Part of me regrets not digging this thing out in its entirety, but that would have been impractical. I got this pole back in 1999 from a seven pole line long abandoned along a road, tangled in the trees. This pole is 3.5 inches in diameter here on the top seven feet, and wasn't much bigger at the base. It was about 15 feet tall, and I held it against me as I cut with the other hand, then simply set it down after the saw went through it. It has some interesting features. Aside from just being a neat old sidepin pole, it has gaff marks all the way up to about two feet below the bottom pin.

Someone gaffed it, probably to install the wire. There is also a loop of wire around the top holding it from separating where the pin nails split through the pole. It also has a crossarm gain. It's old and weathered, but will be kept safe now. I have three more from the line that were a bit larger, cut at the base. On these was an assortment of Hemingray 12s and one Am Tel & Tel 121. I stuck the 102s up here just to make it look a little older. A pole like this, while common elsewhere in the country, is very rare around here. At one time, undoubtedly, they were all over the place.