The utilities really seem to have gone away from climbing pegs on wood
poles. If ladder doesn't reach, they use a bucket truck. Maybe safety
reasons? Also to prevent unauthorized climbing? I can't think the last
time I saw a power or phone tech climbing a pole.
Those pegs don't seem well suited to tie off to, and if the one you're
standing on rips out of the wood, it's probably going to be a bad day.
Unless you install a safety cable.
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Moffett
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 11:11 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [AFMUG] detachable pole steps
I'm probably being dense. How do you drive that lag bolt? It seems to
have a plain round head.
http://www.hubbellpowersystems.com/pole-line/misc/step-detachable/
I found some instructions that say " Installed by placing plate over lag
until plate cuts into pole". Does that mean you turn the plate by
hand? What if I cheat and replace the lag with a hex head one so I can
use an impact driver?
