3.1. Company is to remove all branches less than or equal to 10 inches in diameter at the reach height from a 65’ bucket truck or to the top of the utility pole whichever is greater within the following horizontal or vertical distance from the outer most conductor on the trimming side: 3.1.1. Primary Transmission Voltage Lines: Fifty Feet (50’) or established right of way 3.1.2. Primary Distribution Voltage Lines: Fifteen Feet (15’) or established right of way 3.1.3. Guy Span: Fifteen Feet (15’) 3.1.4. Distribution Secondary Voltage Lines: Three Feet (3’) 3.1.5. Below Neutral: Six Feet (6’) 3.1.6. All R-O-W will be trimmed from ground to sky 3.1.7. All established R-O-W are to be mowed 3.2. Service lines and rental lights shall be trimmed. 3.3. All brush and logs are to be removed on a daily basis. 3.4. Brush, vines and undesirable woody vegetation shall be removed or pruned around creek and riverbanks, ditches, fence lines, and around poles, stub poles, guy poles, guy wires and other obstructions. The contractor shall keep all creeks and drainage ditches clear of brush to ensure proper drainage. 3.5. All non-ornamental trees in rural areas that have never been trimmed located beneath the distribution lines are to be removed that are within the specified trimming clearances. The remaining part of the stump that is left shall not exceed four (4) inches in height in unkempt areas and two (2) inches in kempt areas. 3.6. All dead and marked trees are to be removed and hauled away. 3.7. It is the Company’s responsibility to inspect all trees along the designated area to determine the extent of trimming necessary to meet the required clearances. Failure to inspect before submitting a bid price proposal does not relieve the Company from meeting all specification requirements.
