Patent ID: 7237312

Claim:
An apparatus for assembling utility poles having at least two interconnecting sections comprising: first and second powered pulling devices; first and second tug arms, said first and second tug arms each including a main arm having a rearward end and a forward end and at least two bracket-engagement elements mounted thereon; first and second tug brackets each adapted for mounting on opposite sides of a first utility pole section, said first and second tug brackets each including an element engagement section releasably engagable by an adjacent one of said at least two bracket-engagement elements of said first and second tug arms; tug bracket mounting means for releasably mounting said first and second tug brackets on opposite sides of the first utility pole; powered pulling device mounting means for releasably mounting said first and second powered pulling devices on opposite sides of a second utility pole section; said first and second tug arms connectable to a respective one of said first and second powered pulling devices and said element engagement sections of said first and second tug brackets such that said first and second tug arms extend between and releasably connect said first and second tug brackets and first and second powered pulling devices; said first and second powered pulling devices operative to pull said first and second tug arms towards said first and second powered pulling devices thus pulling the first and second utility pole sections towards one another until they are tightly secured to one another; and said first and second powered pulling devices further operative to push said first and second tug arms away from said first and second powered pulling devices so that said adjacent one of said at least two bracket-engagement elements disengages from said first and second tug brackets and a second one of said at least two bracket-engagement elements engages said first and second tug brackets whereby alternately pulling and pushing said first and second tug arms via said first and second powered pulling devices draws the first and second utility pole sections towards one another until they are tightly secured to one another.