CobyRupert
Super Member
…. the right front wheel and maybe the mower deck whacked the pole. I "zoomed" on by into the street. The pole broke off about 20 feet up along with the street light arm came crashing down and the pole broke again when it hit the ground. Had I not "zoomed" into the street it would have fallen on me. Yes, I had a hard hat on but I don't think it would have helped much. The power company thought it was funny and decided that pole and the next one up the hill needed replacing.
I had called the power co. two yr ago and they told me there was nothing wrong with those poles1!!!!!!!
Well, there wasn’t anything wrong with the pole until you hit it!

It was scheduled to be his last job? If so, that’s doubly sad. I had a friend whose father retired. On his first day (perhaps even same day) of retirement the steering broke on his Farmall M, it went into the ditch and rolled over killing him.Many years ago, my Dad died in 2000. My Dad's first cousin was 62 years old, a logger all his life and on his last job. After this he was going to retire and winter in Florida. A widow maker fell out of the tree and broke his neck.