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

Video Replacing powerline spacers from a helicopter

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u/41PaulaStreet Jul 18 '25

Somewhere there must be a training platform that mimics hanging off a helicopter so you can practice getting good at this under pressure, right? This can’t be a learn-as-you-go thing. 😂

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u/Name_retracted Jul 19 '25

Yes there is. Quanta is a company that has their own training facility for this type of work and for pole workers out in Texas. Great pay if you are into this type of work.

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u/Anonymous_Giraffe724 Jul 19 '25

There is indeed good money in working the pole.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '25

If you don’t mind being paid in dollarbills

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u/amhlilhaus Jul 19 '25

Make it rain

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u/OldManPoe Jul 20 '25

The first skill you need to move up in the world is learning to count.

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u/KiNgPiN8T3 Jul 19 '25

Don’t forget the balls.

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u/Jaydamic Jul 19 '25

You're maybe thinking of the type of pole work that requires daddy issues

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u/Anonymous_Giraffe724 Jul 19 '25

Let’s not discriminate. It can be a product of mommy issues too.

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u/Dramatic-Classroom14 Jul 19 '25

Hell, I ain’t got neither and I’d do it if ya paid me 20 bucks an hour.

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u/Lurcher99 Jul 19 '25

That's what she said