ESB ACCIDENT

DEUTZ1507

I damaged a esb pole in my yard
It was the strainer i caught with my tractor trailer
No the esb have sent me a huge bill and a threat of court if i dont pay
Any ideas am i liable it was on my own property
I received no rent for said pole
Any in put is greatly welcome

godtabh

DEUTZ1507 wrote: »

I damaged a esb pole in my yard
It was the strainer i caught with my tractor trailer
No the esb have sent me a huge bill and a threat of court if i dont pay
Any ideas am i liable it was on my own property
I received no rent for said pole
Any in put is greatly welcome

Pay up.

A local DIY store took down the power on our street once as a driver left the jib up on one of their trucks. Pole was located in their service yard. They had to pay for it.

Sue Pa Key Pa

If the pole can be considered as property belonging to another person (ESB), your tractor insurers may cover the damage. However, if you've already received a bill, it sounds as if it happened some time ago and they may refuse for late notification

nuac

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The first sentence of your post answers your own question

DEUTZ1507

But it is on private property and i have no contract signed saying that i am liable to what happens to the poles on my land.

runawaybishop

DEUTZ1507 wrote: »

But it is on private property and i have no contract signed saying that i am liable to what happens to the poles on my land.

What makes you think you need a contract? ESB have permission to put their property there. If you damage it you pay.

beechwood55

How much is the bill for?

Phil.x

Fight it..

allthedoyles

Who gave the ESB permission to put this pole on private property?

Fred Swanson

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MrDiyFan

Was there adequate warning signs around the pole?

Cookie_Monster

MrDiyFan wrote: »

Was there adequate warning signs around the pole?

ah come on, next we'll be expecting it to be painted in high vis and have lights at night...

newacc2015

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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They did at some stage. I have relatives who are farmers. When ESB was electrifying the country, they refused to allow their land to be used for poles. So the ESB had to position poles around their farm land

I know in Dublin, you can pay and have ESB move poles from your property onto the street.

Esel

How much is the huge bill?

More than the average cost of a funeral?

runawaybishop

newacc2015 wrote: »

They did at some stage. I have relatives who are farmers. When ESB was electrifying the country, they refused to allow their land to be used for poles. So the ESB had to position poles around their farm land

I know in Dublin, you can pay and have ESB move poles from your property onto the street.

And if the ESB insist they can put the poles where they need to.

A_Sober_Paddy

DEUTZ1507 wrote: »

I damaged a esb pole in my yard
It was the strainer i caught with my tractor trailer
No the esb have sent me a huge bill and a threat of court if i dont pay
Any ideas am i liable it was on my own property
I received no rent for said pole
Any in put is greatly welcome

Deny deny and deny

DEUTZ1507

Bill is for 7k
I heard through for some that poles were erected through a wayleave agreement
So not sure what liability i have to them

runawaybishop

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Deny deny and deny

Can't deny it's his land and therefore his responsibility

runawaybishop

DEUTZ1507 wrote: »

Bill is for 7k
I heard through for some that poles were erected through a wayleave agreement
So not sure what liability i have to them

What does that matter though? It was you that damaged it.

7k though is crazy expensive. What sort of pole was it and did they break down the cost at all.

irishfire

It is your responsibility, same as if you dig up your ug service in to the house.

It's hard to tell from the OP but with a bill like that you must have gave a rattle to a substantial line, likely 10/20kV, so your lucky the stay was all you damaged.

Per the statement of charges from their website, most third party damage above LV is billed per the cost of repairs for that incident rather than a fixed charge; for example an LV pole replacement is about €3,500 plus VAT.
However since we don't know what work had to be done we can only assume from the bill that a switchout was required to complete repairs on an MV line.

I'd be paying up and thanking the lad upstairs that nothing else gave way to the trailer

fepper

There is a pole and stay in the middle of a field of mine and its a nightmare,I said at the time that I'd rather it nearer a ditch/hedge for my machinery protection and causing obstruction in my field and the answer was thats where its going to be and that's that so the esb should be more accommodating to avoid these occurrences to likely happen

ShaunC

If you have insurance you should be covered. Get on to your insurance Co. quickly.....

BorneTobyWilde

7k lol
Not quite 5 but under 10
Yea that will do. Comes to 7k exactly
It's a made up number by some nerd with power over you .
How exactly is it damaged, you carved your name in it ?

irishfire

ShaunC wrote:

If you have insurance you should be covered. Get on to your insurance Co. quickly.....

Given that this has been repaired, invoiced and now has gotten to the stage that there is a threat of court, insurance will likely wipe their hands of it as you have a responsibility to notify them of a possible claim as soon as possible, not when you realise it will cost more than you expected and want to pass it up the line

BorneTobyWilde wrote:

7k lol Not quite 5 but under 10 Yea that will do. Comes to 7k exactly It's a made up number by some nerd with power over you . How exactly is it damaged, you carved your name in it ?

No, the 7k most likely covers the fact that an MV switchout was needed to replace a stay, pole or overhead cables, or probably a combination of the 3. This would have resulted in people nearby being without power for a day and if the pole was in a dangerous state this would also have been with little to no notification.

Going by the lack of a description of the works that would be my best educated guess.

triona1

Did the esb see it happening?

Please say you have no idea.

Someone i no had this happen and they just said that they weren't home they were at work and it was fixed.

Fred Swanson

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Jimmy Garlic

Haha...7 grand? No way, they are taking the p*ss. I definitely wouldn't be paying that or anywhere near it.

triona1

We get paid for having mast's on our property yes most on boards.ie get service.
They are maintained but sometimes they just fall over 😞

triona1

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Haha...7 grand? No way, they are taking the p*ss. I definitely wouldn't be paying that or anywhere near it.

They should and hopefully be paying him years for using his property!

triona1

DEUTZ1507 wrote: »

But it is on private property and i have no contract signed saying that i am liable to what happens to the poles on my land.

There is your answer.it's your private property?I've masts on mine and I've no esb bills or phone/internet/nothing the company that ownsthe polls/mast pay the bills.

nuac

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OK- thanks all. Don't think there is any more legal discussion left in this
Thread closed