Northeast Power competed in the Nebraska Lineworkers Rodeo July 18-19 at the Custer County Fairgrounds in Broken Bow. One of its employees, Nate Pospisil of Wayne, competed in a mutual aid contest with NPPD lineman Chad Sedlacek, and the two won the contest.
The rodeo had 10 two-person Journeyman teams and 46 individual apprentices compete. For the mutual aid event, everyone’s name is drawn for a random two-person team. They then compete in a fuse link replacement. As in all other events, the team with the least deductions and the fastest time wins.
Journeyman events in the rodeo were: Pole top rescue, capacitor change, broken conductor change and lightning arrestor change Apprentice events were: Pole top rescue, safety manual test, obstacle climb and rope toss. Mutual aid event: Fuse link replacement
