We stopped by BMK's booth at this year's Utility Expo in Louisville, KY to get the lowdown on Polecrete, the expanding foam product designed explicitly for setting utility poles.

This feature was filmed at the Hastings booth during the Utility Expo 2025, where they showcased a new integrated approach to a familiar setup. Hastings has combined three staple components—the jib adapter, conductor holder, and sheave—into a single jib head attachment built for improved usability, versatility, and durability.

The Utility Expo 2025 was a great opportunity to see some fantastic tools, equipment, and vehicles from all of our favorite manufacturers. There was only one issue; heavy rain on day one of the expo…

In rugged, hard-to-reach terrain, traditional pole installation isn’t an option. This video shows how Resilient Structures (RS) composite utility poles can be transported and installed with ease, even where heavy machinery can’t go.

What a year! We had the absolute pleasure of attending the Utility Expo in Lousiville, Kentucky again this year, and we're excited to share some of the highlights with all of our friends and customers at home.

Wade Summerlin is here to show off the sleek, durable, and highly functional fiberglass cable junction pedestals from Power Design Inc. They come in single, two phase, and three phase varieties, and boast a number of high quality features that sets them apart from the competition.

Preformed Line Products (PLP) introduces a silicone-coated fiberglass standoff bracket with an RTV seal built for maximum durability. In this quick Two Minute Tuesdays episode, USA’s Mike Pridmore explains why this long-lasting design outperforms standard fiberglass brackets.

When a local municipality realized they had a foul ball problem with their roadway, RS Poles stepped in with an unconventional solution. As it turns out, composite utility poles are useful for a number of things—and they're just as American as the great game of baseball!

Fleet and service vehicles don’t get a day off from the weather—and when your garage or shed is full, where do you turn? Estex has the answer. Territory Manager Mike Pridmore breaks down a brand-new custom product that keeps your vehicles protected, no matter what Mother Nature throws at them.

Chris Rogers of Utility Service Agency walks through the standout features of the Next Generation BuckArc Harness from Buckingham MFG

If you've had to perform overhead work as a lineman while harnessed, you know just how bad neck and shoulder chafing can get. Not to mention how uncomfortable it can get should you have to be rescued... Buckingham has seen these struggles and in response, they've created the Featherweight 2.0 harness

In just 2 minutes, USA’s Ryan Keitel explains the difference between underground connectors and overhead swivels from Sherman+Reilly — and why getting them confused on the job can cause big problems.

Check out this Two Minute Tuesday episode for a quick breakdown that could save your crew time and trouble.

Tired of juggling different brackets for every sign? Meet the Universal Sign Bracket from Bone Safety Signs — engineered for speed, simplicity, and a secure fit in the toughest roadside environments. One bracket. Zero hassle.

Pulling and re-connecting energized elbows in transformers can be extremely dangerous work, especially without the proper tools. Today, Territory Managers Mike Pridmore and Patrick Gailey are going to go over both the shotgun stick method of plugging and unplugging elbows and the Hastings Elbow Puller tool method.

Territory Managers Mike Pridmore and Patrick Gailey are here to demonstrate three different methods of securing your conductors and insulators. All ties featured in the video are produced by Preformed Line Products (PLP).

This week, Territory Managers Mike Pridmore and Wade Summerlin demonstrate the skate block method of tower rescue, using the Buckingham 108Q8 Tower Rescue Kit, with guidance from SafetyOne training staff.

Territory Manager Chris Rogers sits down (well, he's standing, but you get it) with the founder of Bulldog Pipe, Brandon McIntosh, to discuss the company's origins and its mission as a manufacturer of high quality HDPE roll pipe.

If you've worked with layout arms before, you know the challenge of reusing the same layout arm on multiple crossarms. Thankfully, Hastings has developed a new Fiber Glass Extension Arm, commonly known as a layout arm, that can suite your needs for almost any crossarm application.

USA President Jim Cooke joins Plant Director Edgar Castro on the ground Resilient Structures' Houston, TX facility to break down just what the "soft assembly" process is and how RS makes use of it for their modular utility pole facility.