IBEW 1245 Outside Line members at Henkels & McCoy utilized a 140-ton Link-Belt crane for a pole replacement job on Woodhurst Lane in San Jose in December. The crew coaxed the pole through a narrow gap in the wires, landing it in the same hole the other pole had just vacated–a precision maneuver, flawlessly executed.
![Todd Bryant checks the angle while Matt Petesch drills into a new pole that will be lifted over a house by crane. Both IBEW members are journeyman linemen for Henkels-McCoy. Other members working the job were Paul Perrer, Josh Reneson, Todd Bryant, Jay Karpinski, Seth Rall, Nick Jonson, John Llorca, Hiram Vidal, Steve Murillo, Jonathan Barragan and Chris Mendoza.](http://ibew1245.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/HM_26_4-10-14.jpg)
Todd Bryant checks the angle while Matt Petesch drills into a new pole that will be lifted over a house by crane. Both IBEW members are journeyman linemen for Henkels-McCoy. Other members working the job were Paul Perrer, Josh Reneson, Todd Bryant, Jay Karpinski, Seth Rall, Nick Jonson, John Llorca, Hiram Vidal, Steve Murillo, Jonathan Barragan and Chris Mendoza.