Break an hydro wire while on a side street .

How much is the home/owner asking for$$, if less than ded. and he signs off on damages it may be best to let insur. handle it because you allready called them?

 

Maybe talk to city hall or the city streets dept/engineer?
There has to be height standards or codes regarding overhead wires across city streets for this very reason.

 

if you were on a public street overhead lines must be a certain height above the street,,if there were no restrictions on the street for trucks I would not pay,,
I hit an power line from a pole to a building once,,tore it down , the occupant of the building came out and right from the start started complaining how much it would cost his business because of lost power,, The load I was hauling was 15ft high, The local power company as well as cops came out and when they measured my load and confirmed I was 15ft high the power company and the cops let me go telling me Calif law required all electrical lines must have 17ft vertical clearance minimum and it was not my fault,,

 

Exactly what Riprap said. ↑↑↑ I had the same thing happen (non-hydro, cable line) and it was installed lower than code.
Therefore no liability to the truck.

 

Not your fault the wire was lower than required.

Tell them the top of your trailer was damaged and you want compensation.

 

I ripped a cable line down once and unfortunately it was tied to the hydro post as well and took about a 6 foot hunk out of the guy's siding, cable company came out and secured everything and said because of age and weather etc the line had sagged and they were totally responsible. Any above ground wires across a public roadway have to have a minimum height clearance, usually 13'8 to 14 feet depending on the zoning bylaws. That includes Hydro, Cable and Telephone. I'm in and out of residential areas all the time and have tore down many a phone line over the years, so talkin' from experience.​

 

I'm not being funny; but what is a hydro line?