You drive the lag with a small sledge hammer. You hammer it all the way in. The detachable step slides over the head of the lag bolt. It is a special head to match the step. Normally you only put these on for the first few steps. They are an anti climb feature. Once up a few steps then you transition to the normal steps that are driven into the wood. Very secure but I still prefer to work off of hooks as you can position yourself anywhere on the pole you want.
-----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?
