[Solved] What is this metal contraption (UK)?
[Solved] What is this metal contraption (UK)?
This thing has been in my garden since I moved here and it's always just been pushed up against the side of the fence. I want rid of it now but I haven't got a clue what I'm removing. Its about 1 metre away from a telegraph pole. Nothing on the other side of the fence.
When the rod at the top reaches the fence it just goes straight down into the ground. I can rotate it around that point but no matter how much I pull/rotate it, it wont come out.
Another image after rotating it here:
https://i.ibb.co/4pfwV10/Screenshot-20230701-064813-Gallery.jpg
Edit: Solved. It's a turnbuckle previously used to hold up the telegraph pole.
A few reverse searches popped up this similar looking doohickey on a Russian utility pole. I think this is part of a tension support.
2You can't pull it out of the ground as it should be attached to the pole you mentioned, it's to stop the thing falling over! No idea who or how you'd report that too... openreach maybe???
If you want to nerd out > https://www.powertelcom.com/guy-wire-function/
0Make sure you have a plan of the boundaries of the property as they may well ask questions about the fence and whose land it is on.
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