When we built our new house last year, I had the constractor install a 100 foot run of 6 inch PVC from the shack to the tower site. However, I did not like the rope that he used for pull ropes in the
Randy, I have a 90 ft run of PVC underground from the wall behind my radio room to a box mounted about 4 ft up on the tower. I installed a small multi-braid nylon pull string. When I need to pull cab
I've pulled miles of stuff through pipe like this, the product you want is referred to as "mule tape" (http://www.pacstrap.com/pullingtape.html) . It is a flat webbing available in a variety of width
Jim, How do you attach the cable to the pull rope? Lot's of electrical tape? A related question: what's the best way to get a coax run up the tower? The last time I did this I just tied the coax to a
The question is how to make the 'head', the interface of the pulling rope to the product. The simplest commercial way is a cable grip, a device made of steel wire much like the 'chinese finger cuff'
Glen, I striped the coax about 6 inches back and removed the center insulator. I then twisted the center conductor and shield together. I inserted this thru the rope braid about 6 inches from the end
Couple of half hitches and lots of tape to streamline the end of the cable bundle. I use 3/16" Nylon and contrary to others have never burned a grove into PVC yet. OTOH I use copious amounts of wire
Use the stuff made for doing this...Wire Soap. It comes in quart bottles and most hardware stores, Lowe's, Home Depot, and electrical supply stores will have it. The best prices will most likely be t
I second the use of wire soap. It's cheap and won't damage the jacket. You have to watch some petrochemicals as they will slowly erode the plastic jacket on your coax. As far as pulling the wires, I
A better knot than half-hitches for such a task is the PRUSSIC. With either the prussic or half hitches, rather than the "finger trap" approach, you have a part of the cable in front of the knot, bei
Rex, As a construction electrician with 26 years in the field, I respectfully disagree with the use of this knot. I have made thousands of cable pulls, and, I would use a kellum-type cable grip, with
OH this is the fun of asking for advice. I've been pulling wire, fiber and ducting in the field for 25 years. The 'best' device is the kellums 'finger cuff' kind of grip. We use them with a swivel he