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    Default I couldn't make it up

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    Even I couldn't make this up. Our two new " hammers"
    ive just spent the day on a pole testing course. We now NEED these two new hammers. Both for hammer testing pokes.
    The long one is for testing poles as you climb. ( you can hammer four feet above your head to test for rot.
    and the small yellow one fits on to an insulated rod ( normally used for earthing .) to test up where it's live ( HOT ).

    Im still laughing.

    BUT THE IRSH COMPANY HAVE MADE THIS COMPULSORY
    so im now authorised to " use a hammer. ".
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    IF IT WASN'T FOR BAD LUCK WE WOULD HAVE NO LUCK AT ALL. !

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    Default The " LONG HAMMER "

    The long one.
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    Default Just a matter of time....

    Before they hand them out here !
    "Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."

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    Why does everything have to be yellow......it would look good tied onto an insulator,like the .....you know.

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    Evidently thought of by someone who never did the work. Things might be different across the pond but usually poles over hear rot at ground line and at the very top, I can't think of a time or place I would ever tested four feet above when climbing your eyes can pretty much tell you when the top of a pole is bad.

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    Default Story

    Quote Originally Posted by bluestreak View Post
    Evidently thought of by someone who never did the work. Things might be different across the pond but usually poles over hear rot at ground line and at the very top, I can't think of a time or place I would ever tested four feet above when climbing your eyes can pretty much tell you when the top of a pole is bad.
    The story why they are checking them like this is due to the fact.
    A few years ago the irish were supplied with poles from a company in Sacandavia " SCAN POLES ".
    A great deal of them were faulty..
    A batch of them were frozen then kiln dried and treated wth a preservative
    this process " in some poles " damaged the inner heart wood and it separated from the outer shell . IN STRANGE POSTIONS "

    some poles are perfect top and bottom but rotten half way up.
    And a lot have rot in the most unexpected places....
    The solution for us is to treat EVERY POLE AS ROTTEN ( even new poles ) until proved otherwise.

    Just makes the job a bit different than other country's .
    IF IT WASN'T FOR BAD LUCK WE WOULD HAVE NO LUCK AT ALL. !

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    Default We had a similar issue...

    We also got a batch of poles about 10 years ago that were dry rotting about 15 feet off the ground.. CUNA Poles. Had a program to change them all out.
    "Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."

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    I think the long one would be good putt on the ninth hole!!!

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