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UK to remove 10 and 6 meter tall lampposts -- suitable for masts?

  • 30 Oct 2024 05:13
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    Anonymous wrote:

    The Times reported 26 Oct that: 

    "Around 1.5 million of Britain’s 7.2 million lampposts could be

    I guess their utility as junk rig masts may depend on their material, length, diameter, condition, availability, etc.  Could this be an opportunity in the future?  

    Yeah, I would not want a steel pole on my relatively light craft. Wooden lamp/power poles have found use as masts. There are aluminum lamp posts... at least people who sell them (I have never seen one in the wild so far as I know). When I looked at them, I found they were two pieces held together with a sleeve that would be screwed in place. This allowed for using more than one type of head (straight, bent or whatever). Of course both metal poles have wiring holes near the bottom that need to either be cut off or have to be strong enough to use as is. There are two methods of mounting available, flange (what I have seen in the wild) and burial.

    I have heard/read/seen pictures of an aluminum lamp pole being used for a mast though. Ah, Ming Ming II.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei6_MlMrYX0

    "Originally 46ft" long he says but less than 30 when cut. He has avoided using the part where the wire box is. It was also one piece.

    So worth checking out for someone local.

    Last modified: 30 Oct 2024 05:14 | Anonymous member
  • 29 Oct 2024 19:36
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    The Times reported 26 Oct that: 

    "Around 1.5 million of Britain’s 7.2 million lampposts could be removed.... [These] lampposts ... are generally 10m tall on A-roads and 6m tall on residential roads.... The first ones scheduled to be removed are in Hayton, a small Yorkshire village on the A1079 road between York and Hull. Starting in December, 30 street lights on each side of the main road are to be switched off and later removed. Around 300 more will be switched off and removed on a 19-mile (30km) stretch of the road."

    "If the trials are successful, this could lead to a total of 1.5 million lampposts being removed from roads across Britain, particularly in rural areas, as they reach the end of their 40-year life cycle.  A similar project is under discussion for Derbyshire, and nine other local authorities are also involved including Aberdeenshire, Cambridgeshire and Lancashire.

    I guess their utility as junk rig masts may depend on their material, length, diameter, condition, availability, etc.  Could this be an opportunity in the future?  
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