Nothing holding the old pole, save the wires.

Richard, good on you for replacing the pole before it caused a problem.

I had a 5:30 am call from a distraught client, "Doc, I've got 3 dead cows and 2 dead calves! Can you come right away?"

When I got there he had it figured out. The line to the well went through a weed patch behind the house and had a broke off a pole that let it down where the cattle could contact it.

Doctor Dan, I'm surprised the electrician did not to run a ground wire down that pole.

Usually we run a bare copper wire down, and staple it under the pole butt.

That's the one the meth head's steal.

And, always safety first, my father lost the end of a finger putting the concrete cover on that well.