Transylvanian Insulator Trip
Romania is member of the European Union. Good, we can carry such many Insulators which we want, and nobody say about them on the border. Ok, it was my idea, go by car with trailer, fill ut it and have a good time. I drove, it was long, 650 km. We started from Budakeszi, near Budapest, the best way to pick up Miklos and his sister.

WHEN I CLIMB A POLE, I REMOVE THE WIRE FREE USELESS INSULATORS FOR MY COLLECTION, I DON'T HURT THE LIVING PARTS! I DON'T WANT TO MAKE LOSS AND DAMAGE FOR ANYBODY!! I CLIMB MOSTLY DEAD AND ABANDONED POLES! I CLIMB POLES FOR MY OWN RESPONSIBILITY, I AM ELECTRIC ENGINEER!! Zoltan Drinoczi
I bought some stuff: worker trousers and helmet. It is enough to thinking by the easy people: "They are linemen..". The back door on the car is open, and the Hungarian license number look the sky on the car in Romania, Nobody says :-) Here are we: Miklos and me before the hunting,our clother are clean yet.
In our way, near the road was a pole in interesting condition.. I thought we can capture some Insulators, but it was to high.. There some telephone lines are in working, because it holdes optical cable, and nobody want to stealing the steel wires. The bronze wires are not there already :-P and we need the Insulators. But now the optical cable holdes this pole, no problemo, it is enough storng..
The pole climbing is team working. I have learned to climbing and working on poles fast. Because I don't like show myself on the pole to easy people and there were very hot.. 36-40 degrees Celsius.. My balls played water-polo.. But on the pole, up there is some cooler wind..
I am picking up an Insulator. There is hot, very hot.
A goo line, the wires were ripped at very 5-6th poles, ok, I cut down every wires, the owner farmer will be happy for the steel wires. From this line we got some very nice Insulators: Rich amber swirls in an dark aqua CD-408 and aqua CD-407 whih I have never seen before.. There is very hot again..
We are removing the Insulators. We captured some crossarms too.. There is very hot again, my balls made goal in the water-polo..
Miklos is checking the booty of the first day. We captured good Insulators, commons, rares, news everything.. The Insulators at that moment was more important than remove the worker clothes. There was hot too..
Crossarms of the first day and go-withs. There was very very hot! The tar from the wooden crossarms flowed onto my car.
Next day.. There was hotter, and I dot some sun burning at last day, I had to use neck protection.. I keep the tools to crossarm removing in the biggest hot: HUNTER. The medical: COLD Beer!
Lucky pole: I am happy to the Amber swirl CD-408 in that hot weather. Miklos is climbing.
Luxury collecting! Pole in the shadow!! And very good pole: light peach TURDA CD-407s.. New discovering. Miklos climbed this very confortable LUXURY pole, because there was hot.
Good pole too: Top left 5th: Olive black glass MW French CD-408, very rare. It is black, it burned my hand.. Great piece in Miklos's collection.
After hunting: Cooling with the new discovering: Light peach CD-407
Consequence 1: 300 pieces od Insulators. Some electric porcelains, lot od CD-408s, some Shorties and 407s. We found only 10 pieces of CD-445s and some 446s at way to home. Hot hunting..
Go withs: 2 10-pins crossarms, 4 6-pins ones, 6 4-pins one, a heap of side pins, pins and screws. These crossarms are metric:
10-20-20-40-20-20-40-20-40-20-40-20-20-40-20-20-10 cm
3 metres long 10 pins, 1.5 metres long 6 pins and 1 meter long 4 pins. Nice to documenting, reproducting and pole display..
My additions to my collection:
New color 408: Dark Aqua, TV marked
New color and embossing 407:Light peach and light sage green TURDA, Aqua ST.
Interesting shape 408s in sage Green, ST marked.
Turda porcelains, pole strain buts and noname Spook, old and rare.
We arrived home in the best condition, after lots of crazy drivers, bad car condition and forfeit from the police because of a bad fuse.. Consequence: 300 Insulators, 12 crossarms, go-withs, good time, two black points into my driver license, sun burning, very cheap trip. It was good. After the trip I spent two days in Miklos' home, I cleaned there the Insulators and we waited the collectors to the Swap Meeting there.