Re: liberating pigs-Part 2

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Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>

I actually don't think you would HAVE to cut the poles. I may be off on this 
but I think the formula for wooden poles is 10%+2' meaning that the pole is 
only in the ground for 10%(of it's total length) plus 2 feet. So a 100' pole 
would only be 12' in the ground. Since most poles are only about 30' tall 
this isn't very much and you could probably pull one over with a truck and a 
rope on top of the pole. The problem is getting it down SLOWLY so as not to 
damage the Pig. I don't know how well one would handle the impact, 
especially all the pointy bits.

Chris B.




>Original poster: "Yurtle Turtle by way of Terry Fritz 
><twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
>That's nearly how I "liberated" my pig. My pig was
>abandoned in the middle of the woods, with no wires
>connected. It had a salvage tag on it, but apparently
>was too difficult for the power company to retrieve.
>The road right-of-way was later abandoned and went
>back to the owner. The dirt "road" turned into a
>forest.
>
>I spent over a year scheming on how to lower the 14.4
>kV, 25 kVA pig safely to the ground. Finally a friend
>talked me into letting him cut it down. I climbed up
>to the pig and attached a large rope, which was tied
>off to a nearby tree. The pole cut quite easily, and
>was lowered down as pretty as could be. Once it was
>down, I couldn't wait until dark to retrieve it. So I
>bribed another friend to help me transport it on a
>hand truck down a steep slope and onto my truck. Quite
>an adrenaline rush.
>
>Adam
>
>--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> > Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz
> > <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
> >
><snip>
>
> > The most
> > frightening pig
> > acquisition story I have is mentioning that I'd be
> > willing to pay $100 for a
> > pig  at the special effects shop where I used to
> > work, and one of the
> > younger guys with more guts than brains took it into
> > his mind to grab the
> > handy chain saw, some bolt cutters, and so forth. He
> > ventured into the hills
> > to "acquire" a pig for me. He figured that he could
> > just chainsaw the pole
> > and it would fall down, breaking the live wires, and
> > he would then be able
> > to leisurely (at night of course) chop the sucker
> > loose.    It was quite the
> > experience, from what I heard. All manner of
> > problems: chainsaw binding in
> > the pole, etc., and the net result being a pole
> > slightly tilted hanging from
> > the live lines... Thank god he didn't kill himself
> > or start a brush fire.
>
>=====
>Adam Minchey
>yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com
>www.geocities-dot-com/yurtle_t/index.htm
>
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