THE BENEFITS OF WOOD POLES
Wood is the ideal material for utility poles and it’s the only type of pole Brown carries. In addition to being a renewable resource, it is resilient and extremely resistant to oxidation, corrosion, crumbling, and spalling. It also has low electrical conductivity. From a commercial standpoint, wood has only one shortcoming: it is biodegradable. But, with preservative treatment, wood is easily and economically protected against its biological enemies that cause it to weaken and collapse in nature: fungi and insects.