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Sad part? It’ll stay like this for close to a year before it’s actually REPLACED!!!
The city had to make some…minor cutbacks.
Amazes me that they knew it was broken, they came to see it, but not fix it. So it’ll be like that for 10 years (I’ve seen it first hand).
I would like to see what happens when you un-ratchet it… that would be a funny prank. Then they’d have no choice but to fix it.
Actually, this is just a temporary fix, to keep the pole up until they can bring out the heavy equipment needed to install a replacement pole.
All this takes is one kid to walk by and release the strap!
Give me a break, give me a break…
This is a fairly common temporary fix for utility poles. As long as the connected poles are intact and damaged pole isn’t completely severed it’s safe in the short term.
@~eriC
Yeah, unfortunately, “short-term” appears to be rather subjective. There’s a fix like this in Cleveland Heights, Ohio (Cedar/Fairmount for those who know), someone cratered a pole on a corner, it’s been that way for about a year. No idea when they’ll bother to replace it; I guess the cities can now beg “economic conditions”, all while upping our taxes to compensate.
This is a fairly common sight in my area, where the original poles put in when the neighborhood was built are finally starting to bend and crack with age. 2x4s, second poles, and PVC pipes are all commonly used to brace the original poles because replacing them takes too much time, money, and traffic delays. Some of the ‘temporary’ fixes I know of have been there long before I moved to the area, so at least 4 years.
@Matt Kendrick
Of that kit kat bar :O
That pole is REALLY buckled now.
Omg, that seem dangerous and unstable!
If that isn’t the very definition of a kludge, I don’t know what is. Needs to be removed and properly repaired.
The straps will hold for sure. The question is, is the metal for the ratchet buckles have anti-corrosion plating?
The other question is, is the 2×4′s strong enough and why not add supports on all 4 sides?
Nice…
hhmmmmm in this recession we gots to tightens ours belts