Telephone poles

[Slamfire]

I was lookin' to build a pole barn, and bein' a retired utility worker, the first place I looked was the pole yard. They didn't git many the foreman said. I stopped at the site where a crew was reconfigurin't the line for road widin'. The pusher said the poles belonged to the folks who owned the land they were on, after all they paid for 'em. I can see the point, there are 5 poles from the road to my house, and as far as I'm concerned they are MINE! ;-D

 

[Brad_Blazer]

One more place you can check is outdoor advertising (billboard) companies. From what I understand commercial operations are forbidden from re-using creosote poles. I recently drove 4 hours to Fayetteville, NC where PWC (power) still gives away poles. I had lots of help from a friend who lives there. It was a long day cutting and loading poles. Here are some of them:





We put the metal on the other side of the roof yesterday - just needs the ridge cap.

 

[mudcat]

That is one stout looking structure!