Chance Lineman Grade Tools

Lineman Tools and Equipment from CHANCE in Chicagoland area and beyond! CHANCE® Lineman Grade Tools™ has been providing lineman with safety products for the electric utility industry for more than 80 years. CHANCE is a great company for linemen because of its extensive product line.

Divergent Alliance is a proud distributor of CHANCE® Lineman Grade Tools™. We can provide linemen across the United States with the following tools and equipment from CHANCE:

Our product portfolio includes hot sticks, temporary cover-up, instruments and meters, temporary protective grounding equipment, and more.

• Hot stick tools: CHANCE® offers a variety of handheld Insulated lineman hot sticks made with Epoxiglas® used by linemen during construction and line maintenance.
• Cover-Up: CHANCE® temporary protective cover-up is made from 2 different materials, hard plastic or flexible rubber. CHANCE temporary protective cover-up is only intended for secondary, accidental brush contact and should only be installed for a maximum of 72 hours. A variety of covers for various applications up to 72.5kV phase-to-phase are available through Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. Temporary protective cover-up is manufactured, designed, and tested to meet ASTM and IEC standards.
• Instruments & meters offer a substantial assortment of instruments and meters designed for linemen. All instruments are designed to allow lineman to perform their job safely. These include energized insulator testers, phasing testers, auto-ranging voltage indicators, proximity voltage indicators, and more.
• Lineman Equipment: offers boots, belts, harnesses, climbing gear, gloves, and more. Lineman gear is intended to keep all lineman safe while working electricity.
• Crimpers & Cutters: Variety of conductor cutters to help linemen during overhead line construction and line maintenance.
• Tool Storage: Variety of bags available for all lineman tools and equipment. Bags to safely store hot sticks. CHANCE® offers a variety of bags designed to safely store hot sticks, as well as bags to hold high voltage gloves, grounds, tools, and more.
• Load Handling: Load handling equipment designed for linemen includes hoists, snatch blocks & hand line, slings, and more.

Divergent alliance is a one-stop shop for all lineman gear, tools, equipment, and more! We pride ourselves on supplying the best brands and products we can to make professional linemen and electricians’ lives simpler and safer.  With our industry knowledge, we can help you find any lineman tool you need! Not only do we carry CHANCE® Lineman Grade Tools™ all your other lineman tool distributors as well. If you did not find what you were looking for from CHANCE® Lineman Grade Tools™ check out our Klein Tools, Buckingham Buck, and Hastings pages we assure you we can find what you need! We are passionate about providing lineman with tools that will keep them safe and confident while working. Make sure that you find the right product for your linework needs by talking to a professional at Divergent Alliance. We supply linemen and electricians with Tools, safety equipment, and protective grounding for professionals in the Chicago IL area and beyond! Give us a call or fill out our contact form!

• Hubbell Incorporated was established in the late 1800s by Harvey Hubbell in Bridgeport Connecticut. Harvey Hubbell was an inventor and industrialist; his inventions ultimately is what made the brand so successful. In 1888 demand grew for new machinery and manufacturing during the industrial revolution. Harvey began developing tools and equipment and created the first detachable electric plug in the United States that earned his first patent. As commercial availability of electric power became more popular Hubbell had a great opportunity for creativity and growth serving the electrical and utility industries. 

• Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. (HPS) manufactures its line of CHANCE® Lineman Grade Tools™ in Centralia, Missouri. With more than 75 years of engineering expertise, CHANCE is a highly established brand in the industry for tools and accessories in the construction and maintenance of power equipment. Hubbell doesn’t just specialize in lineman tools but also very knowledgeable in lineman grounding. HPS has been educating linemen since 1937 when Tips Tools was acquired they even wrote the encyclopedia of grounding. HPS broadened their range to hot sticks, clamps, grounding equipment, high voltage rubber gloves, and more products with the acquisition of A.B. Chance tools in 1994.

• Hubbell today has grown immensely since 100 years ago but the company traditions have not. Hubbell is committed to delivering high quality, dependable products. The Hubbell brand has expanded its expertise into electrical, lighting, and power components that are used all over the world. Hubbell creates products that keep our world turning as we know it. Hubbell has acquired more than 75 companies throughout their time in business making them industry leaders that they are today.