Depends on the size of the pole. Most poles are small enough that 180 works just fine. You have footage and class. The class is a number that is inversely related to the diameter 6 feet up from the butt. No idea what the formula is. Most poles have the class and length branded into the side.
A class 4 40 or 5 35 is a common pole size. About 10 inches in diameter. I don’t like to climb anything smaller than about a class 6. I climbed a class 7 25 once. The top was about the size of my arm. I was using hooks too. Ungood. Class 1 is about 16 inches in diameter (for a 50 footer). I climbed a class 1 70 once. They don’t come much larger than that. I have never bought a pole that was not already drilled for steps. Also, you frequently have a flat side milled into the top section to make flat washers fit better. The flat is called the “gain”and any gains or holes should be done before treating. That is called “framing”. I prefer solid creosote pressure treatment. A good one will cost several hundred dollars anymore. From: Steve Jones Sent: Monday, July 23, 2018 8:43 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Utility pole climbing pegs thats what i figured, they had a few on hand but needed more and thats why its mixed matched. Also I figured since theyre not very common anymore thats why theyre installed too far apart, the guy just didnt know. Theyre also not 180 degrees from each other, maybe 120 degrees, is that normal? On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 9:18 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: I suppose that's the version you get when you have to get them same day. On 7/23/2018 8:24 PM, Steve Jones wrote: these https://www.amazon.com/Hillman-964615-8-Inch-Stainless-10-Pack/dp/B003VG0YBK/ref=asc_df_B003VG0YBK/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167121478040&hvpos=1o5&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15747788179264552478&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9022172&hvtargid=pla-313284598686&psc=1 On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 6:09 PM <[email protected]> wrote: https://www.elvessupply.com/Hubbell-Power-506125-Drive-Hook-Step_p_1888971.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrMDumKu23AIVT2B-Ch2Vkww7EAQYAyABEgLmK_D_BwE Not spaced more than 18 inches, 36 inches on one side. Lowest permanent step 6 feet off the ground with detachable steps from 24 inches up to that level. https://www.macleanpower.com/products/item.asp?ITEM_ID=2197 From: Steve Jones Sent: Monday, July 23, 2018 5:02 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Utility pole climbing pegs half of these are lag screws On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 5:57 PM <[email protected]> wrote: You drive them in with a linemans hammer. The pole should have been pre-drilled for steps. From: Steve Jones Sent: Monday, July 23, 2018 4:41 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: [AFMUG] Utility pole climbing pegs We have a customer who put up a utility pole. We installed to it with a bucket truck they hired. They were supposed to either have a lift available any time we needed to service it or have climbing pegs installed. Last week we had a handful of outages I needed to work through that day including them. They kept demanding an exact time we would be there since they would be paying by the hour. Best I could tell them was sometime that afternoon as I was working my way down the map. Finally I had them just tell him to have the electrician just install the pegs and it wouldn't be an issue. I don't know how these are supposed to be installed, but I know 24 inches (48 between same side gapped pegs) has got to be too much. I'm 6 foot and could barely make the stretch on a couple of them. What's the right amount? We updated their account that this has to be fixed before we climb it again. I went ahead and climbed and fixed the issue (pole dried and shrunk enough to gap the mtow chain mount) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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