BPA Install of Transmission Line: Hole Digging

A crew blasts and bores holes for 115kV H-Frame wood transmission poles in eastern Washington. Host Utility: Bonneville Power Administration

[@deplorablechump8758]

It’s a good video.

[@dantestoner6020]

Have you ever heard of a double K-frame structure

[@connormondello1486]

A trackhoe is seen in this video.

[@MarcoVolpato92]

Why do you still use wooden poles?

[@deplorablechump8758]

‘Cause it’s abundant and cheaper. Wildfires may destroy it but replacement is much faster.

[@billyboytube877]

In Europe you will not see wooden poles

[@ulondon666]

Not quite, without getting into politics, actually in UK we still see lots of wooden poles