Lifting and installing streetlight poles

A streetlight pole and releasably attached elongate sun for use, in conjunction with a lifting device, to raise the streetlight pole to a substantially vertical position where working personnel on the ground can safely and efficiently maneuver the lower end of the pole to a mounting hole or support stand, said sling having first and second ends and a length sufficient to span from an attachment point toward the bottom of the pole to a point above the balance point of the pole, the first end of the sling comprising a loop portion that is wrapped around the pole and then through itself at a point above the balance point of the pole for connecting to a lifting device, cooperative attachment structures located toward the bottom of the pole and at the second end of the sling releasably attaching the second end of the sling to the pole, whereby upon application of a lifting force by the lifting device slack may be eliminated in the length of the sling between the sling first and second ends to prevent slippage of the sling with respect to the pole and to permit raising of the pole to a vertical position where the working personnel on the ground can safely and efficiently maneuver the lower end of the pole to a mounting hole or support stand.

An elongate sling for use, in conjunction with a lifting device, to raise a streetlight pole to a substantially vertical position where working personnel on the ground can safely and efficiently maneuver the lower end of the pole to a mounting hole or support stand, said sling having first and second ends and a length sufficient to span from an attachment point toward the bottom of the pole to a point above the balance point of the pole, the first end of the sling having a loop portion for wrapping around a streetlight pole above the balance point of the pole and for connecting to a lifting device, and said sling further including an attachment structure at the second end of the sling for releasably attaching the second end of the sling to a cooperative attachment structure located toward the bottom of the pole, whereby upon application of a lifting force by the lifting device to the sling loop portion slack may be eliminated in the length of the sling between the sling first and second ends to prevent slippage of the sling with respect to the pole and to permit raising of the pole to a vertical position where the working personnel on the ground can safely and efficiently maneuver the lower end of the pole to a mounting hole or support stand.