Specifications include, but are not limited to: Lincoln Electric System is requesting bids to furnish and deliver FOB, Lincoln, Nebraska the southern yellow pine utility poles; All material supplied under these specifications shall be dense Southern Yellow Pine or dense West Coast Douglas Fir conforming to the latest revision of the American Standard Specifications and Dimensions for WOOD POLES, ANSI 05.1-1987 or latest revision thereof, except herein modified. The poles shall be cut from live timber, cut above the ground swell, well proportioned from butt to top and free from imperfections except hereinafter set forth. 3.1. DIMENSIONS: Poles shall be purchased in ANSI classes if not otherwise specified. 3.2. DENSITY: Density shall be measured at the butt in accordance with Standard Regional Association Grading Rules for lumber, except that the measurement to determine the density shall be made on the outer three inches of the butt surface and that the number of annual rings shall not be less than six to the inch or over the measured surface. An exception to ring count and its associated alternate measurement is permitted when used as described in the ANSI specifications when measuring density. . 30 EA POLE SYP 35 FT CL 4 (LES M# 7201). 30 EA POLE DF 75 FT CL 1 (LES M# 7201)
