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allis48

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« on: January 06, 2015, 08:02:00 PM »
Anybody ever burn old telephone poles? Got couple left by the power company should I burn them or not?
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Re: poles
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2015, 08:09:47 PM »
I wouldn't, full of creosote. They do burn hot though  ;)
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Re: poles
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2015, 09:05:55 PM »
Highly illegal and part of the reason everyone wants to ban outdoor boilers due to the fact that some think its a good place to burn garbage.
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Re: poles
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2015, 02:57:50 AM »
Don't do it. Lay them out of the way somewhere.....they'll last for years. Someday you'll have a project that you'll use them for. They are great for small bridges.
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Re: poles
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2015, 04:22:02 AM »
I have been a power lineman for 35 yrs  I wouldn't recommend it it unless there white cedar butts are treated top are not  generally all others have some kind of treatment  if there green definitely not (cca) some arsenic in older ones never have burnt any never will just my opinion!
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Re: poles
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2015, 04:33:35 AM »
Ok that's what I want to know
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« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2015, 05:50:49 AM »
Nah don't do it.
Lineman I'm also a power company lineman here in NJ, just got home from a callout actually. Where r u located?
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Re: poles
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2015, 07:31:20 AM »
Sw mi 7 deg -15 wind chill just changed  bad 25 kva stay warm
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Re: poles
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2015, 06:51:16 PM »
Dispatcher here for a power company in sc were worried about load issues for the next 24 to 48 hrs.
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Re: poles
« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2015, 07:31:43 PM »
I def don't recommend throwing in the boiler...I save them for a future project..or throw them on CraigsList..You could make a few bucks on them..If nothing else works....Bon fire works..
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Re: poles
« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2015, 08:01:58 PM »
What shifts does the dispatchers run?
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« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2015, 08:10:28 AM »
I work second shift 2pm to 12am Monday through Thursday. We ended up doing OK had some trouble from the wind that pushed the front through last night. Got home around 1 am and filled the boiler up
House was running at 68 nice and warm.
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Re: poles
« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2015, 09:05:15 AM »
Back in the day got a few busted up cedar power poles, from power company - cut about 9-12" blocks and save for kindling (splits wonderfully and an 8' stick broken down yeilds hella TON of kindling)
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Re: poles
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2015, 11:32:44 AM »
Nice, our dispatchers/ trouble shooters run 12's . I was a trouble shooter for past ten years working through a dispatcher. I just went back to the crews a few months ago.
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Re: poles
« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2015, 05:20:02 PM »
I just came off 13.5 hr shift sat sun and mon. Well i didnt have a choice low end of the pole some one picked that shift and I got stuck with this. The wife and son are not thrilled but so is goes life at the power company. I do enjoy getting to go to church. What company do you work for Dawnpatrol?
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