2026 Minnesota Lineworkers Rodeo

*Coming soon*

• Emergency contact form
• Event overviews
• Event specs
• General rules and fall arrest
• Rodeo waiver

Hurtman rescue
Mean time: 4 minutes
Drop dead time: 6 minutes

This event will be simulating the rescue of an injured worker. Construction will consist of an 8-foot wooden cross-arm mounted on a 40-foot wood pole. Time starts at the judge’s signal with the competitor standing at least an arm’s length from pole in any direction. Note: the bag with the lineworker’s belt, hooks, and rubber gloves will be lying on the ground at arm’s length from pole. (Competitor may tool up bare handed.) Rubber gloves required before touching the pole.

Rope toss
Mean time: 8 minutes
Drop dead time: 10 minutes

The competitor will throw a rope over an 8-foot fiberglass cross arm mounted at 28 feet above the ground on a 40-foot pole. The competitor must tie one end to a guy wire using a rolling bend knot. The guy wire is 20 feet long and one end is attached to an existing anchor. The rope must be pulled tight and tied to another anchor using a bowline on a bight with two snub hitches. Rope will be provided and laid out at each event station. The specified knots are the only knots that will be accepted and can be found in the Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook.

Single-phase equipotential grounding
Mean time: 6 minutes
Drop dead time: 9 minutes

The competitor will climb a 40-foot pole and install an equipotential ground on the single-phase line. Competitors will have a five (5)-minute set up time to prepare for the event and ask any questions. Framing on this event will be single phase. There will be 6-foot spacing between the phase and neutral conductor. Competitors may load their material bag with the provided cluster bracket and grounds during the set-up time. Belt and hooks may be on prior to event time start. An 8-foot shotgun stick will already be hanging in a bag located at the neutral, with a simulated voltage tester attached to bottom of the stick. A visible open-air gap has already been established. The competitor shall follow the equipotential grounding procedures per the APPA standards (APPA Safety Manual, 17th edition, page 273, section 514.1 (i)). Time will stop when the competitor establishes an equipotential zone (EPZ) and signals to the judge they are complete.