I couldn't make it up

[bren guzzi]

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. ".

[bren guzzi]

The long one.

[Rob]

Before they hand them out here !

[reppy007]

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

[bluestreak]

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.

[bren guzzi]

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 .

[Rob]

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.

[rob8210]

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