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I say not true, though geezer might have more insight.
The cable can definately handle the weight, and so can the pole, but I believe that while stringing cable for direct power sourcing there is a tensionmeter that demonstrates whether or not the cabling is overstressed.
I think that a nearly 1K lb moose would offset the meter enough to make the cable runners to say “WTF IS THAT!?” and inspect the lines.
Also the moose is caught between BOTH lines, not just one.
You run lines one at a time.
I think.
(I was preping for a lineman job a bunch of years ago for a job in iowa.)
I always thought the squirrel was the one that flew.
Bwahahah, Michael got busted for Hot-Linking.
*rubs eyes*
Huh?
Same thing happened to a deer.
http://blogidaho.biz/deerpole2.jpg
change the 2 to a 3 and you’ll see another photo.
Michael.
I am so disappointed in you.
You should be ashamed of you.
self.
Apparently Snopes does not like getting it’s pictures linked. I’m assuming this is why you were getting the green face. I’ve got it uploaded into WordPress now.
OK, I don’t get it. How do the moose and the deer get up there?
Global…FUCKING…WARMING!
bah!
That happens to my cat all the time.
On purpose.
Hit the link, Elzbth. The power lines were on the ground when the moose got it’s antlers snagged.
It was Bullwinkle. He was trying to pull a rabbit outta his hat.
NUTHIN UP MAH SLEEEEEVE!
If this was in the Ozarks (where Dave lives), they’d just throw up a loop of ground wire, energize the lines and call it dinner.
Between the reference to a 60″ rack and being “well hung” there’s got to be a hell of a joke in there somewhere, but damned if I can figger it.
Keep trying, Sticky B. It will come to you.
I think that a nearly 1K lb moose would offset the meter enough to make the cable runners to say “WTF IS THAT!?” and inspect the lines.
That’s actually what happened, according to the article. But, the article also points out that these crews drop up to five miles of cable before they hoist it up with a huge winch. Even a bull moose is not really that much weight compared to five miles of power cable getting hoisted off the ground.
Oh, that trick never works!
Okay, on first look it looked like a regional wooden post, but on review, it’s obviously a low slung steal one.
you post threads about both moose and squirrel? Must inform Fearless Leader!
The love of my life is named “Natasha” and she likes “rice burner” motorcycles (though we are not together we are friends) and she had a custom paint job done on her rice burner that says “Boris”
So the love of my life “natasha” straddles “boris” (her motercycle) whenever she wants to break insanely restrictive OZZY traffic laws.
Natasha know where to find bumpy-bumpy when she need it. heh-heh-heh.
The love of your life is in Australia?
Damn. That sucks.
Yeah what’s worse is that Kylie Minogue doesn’t even know know WP exists.
T (as I call her) natasha is FLOGGING GORGEOUS! I can link a picture, but that would out me too easily. She’s also aboriginal, and AWESOME in bed, with better juggs than Scarlett.
FUCK ME!!!!!!!!!
I always screw up at the wrong times!!!!
WP:
Email me the link to the pic. michael475369-commentsATyahooDOTcom.
I can save it to my hard drive, upload it to IB, and post it, so there will be no track back to the source site.
I’m begging you.
Nah. I’ll keep it to myself michael, thanks for the offer though.
Well the tensioner that the power company uses does show how much tension is on the line, but the lines hold a lot of tension all the time just think of all the miles of cable, thats hundreds of pounds of weight over a a huge distance.
David S., I believe you just snagged the Innocent Bystanders Late Comment Award™ for 2007.
This earns you a place of honor in the Innocent Bystanders Commenting Hall of Fame™.
If we had one. Which we don’t.
I would like to hear the real facts from the employees who were working on the powerline when they were setting up the powerline.
It was covered by Snopes.com, which includes the story by the employees who were stringing the cable:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/poormoose.asp