New Utility Poles of Ainsworth (Part 2)

Watching this process was educational. I was expecting them to dig the post-hole with the giant auger that you'll see in one of the photos below, but instead they use a vacuum.


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The guy operates that big pipe apparatus by hand-held remote control.



Is that not the neatest post-hole you ever saw?



Another guy puts insulating tubes on the wires so he can pick them up and move them off the old pole onto a temporary holder.



Then they attach the crossbar to the new pole.



Working between the wires, they hoist up the new pole.



A claw grabs the pole to position it more precisely.



Then they fill in the post-hole with dirt and rocks.




Old and new side-by-side.