I have this down the street from my house and I asked a lineman about it. He was saying they will never leave this on power lines, just on the telecom lines. The arborists work for the power company, because even thought the utility poles are jointly owned the power company has the highest risk so they are responsible for management.
They will always remove the wood from power lines because wood is somewhat conductive, especially when it still fresh because of the water content. Leaving it on a high voltage line can increase the potential for a short. They don’t bother to cut them completely off the telecom lines because there is no risk of shock but a big risk to line damage. If they damage the telecom line they have to pay high fees to the telecom company for repair and risk creating an outage. Also the lines are designed to bear a certain amount of weight, as engineer have accounted for natural burdens like trees, ice and animals.
Also the wood eventually rots after a few seasons and will eventually fall off on its own.
48This could be absolute nonsense.. but it sounds legit.. so I'll believe you internet stranger. Have my up vote.
31I was curious if what I had been told had any reference online, a quick search did turn up this post which pretty much says the same:
18Worked as a telecom lineman, he's not wrong, but we (our company personally) normally go the extra steps to remove it for aesthetic reasons. Helps when the job is done and the foreman is doing his review walks.
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I have suggestions:
- high voltage. Let the wire burn its way thru the wood.
- just replace that section of the wire.
- it actually looks kinda stable already. Maybe just sell tickets to view it.
39sell tickets to view it
capitalism intensifies
19I'm not sure we can take much more intensity tho...
6No matter the solution, sell tickets and build in ad blocks
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Would love to watch the beavers go brrrrrrrrriiieeeuuuuuuuuuuu on a jetpack 🤣
22A very skilled chainsaw operator on a trampoline
19Stick a ladder under it with a "Free Firewood" sign.
15Takes ladder🪜, uses it for firewood. Mission accomplished, mostly. :-P
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How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if we would just chuck woodchucks?
13A woodchuck would chuck what a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck woodchucks.
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You move, thats not your neighbourhood anymore.
11More like neighbor wood
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i dunno i think beavers and woodpeckers would end up not being precise enough and biting through wire.
termites will be the slow but safer option here
10Termites are very precise. Eat all the wood until the wood is gone and don't eat anything else.
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Send the electrical company to build a parallel power line, then encapsulate the troubled cable in quantum confinement and destroy of with anti matter.
9You just wait for the next storm. When the lines fall, they will be gone.
5Termite paratroopers could work. Attach a brain organoid backpack to each terminate, and let them roll.
5Flame throwers.
5Organic high-voltage capacitors. Very common in Scandinavia.
4Drone with a flamethrower
4Squirt gun with piranha solution
4Wait, the voltage will burn through the wood for cheaper than dispatch.
3Found the PG&E employee
Edit: mixed up the monopolistic power companies in the US
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Pray tell, what were the suggestions?
3I'd go with lumberjack on stilts
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Maybe it's a beaver drug dealer
3Thoughts and prayers seem to work well
3Artificially accelerate the evolution of flying fungi, to break down dat fibrous lignin even faster! Either that or toss a pair of shoes up there so the wood doesn't get lonely.
2Lignin balls! Gottem!
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