New 36m poles for Royal Welsh

[Marko]

Ever wondered how the douglas firs for the pole climbing comp get to the showground?

 

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[jpbeaver]

my mate lifted the poles in or out at the lockerbie APF. unfortunately i didnt know him when he was a crane driver

[Stephen Blair]

36m, holy molly. how much of that will be in the ground?

[Mesterh]

36m, holy molly. how much of that will be in the ground?

 

A lot less than you think, my guess 8-10 feet

[tommer9]

A lot less than you think, my guess 8-10 feet

 

Probably right. Western power delivered some poles of 56; once that were too short for the job for which they were intended, and when chatting to them, they said 99.9% of any electric poles went no deeper than 6' in the ground.

[tommer9]

A lot less than you think, my guess 8-10 feet

 

Probably right. Western power delivered some poles of 56' once that were too short for the job for which they were intended, and when chatting to them, they said 99.9% of any electric poles went no deeper than 6' in the ground.

[combined tree services]

the new standard for planting poles set by western power distribution is only 8 feet but this is depending on the size of pole and what its use is ie; through pole treminal pole or tx pole etc it was explained that the poles dont need to be down to deep as most of the pressure is downward pressure

[tommer9]

Very interesting. We never put fencing strainers in more than about 3'6", and when that stock fence is properly tight there is someting like nearly 100 ton strain laterally!!! It has always amazed me that!

[combined tree services]

we quite often get asked by wpd when we are working with them on jobs to fell there old poles , i spiked one as there was no rome to fell it and they are really stable and on lv they are not burried as deep as hv , so do you still do much fencing ??

[tommer9]

Virtually none, just around the farm. About 12 years ago i did a summers work in north cornwall where i did a lot of fencing, and am good friends with some fencing contractors up that way too, Truscotts, Gt fencing etc. Personally i hate it with a vengeance!! All i have done for last ten years is tree stuff and stone stuff.