do other necessary tasks.

So we can see the tension load linesman tool and its importance is just a small part of a larger jigsaw of tools and equipment necessary to make the life of these people much easier. A weak or faulty tool would cause problems and distress as it would render the job practically impossible. Locating a replacement in the furthest reaches of the country, could be very time consuming to say the least adding days to the time a repair could take.




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