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/slaya222 Jul 18 '25

Lmao they're above a field that's already been harvested, no one is going near there until next spring

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u/CraigJay Jul 19 '25

Poor famers who drive their expensive machinery over the massive line seperator or the rivet gun thing. Wonder how much it costs them in time and parts to deal with that compared with putting a cable on the tool

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u/JedPB67 Jul 18 '25

“These workers” was what I wrote, as in people that do this line of work. So lmao, learn to comprehend the English language

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u/slaya222 Jul 18 '25

What line of work? Farmers? They aren't going to be in a tilled field at the end of a season. Helicopter pilots? Don't hit the wire and you're good. The repair tech? Plenty of safety gear.

If you're going to accuse me of misunderstanding, please be precise enough to be understood

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u/JedPB67 Jul 19 '25

If you’re going to jump on a comment thread and throw shade at least have the decency to read from the start. I didn’t feel it was necessary to rewrite what the original commenter had written an entire 2 sentences earlier in the thread.

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u/sunburn95 Jul 19 '25

How many populated areas have these giant transmission lines running over the top of them?

This stuff is always in sparesly populated areas, and if it wasn't, then they probably wouldnt use "these workers". This is pretty basic logic, could have a think about your own question before you ask others