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My Tapered Elliptical arm. 10 feet I think. Pretty big. Not all that heavy though. xD I am not sure why this fell off the pole. Or did it fall off the pole? I can't wait to put this up tomorrow and mount a light on it. How does it look? Anyone know the brand? I could guess GE but there isn't any brand name on it... Keywords: Gear

My Tapered Elliptical arm.

10 feet I think. Pretty big. Not all that heavy though. xD I am not sure why this fell off the pole. Or did it fall off the pole?

I can't wait to put this up tomorrow and mount a light on it.

How does it look? Anyone know the brand? I could guess GE but there isn't any brand name on it...

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joe_347V   [Jan 28, 2012 at 05:15 PM]
Make sure you use the proper sized washers with your through bolt, or the bolt will start digging into the wood and cause the arm to sag.
streetlight98   [Jan 28, 2012 at 05:16 PM]
A thru-bolt is basically a huge screw with a nut on the end. You drill a hole through the pole and install the bolt. If you have a pair of binoculars, look closely at how the thru-bolts are attatched in your area.
joe_347V   [Jan 28, 2012 at 05:17 PM]
Yeah but the other end will start to dig in to the wood if you don't use a big enough washer. Wink
streetlight98   [Jan 28, 2012 at 05:20 PM]
You should always use washers anyways. Razz
gailgrove   [Jan 28, 2012 at 05:20 PM]
Here big square washers are used, the arm side shouldnt have a washer so you can lift it on and off of the bolt head easily.
joe_347V   [Jan 28, 2012 at 05:20 PM]
I know people who don't Rolling Eyes
streetlight98   [Jan 28, 2012 at 05:22 PM]
The big square ones are used here too. Some of the truss arms here have two thru-bolts. Shocked
joe_347V   [Jan 28, 2012 at 05:27 PM]
Sometimes the utility will get lazy and only use one bolt on a arm and instead will strap the bottom on using band-it. Shocked
gailgrove   [Jan 28, 2012 at 05:33 PM]
I've seen the before as well, it doesn't really bother me but this does, it is an arm held on by nothing but band-it. Shocked
streetlight98   [Jan 28, 2012 at 05:58 PM]
On RIDOT's aluminum truss poles, the arms are attatched to the pole with these shown below:
joe_347V   [Jan 28, 2012 at 06:47 PM]
I've seen those too, they're common in older MTO installs.
gailgrove   [Jan 28, 2012 at 08:41 PM]
Yeah I've seen those used with the MTO truss arms as well.
joe_347V   [Jan 28, 2012 at 09:04 PM]
Here's a closeup of those clamps.
GullWhiz   [Jan 29, 2012 at 08:41 PM]
You sure it fell off? Did it have a damaged fixture? If the fixture was not damaged, then it did not fall off you know.....

Looks like a Shakespeare arm just like the one I have in my basement, plus the ones used in my area on fiberglass poles!
LilCinnamon   [Jan 29, 2012 at 08:49 PM]
The fixture WAS damaged. The slipfitter was broken, the hinge broke off, and the lamp's outer envelope was broken. Exposing the arctube.
GullWhiz   [Jan 29, 2012 at 08:51 PM]
okay then it fell!!! But in some cases in some electrical company, when they do a pole renewal, sometimes they would leave the whole setup on the ground next to the poles.....other places will tape it to the pole...and all the sorts...

Well it is a Shakespeare...that is the brand name buddy! Here's the link
streetlight98   [Jan 29, 2012 at 11:07 PM]
Here, they install the new pole and leave the old pole with everything on it. Then later, the first things transfered are the primary lines, 240v line, and street light. Then the phone lines, etc are transfered.
gailgrove   [Jan 29, 2012 at 11:15 PM]
Here the primarys get transferred over and the pole gets chopped off. Soon the secondary are transferred over and the streetlight contractor will move the light over, they always leave the through bolt in the old pole and put in a new one. The cable and phone lines get transferred over within the next two year and then the pole stub will be removed.
streetlight98   [Jan 30, 2012 at 12:13 AM]
Here the old pole is cut short and also cut from the ground. The old pole is then bolted to the new pole with brackets. I'll have to get a pic showing it if i can...
joe_347V   [Jan 30, 2012 at 12:17 AM]
You can see some pole "stumps" in this pic and a clamshell they scrapped. Mad

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