Works to the powerlines

Finally the rotten pole supporting the high tension electricity cables has been replaced, this time with  steel one. The last one has only been there 14 years and there are the sawn off remnants of two more previous to that. 

Five lorries were required, one with a crane/hole borer, one for the crew and equipment, one with an access boom to reach the cables, one to transport gravel and aggregate, one to transport the generator to maintain supply for everyone during the works plus a mini-excavator. Last time (2010) there was just a tractor which had everything needed. 

the equipment in 2010

One of five lorries required this time

After the passage of all the vehicles over three days (all of which were a little too wide for the road), torrential rain during the works and despite Enedis's best effort to clean up, the place is a mudbath. 

When they finally unhitched the cables from the old pole it fell over by itself.

Theworks were completed just in time as today we have snow.