I Found It

Our local electric company, WOE (West Oregon Electric) employees local people. Since we are such a small community, we are familiar with many who work on the various crews that work the lines, clear the power corridors and do repairs through all storms.

One of the crews currently checking the lines is a contractor that is in charge of inventorying the line, each pole and the connected wires for a future project that needs exact measurements for each section of the line.

In an effort to save time and money when the lines around the farm were put in the 1960’s, the line was cut through the farm in a couple of spots rather than following along the road that meanders along the natural cut of the river. Getting to these spots off the road are not easy so we were able to put the Gator to use hauling the 2-man crew with their equipment across the river and into the fields so they could do their required inventory. It was a good chance to see the guys at work and to catch up on how they have been keeping busy.

We got an unexpected and very welcome bit of information a day later when they stopped by after work to let us know that they had noticed a broken electric fence line in an area beneath the power lines. They spotted it as they were walking the line when they heard the electricity snapping at the weeds the fence was touching. From their description, I was able to walk right to the spot, turn the power off and fix the break quickly before getting the fence charged back up. This bit of information saved us hours of walking the fence lines trying to find the broken wire.

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