My ancient elecy pole has been replaced, however they have decided to put it in a different position and have put it in a stream bed. The stream only runs for a few days per year and prior to last year had not run for 7 years but I'm sure it can't be good practice to put it where it is!
Electrity provider have placed new pole in a stream!
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Silly beggars, it was probably easy to dig there.
They are currently replacing the 2 in my garden and have put a new pole in right next to the old ones ready for swapping over. The cables appear to be touching the new pole but its not earthing - must be insulated. Hoping to bagsy the old poles!
They are currently replacing the 2 in my garden and have put a new pole in right next to the old ones ready for swapping over. The cables appear to be touching the new pole but its not earthing - must be insulated. Hoping to bagsy the old poles!
Done that before, wasn't anything like as good as I expected cos there was no metal top covering the end grain on top of the pole so it goes rotten from the inside out and by the time its replaced its about knackered.
Bit like mild steel fourstroke bike exhausts then
I once got two old telegraph poles (50's vintage I believe) they poured liquid tar when I tried to drill them when replacing a gate post!
I still have about 10 foot of one left over.
Seems like you win some and lose some.
ATB
Ogri the trog
I still have about 10 foot of one left over.
Seems like you win some and lose some.
ATB
Ogri the trog
If you do get hold of them, some are great and some are rotten - it seems to be pot luck - but whatever you do, don't use a chainsaw on them, I've seen more than one near miss caused by the amount of (sometimes hidden!) metalwork in them...............
The old GPO poles used to go for 1/- (one Shilling) back in the good old days, My uncle was a linesman and we used to help cut and split them for him.
Should they have put it in a stream bed, doubtful, but I guess no one told them it was a stream bed, so they just dropped it in at the approximate distance required from the other poles on the line.
A friend of mine had the local power company bury the lines across his land rather than renewing the poles, so he could use the land as a landing strip for his plane.
Should they have put it in a stream bed, doubtful, but I guess no one told them it was a stream bed, so they just dropped it in at the approximate distance required from the other poles on the line.
A friend of mine had the local power company bury the lines across his land rather than renewing the poles, so he could use the land as a landing strip for his plane.
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