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Show MARS POPE Ill PAGE 26 pole ex tensions, why, they had to send somebody down because we just didn't have the time, didn't have the equipment, and two men can't very well raise a pole along when that's all you had. And when y-ou get inexperienced men that don't know what to do, it's- dangerous. But we raised a lot of service poles, the two of us, by lifting it up and putting it on the cab of the pickup. One man would be standing in the back of the truck, and then backing up and under, and pusing up the pole. We did that, which was- very- dangerous. B.ut we did put a lot of them in that way. SG: Did you ev.ar have any accidents from th.is? MP: The fellow in the back of the truck had to jump off a few times, but we were lucky. ::SG: A few near misses? MP: We shouldn't have done it. It was very foolish for us to do it that way hut like I was saying earlier, with people just crowding you for service, and all you had was a set of poles and wire for them, why, you did things that probably shouldn't have b.een done. It was awful hard then, when people was after you, to say, ''No_, we' 11 just wait for a line crew to come down. We can't give you service.'' B . ecaus.e to th.em, you' re the company. And as long as you're the company, you're supposed to be in a position |
