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IN A STABLE PACKAGED PILE STRUCTURE OF POLES OF A TYPE INCLUDING TAPERED TUBULAR METAL POLES AND IN WHICH THE PACKAGED PILE STRUCTURE IS CAPABLE OF BEING TRANSPORTED WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THE PACKAGED POLES AND TO THE TRANSPORTATION MEANS FOR THE POLES; A SERIES OF ROWS OF ELONGATED POLES IN A PILE FOR SHIPMENT, STRIP MEANS FORMED OF SHOCK ABSORBENT RUBBER EXTENDING CROSSWISE OF THE PILE AT SPACED INTERVALS ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE PILE AT LEAST BETWEEN THE ROWS OF A PAIR OF ADJACENT ROWS OF POLES, THE RUBBER STRIP MEANS HAVING TOP AND BOTTOM SURFACES IN FRICTIONAL GRIPPING CONTACT WITH SURFACE PORTIONS OF POLES IN SAID ADJACENT ROWS, A SERIES OF STRAPPING BANDS ENGRIDLING THE PILE CROSSWISE OF THE PILE AT SPACED INTERVALS UNDER TENSION, AND THE TENSIONED BANDS ACTING TO HOLD THE RUBBER STRIP MEANS UNDER COMPRESSION BETWEEN AND TO MAINTAIN THE RUBBER STRIP MEANS SURFACES IN FRICTIONAL GRIPPING ENGAGEMENT WITH ADJACENT POLES IN SAID ADJACENT ROWS IN THE PILE; AND THE COMPRESSED RUBBER STRIP MEANS IN FRICTIONAL GRIPPING ENGAGEMENT WITH ADJACENT POLES, PERMITTING POLES IN THE PILE TO MOVE SLIGHTLY RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER IN RESPONSE TO SHOCK LOADING, ABSORBING THE EFFECTS OF SUCH SHOCK LOADING, AND RETURNING THE POLES IN THE PLATE TO INITIAL LOCATION AFTER REMOVAL OF SHOCK LOADING FORCES.