Power Pole part II

coobie · Jun 3, 2008

Bird said:
That sure sounds unusual to me because all my experience has been that the power company will not set a pole on private property without an easement from the property owner, so you would be wasting your breath telling them to move it.

Bird,you are 100% correct on the easment comment.coobie

tallyho8 · Jun 3, 2008

Bird said:
That sure sounds unusual to me because all my experience has been that the power company will not set a pole on private property without an easement from the property owner, so you would be wasting your breath telling them to move it.

They may do things different in Texas but these poles are over 70 years old and they were placed on private property WITHOUT an easement.

tallyho8 · Jun 3, 2008

coobie said:
I would have told your neighbor I will remove your electric pole and your power to.The reason power companys dont want signs with nails and garbage on there poles is that if the pole has to be climbed it can injure a lineman if he cuts out and falls into old nails,bolts,yard lights and so forth.I have been a electric lineman for many years so I can vouch for this.coobie

They stopped climbing poles here 20 years ago. They won't do any work at all without a bucket truck now.

coobie · Jun 3, 2008

tallyho8 said:
They stopped climbing poles here 20 years ago. They won't do any work at all without a bucket truck now.

Boy I need a job down there is guess.We still climb poles here on a weekly basis.coobie

tallyho8 · Jun 3, 2008

coobie said:
Bird,you are 100% correct on the easment comment.coobie

Another pole and line was set in my backyard without my permission or an easement after Katrina when a neighbor got a FEMA trailer put in his backyard and needed electric and didn't want the wires running through his yard. Being a good neighbor, I did not protest this thinking it would be temporary. Two and a half years later it is still there and the neighbor has put a shed in his backyard and wired it up so it seems that they believe this is a permanent situation.

coobie · Jun 3, 2008

tallyho8 said:
Another pole and line was set in my backyard without my permission or an easement after Katrina when a neighbor got a FEMA trailer put in his backyard and needed electric and didn't want the wires running through his yard. Being a good neighbor, I did not protest this thinking it would be temporary. Two and a half years later it is still there and the neighbor has put a shed in his backyard and wired it up so it seems that they believe this is a permanent situation.

I guess they do things different down in your neck of the woods.Since the late 1930,s-1940,s up here our power company needs easements for every pole we set,in fact we can,t even break air space going over a neighbors property to get power without both partys sighned consent.coobie