of long poles because of length and weight is also a problem therefore fig3 depicts the prior art light pole of preference namely steel light pole 40 which is connected to bolts 46 see fig5 which are secured in material 28 which is generally concrete array 18 of lights is secured by means known within the art to the top of steel light pole 40 whereas the bottom of pole 40 has an annular flange 44 surrounding tubular pole 40 which is welded to pole 40 and secured by bolts to material 28 material 28 is poured concrete with a re bar design that must be installed on site and is used to fill excavated hole 26 it can be seen however that flange 44 is within the high corrosion area near the ground additionally such as is known in the art the joint created at flange 44 bears a high amount of stress for the entire combination it therefore presents an unreliability factor in the sense of concentrating a significant amount of stress in one location this is particularly true when referring to the potential corrosion problems created by the joint it must be additionally understood that many times moisture accumulates within the interior of these hollow poles and corroded material and moisture can fall through the pole to the area around flange 44 this adds to the possible corrosion corrosion is virtually as big a problem inside out as it is from the outside in for these types of poles even though the pole of fig3 is the most expensive for reasons previously described it is also.