USE OF LABOR-SAVING APPARATUS 



would be difficult to pike a pole into such a hole because there is 

 nothing against which to rest the butt while raising it. 



Another important function of the derrick is that in connection 

 with the resetting of poles or the removal of abandoned poles when it 

 is necessary to remove the butts. The slow and laborious process of 

 pulling the pole out of the ground with a jack or other equipment 

 is practically eliminated as the derrick, properly handled, is capable 

 of doing the greater part of this work in much less time, more economic- 

 ally and with greater safety to the men. 



In addition, it might be pointed out that the derrick equipped 

 truck is also becoming more and more indispensable in connection 

 with the handling or moving of any heavy loads in the storage yards, 

 in unloading or in moving stock supplies of poles under adverse con- 

 ditions and many other uses. 



Fig. 6 — Erecting Pole by Manual Methods. Contrast with Previous Operations 



In contrast with the mechanical methods of erecting and handling 

 poles as previously shown, Fig. 6 shows the old manual method of 

 erecting a large pole. Not only is the number of men required large, 



