I snagged a pole tie back in deeeeep brush and pulled the damn pole to about a 40' angle before I felt the resistance. I backed up slowly, and 5 years later the PO CO still allows for the 6 feet of slack in the lines.
Shut off a neighborhood with an excavator bumping the overhead wires, but just blew a fuse in their lines. as long as you dont move much if actually caught in the wires, you are okay until the calvary arrives with a big bill.
Anyway, a rubber tired backhoe is the method of removing poles near power lines, parked in such a way that the boom cannot extend toward the lines.
