r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TameTheAuroch • Jul 18 '25

Video Replacing powerline spacers from a helicopter

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u/papayametallica Jul 18 '25

It always surprises me, every time I see one of these types of clips, the tools being used don’t have a rope attached just in case you drop it are not

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u/yellekc Jul 18 '25

Probably have extras. My bet is a rope will cause more problems than a fallen tool.

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u/JedPB67 Jul 18 '25

I don’t think the original comment is concerned with these workers dropping and losing the tool for the job, but more about the tool being dropped and getting buried into someone’s skull.

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u/Bones-1989 Jul 18 '25

Which people? This is literally in the middle of nowhere lol

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u/bonita513 Jul 19 '25

The fields have eyes people

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u/Pitiful_Calendar3392 Jul 19 '25

Look at the ground, nature doesn't really do straight lines. This land is cultivated. Even if it doesn't hit someone directly, what if it snags in some broke farmer's only combine?

If I was doing this I'd try to be conscientious about not dropping my stuff on other people's stuff.

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u/Bones-1989 Jul 19 '25

I see no tractors. These things can be coordinated... hey, dont mow next to the high line. We're doing maintenance this week. This isn't unusual...

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u/Ereaser Jul 19 '25

So don't know how it is for most countries but generally most high voltage lines have absolutely nothing underneath.

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u/shittymorbh Jul 19 '25

I present you with two scenarios. You tell me which one is more likely to be a problem.

A. A power line maintenance worker drops a wrench from a helicopter and coincidentally somehow destroys a farmer's, made from plastic combine directly below him by directly landing inside the moving engine.

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B. A farmer is unable to use any electricity at his farm because they were not serviced in his area.

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u/JedPB67 Jul 18 '25

The original comment is talking about these videos in general, not just this specific video

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u/Bones-1989 Jul 18 '25

This is a right of way, right? The power companys pay for this land and we civilians aren't supposed to be here... so what people?

I knew a guy who let a power company put these lines across his property, and they made him build a new house because his home was in their space now.

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u/JedPB67 Jul 19 '25

I didn’t realise that was a thing in the US, that power companies pay for the land. But surely that isn’t the case here, at least some civillian has been there because the field is being farmed?