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Hapco Direct Buried Aluminum Poles provide Specifiers significant advantages by eliminating the costly foundations necessary for standard anchor base poles.


14 Advantages of Hapco Direct Buried Aluminum Poles
PROVEN PERFORMANCE
 
February 19th, 1971 Letter to Ray Minor, Hapco Manager Of Engineering - From G.D. Smith, Overhead Materials and Standards Engineer, Long Island Lighting Company. 
Dear Mr. Minor: 

We started in 1957 with experimental installations of direct burial and aluminum poles for street lighting. Initially, with these units and with formal adoption of direct burial in 1960 we specified that the portion of the pole in the ground be dip painted with bituminous material. We also in 1960 installed approximately 600 poles with no coating. We scattered these around the system so that they would be exposed to all types of soil conditions…In 1964, we examined the 600 poles without coating in-stalled five years previously. In every instance, we found the aluminum sound. In December, 1964, our specifications were changed deleting all coatings and have remained that way ever since. 

We have had no instances of pole failure. If you wish any further information, please do not hesitate to call upon us. 

Yours truly, 
G.D. Smith, Overhead Materials and Standards Engineer 
Long Island Lighting Company” 
Hapco has manufactured Direct Buried Poles that have stood the test of time for almost seven decades. Each Hapco Aluminum Pole carries a Lifetime Pole Shaft Warranty.