On 4/28/2020 10:43 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
trader_4 writes:
On Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 8:37:11 AM UTC-4, FromTheRafters wrote:


https://www.borderstates.com/UserFil.../OSMO00001.pdf

Yes, that's it, thank you. So it's a truss designed to add strength and
extend the life of poles that are deteriorating. This is something new
here, never saw them before.

I couldn't visualize the double U description, but the rest of what you
described sounded like a splint for mending bones straight or
immobilizing a joint. We call them 'telephone poles' around here, but I
think officially they are 'utility poles' so I looked up 'utility pole
splint' and got lucky with that photograph there. It looks something
like the metal used for guardrails being repurposed.

That's definitely what it is. Only difference these are spray painted
brown and have a little cap/hood nailed over the top. Not sure what the
idea to that is, keep rain out? But it's open at the bottom and 5 ft+
into the ground, so it would not seem to matter.


The cap is probably for safety, like the plastic orange caps for
re-rod and fence posts.

Absolutely! If you climb the pole and then slide down, without the cap
you nuts could get caught on the top opening. Oh, that would hurt.