Light Pole Install

[Alwayslearningelec]

Have about 30 12' lamppost type poles. THey are about 100lbs each. THey are being set on foundation by others.
At this weight a few guys could install by themselves and no need for a truck/equipment?

 

[petersonra]

Have about 30 12' lamppost type poles. THey are about 100lbs each. THey are being set on foundation by others.
At this weight a few guys could install by themselves and no need for a truck/equipment?

30 poles at 100 pounds each is a ton and a half. how do you plan to transport them without a truck?

I am not sure what you mean by being set on a foundation by others. Does that mean they will be upright and ready to run wires into? How do you plan to get the wiring into the lamp without some kind of equipment? A ladder.?

 

[Todd0x1]

Depending on the height of the base, you *could* stand and place them by hand, but why would you? Small telehandler for a few hundred bucks and you can set all of them in a few hours with operator +1 or 2 guys. Not to mention alot safer.

 

[Alwayslearningelec]

30 poles at 100 pounds each is a ton and a half. how do you plan to transport them without a truck?

I am not sure what you mean by being set on a foundation by others. Does that mean they will be upright and ready to run wires into? How do you plan to get the wiring into the lamp without some kind of equipment? A ladder.?

Yes we’d obviously get them to location with truck. The lamp is separate and goes on top of pole. Wouldn’t you want to feed the wires from the lamp down the pole. We’d set the lamp on there pole then install on base.

 

[rambojoe]

You would really, really like to wire them complete on the ground...and tested for that matter. (With spec'd volt.)

 

[ActionDave]

Have about 30 12' lamppost type poles. THey are about 100lbs each. THey are being set on foundation by others.
At this weight a few guys could install by themselves and no need for a truck/equipment?

No. You've got a hundred pound top heavy pole. Go strap your office chair to the top of a piece of rigid conduit, point it straight up with the chair up in the air and try and slide it down on a waist high fence post. That's what you would be asking your guys to do. The chair would be the light head and the fence post would be the equivalent of trying to line up the anchor bolts.

Even if you could do it without renting any equipment why would you want to? Four guys at at least 150 dollars per hour, if you save only ten minutes per pole seems like the equipment would pay for itself. One accident where someone falls off a ladder or whatever and you'd be out close to ten grand by the time all the accounts got settled.