Darn kids

grandpa Love · Aug 19, 2019

Our son and his girlfriend were given an older mobile home, they have been working on fixing it up. They came by here Friday asking if I had a power pole. I had a 32 footer,that we cut down to 20'. Then they asked if we could haul it over to their place and set it.. .. after church, Sunday. Only day off for either of them so we headed over there. Pole almost whipped us! Probably weighs 500+ pounds. After 4-5 failed attempts to get it set we called for help. Young Man from church came over. Big guy! Between us we got the pole set. He was disappointed that he didn't have to use his Kubota,so he offered to push some brush up in a burn pile. Then he helped set up the power box and weather head. It's good to have friends. Did I mention it was nearly 100 degrees?!

I lifted the pole up and our son backed under it. Thought was he could push with his truck, I could pull with the tractor.......

Mike M · Aug 19, 2019

That's where it is nice to have something large around like a JD 4020 and loader. You can tow the trailer around and chain the pole to the bucket and lift it up and set it in the hole.

caterpillar guy · Aug 19, 2019

Few years ago we had a pretty bad ice storm and some poles got broke. There was a crew up from KY that was going to set a new pole at dads. They got stuck at the edge of the field and came to see about us pulling them out. After getting out I pulled the broken piece out of the ground with the 3pt and a chain with a few rehooks to get it up to the point it was out. Then I pulled the new pole in so they could set it. The pole was about 30-40 foot and they set it by hand. No choice since they couldn't get the pole truck in there.

ADB-Ia · Aug 19, 2019

We had about 25 miles of transmission lines go down in an ice storm in our area in 07. It was reportedly costing the power company over a million dollars a day in lost revenue so they didn't wait for good conditions to repair them. They hooked three dozers onto the trucks on our farm and headed across the field. They really made a mess but they got them back up by mid summer. They paid for three years total crop loss on those acres so at least we were compensated. They hung the pulleys for pulling in the new wires with a helicopter with a dare devil suspended on a rope. The guy acted like he was on the swing set at recess at elementary school.

Copperhead don't play · Aug 19, 2019

Good neighbors are priceless. The help on Sunday at 100 degrees you are probably just being repaid for what you have done in the past.

K Effective · Aug 19, 2019

I worked with a retired fellow who used to own a subcontracting company that installed poles and lines for utilities. In swampy areas, they used dynamite to set poles in the 60's and 70's- fasten the TNT onto the bottom of the pole, stand it up with three winch trucks and light it off. Blew the muck back, pole dropped in, and the muck would wash back into the hole.

grandpa Love · Aug 19, 2019

That would be fun to watch!!

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