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A method of repairing utility a pole having a section damaged by an accident or decay includes the steps of severing the utility pole above the location of the damage; removing the section of the utility pole including the damaged portion, and replacing the lower section of the utility pole with a s

A method of repairing utility a pole having a section damaged by an accident or decay includes the steps of severing the utility pole above the location of the damage; removing the section of the utility pole including the damaged portion, and replacing the lower section of the utility pole with a steel stanchion having a platform thereon with a split socket disposed above the platform. The upper section of the utility pole is then laterally slid onto the platform through a window provided by opening the split socket upon removing one of two shells forming the split socket. The split socket is then closed by bolting one shell to the other. A space between the outer surface of the upper section of the utility pole and the inner surface of the split socket is then filled with urethane foam. The stanchion is made of a steel which forms a protective iron oxide coating, which coating is brown in color so as to match the brown color of the utility pole. In a preferred embodiment of the stanchion, the stanchion has a tubular lower portion. The split socket is made of two semicircular shells which are bolted both to one another and to the platform upon which the upper section of the utility pole rests.

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A stanchion for repairing a damaged utility pole, having an undamaged top portion the stanchion comprising: a lower portion and an upper portion with a platform disposed proximate a junction between the lower and upper portions; the lower portion being a tubular member having a top with the platform

A stanchion for repairing a damaged utility pole, having an undamaged top portion the stanchion comprising: a lower portion and an upper portion with a platform disposed proximate a junction between the lower and upper portions; the lower portion being a tubular member having a top with the platform disposed thereon and bottom and including a section therebetween for insertion into the ground; the upper portion being comprised of a rigid one-piece first shell which in use is initially fixed to the lower portion and a rigid one-piece second shell which is detachable from the lower portion and from the first shell to provide a window through which a lower part of a severed undamaged top portion of the utility pole is laterally inserted for resting a bottom of the lower part of the utility pole on the platform, and means for fastening the second shell to the first shell in order to provide enclosure around an outer surface of said lower part of the top portion of the utility pole, the first and second shells being selected to form a tube of a diameter greater than that of the lower part of the severed utility pole with an upwardly facing opening wherein an annular space is provided between the outer surface of said lower part of the utility pole and the enclosure for receiving a mass of hardenable material.