djk, Paul,
You have to realise that a few of our farming community over here are a law unto themselves.
They will do any work that they "think" they should be allowed to do.
I have had more than one run-in with the odd farmer as a Faultsman and they either don't listen to any advice that you have for them, or you get told that you don't know what you are talking about and then they say that they will call someone with more knowledge of Lines and Electricity than yourself.
One idiot over here, took out an 11kV Underground Feeder, by ramming a post for a deer fence through it and man did he whinge and scream when he got the repair bill, he even told the Power Company Accounts girl, that had he known it was going to cost that much to fix it, he would have done it himself!. [Linked Image]