What is pole trussing?
When bending loads are applied to a reinforced pole, they are transferred to the truss. The truss allows the bending loads to effectively bypass the decayed or damaged groundline area of the pole, transferring the loads to sound wood foundation below ground.
What is the life expectancy of a telephone pole?
Most power poles are much older than their useful life expectancy, which is likely somewhere around 50 to 60 years. But some of them are much older. Metal and concrete poles can last much longer than wood, but eventually all utility poles need to be replaced.
What is a C truss?
The Osmo-C-Truss is formed from 80,000 psi yield steel and is installed to exceed the strength requirements of the NESC. The design of the C-Truss® system and the installation tools allow it to maintain positive contact with the pole butt below ground, insuring transfer of loads during bending.
What is an Osmose pole?
Osmose pole inspection programs allow you to better manage the critical factors that determine pole performance – strength, load, and cost. The keys to a successful wood utility pole inspection program are: Identifying decay & measuring defects.
What is utility pole inspection?
As a utility pole inspector, your duties are to lead a crew of field workers in providing routine maintenance and remedial treatment of wood poles used to carry power lines and other above-ground utility lines. You identify any decay or defects with poles and oversee crews as they replace defective utility poles.
What is pole restoration?
Pole Restoration and Protection The Channel and UltraTruss products are high-quality, high-strength wood pole restoration systems specially designed for transmission and distribution utility poles. Each truss system has its unique application for restoring structural integrity to the utility pole.
How long does it take to grow a telephone pole?
Growing a larger tree for poles typically requires a longer rotation (10–15 years). Longer rotations increase the time a landowner must carry establishment costs and increase the risk of severe weather damage to standing timber.
Can a telephone pole shock you?
Stray electrical currents can travel through the soil and into metal objects on the surface, including steel utility poles, streetlights, fire hydrants and manhole covers. Simply touching these surfaces, especially with bare feet or during a rainstorm, can cause an electric shock to rattle your body.
What does the company Osmose do?
We are field technicians, professional engineers, wood scientists, and corrosion experts, leveraging more than 80 years of expertise to identify and solve structural issues that impact your asset health, system resiliency, and help you meet your commitment to provide safe, reliable, affordable service.
What does a utility pole inspector do?
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How do they make telephone pole?
Most poles are made from southern yellow pine, Douglas fir or western red cedar, though other conifers are also used. According to the North American Wood Poles Council, only 7 percent of the trees in a typical plantation will have the length, straightness, taper and other characteristics necessary for a utility pole.