Phone lines through crown

[pie eater pete]

Best i went to look at was a Pop with 13 lines running through the crown...

[skyhuck]

Many years ago I carefully dismantled a Beech with several BT lines through it, one of the lines was a huge span with tree conveniently supporting the middle of the span, once the tree was just a trunk I lifted the longest line out of the crotch where it was sat and released it, it promptly dropped like a stone, pulling out the single corner brick it had been attached to, the brick hit the floor, pulling the line off wall down to the point where it enter the house downstairs. The brick was covered in cobwebs so had obviously never been motared in correctly. The line remained connected.

Edited December 13, 2014 by skyhuck

[Mountain man]

Dismantled an awkward blue fir carefully to avoid breaking he telephone line.

Last cut was a noggin on the way down before felling the spar.

Of course it span off and pulled the line out of some box on the wall.

I just reconnected it with some insulation tape, customer said the Internet was working so no harm done.

I should have done it on the first cut.

[treequip]

Do you know, I've noticed that too!

 

I find it happens more in cold weather when the wire contracts making the line tighter placing more strain on the weakened area and more in warm conditions when the plastic insulation becomes more elastic and less able to resist the tension:laugh1:

[Kenty]

If we do break a line at least my climbers father in law is retired BT engineer.

Your comments have made me smile today, thanks gents.

[Andyd1606]

If we do break a line at least my climbers father in law is retired BT engineer.

Your comments have made me smile today, thanks gents.

 

 

Why don't you see if he can get up the pole and run the line along the floor while you do the tree I've seen it done before by ex BT employees there's normally enough cable rolled up to do it.

[Kenty]

Why don't you see if he can get up the pole and run the line along the floor while you do the tree I've seen it done before by ex BT employees there's normally enough cable rolled up to do it.

 

I had a look when I quoted, & there is no extra cable, thankfully the lines are under their own tension & not resting on any branches.

[IVECOKID]

I might be on my own here but when I get up in tree they just disappear to me ,anything like telephone wires and washing lines at close quarters I cant not see them .

Telephone wires in trees I now spray with yellow road marker spray before I make any cuts .

 

Ste

[Mountain man]

I might be on my own here but when I get up in tree they just disappear to me ,anything like telephone wires and washing lines at close quarters I cant not see them .

Telephone wires in trees I now spray with yellow road marker spray before I make any cuts .

 

Ste

 

It's not that I can't see them it's just that I can occasionally forget them, especially if there's more than one.

 

Good idea about the paint.

[IVECOKID]

It's not that I can't see them it's just that I can occasionally forget them, especially if there's more than one.

 

Good idea about the paint.

 

Another tip I use with telephones is cable ties ,put half dozen on line so they stand out .

 

Ste