Telecom lines

[sheph]

Hi, 

 

Got a job on three trees where a couple of telephone lines are impeding the work required to reduce the trees.

 

Anyone got any ideas on what I can do with the lines?  Spoke to Openreach and they say I most likely need a survey as well as the charge to take down the line then replace which seem really expensive. 

 

Any thoughts or suggestions would be most appreciated.

[woody paul]

Just make sure there's no sign on pole saying fiber cables above. 

[john meehan]

Surly you can work round telephone wires?

Just cut and chuck stuff away.

I think if most of us had to get telephone wires moved we would never work?

[Thesnarlingbadger]

What John said. I’ve never had lines taken down just priced to do the work with the faff. Open-reach are a pain in the arse to get in touch with even if you are a customer of there’s.
Have you got any pics of the job?

[Mark Bolam]

Easiest just to wipe them out with a big limb early doors, saves the bother later on.

[Mark Bolam]

As John says really.

We've got an oak rj on Friday with 9 through it.

 

I hope my earlier previous comment doesn't come back and bite me on the arse!

[billpierce]

As John says really.
We've got an oak rj on Friday with 9 through it.
 
I hope my earlier previous comment doesn't come back and bite me on the arse!

It will now you've thought it. Usually it will be the last cut you do though, just to make sure you've had all the bother of working around them first

[tree-fancier123]

with a single span going through trees to be cut between two poles, would it be any protection and feasible to string a length of rope between the poles and tension just above phone line, so if any branches were droped or went astray the rope would protect?

[Mark Bolam]

That could be a cunning, if slightly illegal, solution in certain situations.

[oldwoodcutter]

Openreach are almost impossible to deal with, and are unreliable at best in dropping lines, which as said, will charge to take down and charge again to put back up.
Best of British [emoji106]

[billpierce]

Have had maximum success putting a line between trees above a fence and felling bits into that to save the fence. I guess it could work with a phone line? Probably best to avoid it altogether though