bigshea13

well, hacks are we? trevver you ever climb in the dead of winter. 10 below. 3 feet of snow. maybe a layer of ice on everything. pretty sure you havent. now climb in those conditions over energized lines with a full arsenal of clothing and gear including bigger boots. just to make it even more realistic pack all of the gear back into your work area by hand first as to ensure that you break a nice cooling sweat before hand. the clearing of the lines to supply power to the people, thier schools, resurants, factories, homes, hospitals {and the list goes on} and the required techniques used to do so far outweigh any popular opinion. no there are few regulations regarding right of way maintainance because in order for the area to function it needs power! after you climb and trimm 50-60 trees a day for 10,12 years the technique begins to morph to match the speed. once you join my crew and work along side us up here in the boondocks then maybe guys like myself will give your opinion on the issue a second thought. till then i guess us hacks will have to keep defending our right to do our job intelligently........with spikes.
ps if you want us to stop hooking send us cash to reimburse us for the job we lost to the "hack" down the road who will use spikes.