Before picture. A colorado Spruce and the big Norway Spruce down

after

split pole

busted crossbar that created arcing from 1 13kv line to the other.

2 secondary 3/0 conductors disconnected, crossarm busted

This is the first thing done working around the high voltage lines. Rubber insulators on the 13KV lines.

Bucket ballet

Taking out the existing 50KVA transformer. This transformer fed 3 houses. It was leaking oil and there was some sparking

Pulling the 3/0 secondary feeders back to the transformer.

the new 50KVA transformer

One of the conductors going to my house tat was knocked down

final cut that dislodged the tree from the cable/telephone lines

The swap

This is what is left of my new mailbox that I installed 3 weeks ago. The mailman refused to deliver mail to me b/c of the bad shape my last mailbox was in, so I replaced it and it got destroyed

Applying braces to the cracked telephone pole

This is what a 75 ear old Norway spruce looks like