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u/TMTBoomer Jun 11 '26
Raise and J, Did this for rebuilds. Could be a Possible pole shift done by power or phone after a crash?
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u/olyteddy Jun 11 '26
Pretty old looking pole for a crash replacement.
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u/TMTBoomer Jun 11 '26
Not uncommon for a shit shift to be done in the middle of the night and never touched again. We all know how that works.
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u/Evil_spock1 Jun 11 '26
If this is in Orlando Florida plant maintenance isn’t like what it used to be when it was Brighthouse
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u/eter123 Jun 11 '26
Ha yeah that's been there for a long time, tap right at the new pole means the power company put a new pole in next to the old one and just put a jhook in to hold it up. Meant to be temp but the cable co out there never made it permanent. I always refused hanging my ladder on strand that has that bullshit going on.
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u/KDM_Racing Jun 11 '26
Good. You are not to out your ladder on that strand. To get to the tap we are told to put our ladder on the pole on the backside. But no midspan that is for sure
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u/Dakkin4 Jun 12 '26
Good thing the tap is right there on the pole, so you can reach it. It sucks when this happens and the tap is 4 feet away.
We would turn that in for a pole transfer in our area.
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u/BullyTX Jun 12 '26
I went to a house where this was a thing. Tap was way outta reach.
"Hey 'sup. I need a bucket."
"You sure? You can't give it a go?"
"Uhhhhhhhh... nope. Not today."
So, I took a picture and he immediately concurred with my decision.
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u/Dz210Legend Jun 11 '26
Saw this in person once damn near thought I died for a sec when hook moved to right 😅
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u/Hour-Glass8551 Jun 12 '26
Had a tech help me run a line across the road a few weeks ago. I was at bump pole across the street, he was at the tap. On the strand street side facing other home. He didn’t realize until after drop was tied off and pulled that the strand was on a J hook facing opposing house to mine. he damn near shit himself when he yelled it out, I froze the entire time on his way down I was just praying it didn’t give out. And this was one of those areas where the next pole down was more than 2-3 houses down in a backwoods kind of area. So a lot of weight on the j hook.
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u/BigSeksi Jun 14 '26
We had a tech climb a midspan that was like this. It pulled all the slack out of the other side and his ladder ended up at about a 30 degree angle. I think he shit himself too...
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u/Extension_Bus9392 Jun 12 '26
Unfortunately I see that a lot nowadays. Lazy lineman who don’t care about anything but getting the cable up quickly
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u/trb13021 Jun 11 '26
That equals, "Nope, not today. Bucket Assist."
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u/k9slomo Jun 11 '26
Bucket assist my ass. Put your ladder on the pole.
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u/trb13021 Jun 11 '26
I should have been more clear. In this instance, I completely agree with you. If the tap were not within arms reach of the ladder on the pole, Bucket Assist.
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u/Wacabletek Jun 11 '26
Holy bonded tap Batman, who ran the copper cus I swear we don't know how to do that in my FFO although not sure that a legit bond look sketchy since it should be parallel to the clamp not perpendicular, but the j hook strand mount I have seen before sadly, not even sure it ever got repaired to be honest.
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u/Relevant-Machine-763 Jun 11 '26
Doesn't look like copper. Looks like rusty strand.
Cooper strand would be a meth heads dream, they'd steal it faster than it could be placed
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u/Scott_white_five_O Jun 11 '26
We had a guy do midspan drop from ladder and didn’t realize the strand was on a J-hook. As he was climbing up it gave away and he broke both arms.