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getting used telegraph poles

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  • 18-07-2009 10:50am
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    ballivor cobber
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    Does anyone know a source of eircom poles? I used to get them off Clarkes who were the contractors for eircom, but now a company called KNN do the work and send all old poles to a Dublin depot and are a bit less interested in selling them on it seems. I'm in Meath and would need them delivered.


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    Carlow52
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    ballivor cobber wrote: »
    Does anyone know a source of eircom poles? I used to get them off Clarkes who were the contractors for eircom, but now a company called KNN do the work and send all old poles to a Dublin depot and are a bit less interested in selling them on it seems. I'm in Meath and would need them delivered.
    There are H and S issues with the older ones


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    ballivor cobber
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    What are the health and safety issues?


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    Eurorunner
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    I'm guessing Creosote??


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    Carlow52
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    Eurorunner wrote: »
    I'm guessing Creosote??

    Yes in the older poles and they are no longer available, in theory, for sale to joe public


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    Timistry
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    Eurorunner wrote: »
    I'm guessing Creosote??

    Exactly! or the tar that they paint on the poles to reserve them. They contain many carcinogenic organic compounds that are banned by the EPA. It is also difficult to get hold of old railway sleepers for the same reason.


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