Patent ID: 7814725

Claim:
A method for replacing a concrete utility pole and distribution lines without interrupting power supply service adopting a pole clamp and pole crusher, said method comprising steps of: connecting a hydraulic pole clamp to an end portion of a boom of an auger crane, mounting the pole clamp onto the outer circumference of an old concrete utility pole, mounting the pole crusher to the old concrete utility pole below the pole clamp using a hot-line bucket truck, crushing the old concrete of the utility pole while rotating the pole crusher, cutting the reinforcing bars of the old utility pole after the pole crusher is removed from the utility pole, removing the lower portion of the old utility pole to be replaced that is located below the cut while the upper side of the utility pole having arms and wires is held by the pole clamp, erecting and installing a new utility pole in the place where the old utility pole has been removed, and relocating the arms and wires from the old utility pole to the new utility pole.