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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
Ok ....... so's at 3-pm today, driving down the Meredith Neck Rd right at the top of the hill with the small white church building, there was a big long line of about ten electric utility trucks heading north.
There was about four bucket trucks from Liberty Utility, four bucket trucks from NHEC, and two pickup trucks from NHEC. Maybe four were towing trailers with a 4-wheel atv in the trailer. Did not see any snowmobiles. So's apparently these small open atv 4-wheelers are how they cross the ice and get around the island to go chase down the break and fix the power.
They must climb the poles with just the leg spikes, same as in 1951 when there were no bucket trucks.
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A few years ago I watched two men add a new pole near the Mail Dock.
They pulled the pole over behind their boat. Dug a hole with hand tools. Erected the pole with wood pikes and a rope. Leveled it by sighting with a rock tied to a string. Put on leg spikes to climb the pole and do the wiring.
Who needs a bucket truck.