Free Lineman T-Shirts

My wife wanted me to give a heads up to anyone not currently aware of the Lineman Wear logo lineman t-shirt give away on Facebook.  All you have to do is submit a picture or "like" on Lineman Wear Facebook page and you are automatically entered into the weekly drawing for this very cool lineman shirt.  The drawings will last through the year.  There is a link to the Facebook page on www.linemanwear.com.

Lineman T-Shirt from www.linemanwear.com

Still a waiting game.

Well, if we know anything or have learned anything about these storms, it is that the weathermen are terrible at getting any of this stuff right.  Well, that's until it's standing on our doorstep beating down the door, then they get it right about 50 percent of the time.  Can you imagine how few lineman there would be if we did our jobs as bad as they do theirs?

That being said, the forcast is grim and, as of right now, they are calling for some serious rain and crazy sustained winds with gusts over 80mph.  All this, ladies and gentlemen, with leaves still on the trees, especially down along the shore.  Fill up your generators, this could go the distance.   Typically in the North East, when we see gusts to 40mph over a few hours, we can easily be looking at outages in the tens of thousands.  So sustained over two days with gusts double that....hmmmm.  Did I mention generator? 

Had a lineman from Chicago yesterday contact us through www.linemanwear.com to let us know he was on the road and heading our way.  We are going to need all the help we can get if these weather guys are even remotely close with their predictions.

Work Safe,

Eric

Tricks of the trade!

I have been getting some good feedback from the Tricks of the Trade that I put on www.linemanwear.com  So going forward, if you have a trick that you would like to share with other lineman, you can post it here.  E-email it by visiting  www.linemanwear.com and going to the contact us section, go to the Lineman Wear facebook page and message us, or just post it on the timeline.  I am going to continue to put one or two out a week going forward, so check back often.  When things slow down a bit, I plan on doing some of them on video and posting the links to YouTube.

So what about Sandy??  She is looking like she may be the real deal.  Several models I have watched this evening show from bad to worse scenerios.  I guess we will just wait and see.  I got word today that some linemen from Chicago were already heading this way to standby.  Another report I heard, they are bringing in 2000 guys to standby.  It's going to be interesting.

Work Safe

Eric

Storm Coming??

A satelite picture taken from space about this time last year, at night, showed the results of what happens when New England gets two feet of snow when there are still leaves on the trees. On the East Coast, where there should of been lights...blackened.  Almost a million people alone in Connecticut without power.

In the weeks following the storm we worked around the clock and managed to turn the majority of the people back on in record time.  Regardless of what the media said or some of the customers thought our response to one of the worst natural disasters this state has ever seen was simply amazing, and every lineman that helped should be proud.

Now with a tropical storm possibly heading our way is this going to be Round 2?  Only time will tell.

Work Safe,

Eric

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Lineman T-Shirt from www.linemanwear.com

If you're looking for some really cool Lineman TShirts and clothing, give www.linemanwear.com a look.  The shirts are all original and look at the trade from a different angle than anyone else is "currently" doing.  There are more long sleeve versions on the way, as well as a hoodie and a couple things for the line wives.  We are excited about the positive response we have received thus far, and are looking forward to see what the future brings.  So, again, if you're in the market for lineman clothing, give us a look.  Even if you're not looking to buy, I'm sure you will enjoy the catchy tag lines and graphics on these shirts.  This is one of our Lineman t-shirts.  Hope you enjoy.

Linework in the fall.

Probably one of my favorite things about my job this time of year in New England is the leaves changing colors.  We are pretty boxed in out here, but if you stand your bucket straight up in the air at times you can get a pretty stellar view.  I guess it's the small things in life. But for a guy who always finds himself looking west, a view is something not taken for granted.  Maybe if the rain lets up I'll take the family for a drive this weekend and look for some color.  Dead stick season is right around the corner and we will not see any color until the spring.

Conversions in the fall!

On another note, my younger brother just had his second kid, daughter Abigail!  We are very excited for him and his new family and look forward to spending some time with them this year. 

www.linemanwear.com is generating more and more interest and seems to be picking up some steam, and the lineman t-shirts are heading out all across the States.  It is cool being in contact with so many guys and gals that are in our industry.   We are all in this together and we are really the only ones who can grasp what it takes to do it.

This time last year!

Well, the leaves are changing and we had our first frost last night.  Not sure about others, but I can smell hunting season in the air.  About this time last year I was back in Idaho elk hunting.  Probably one of the better elk hunting trips I have been on because it was the first time my baby daughter got to experience elk camp.  Not to mention we were very successful.  My older brother got a huge 6 by 6 heard bull and I also got a big 6 by 6.  My nephew, who was 12, got his first bull, a respectable 5 by 5.  We were also able to get a couple of cows and then we stopped.  That is enough meat for the entire family for the whole winter.  Not buying any beef here!!

This year we were a little busy with everything to make it back home to hunt with the family.  Oh, yeah, we also didn't draw any tags.  So I have not heard from the family yet, but know they are in the woods hunting for elk as I write.  I've got my fingers crossed for them.  Maybe next year.

Till next time, work safe!

Eric,

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