There are so many nails in some telephone poles, you can hardly see the wood anymore - what would happen if?

a significant number of the nails were pulled from where all those signs had been tacked onto the pole?There are so many nails in some telephone poles, you can hardly see the wood anymore - what would happen if?
Then you would have a telephone pole full of nail holes.There are so many nails in some telephone poles, you can hardly see the wood anymore - what would happen if?
If a pole is sturdy with lot of nails, than without nails it will be even more sturdy.