[TowerTalk] Pull Rope in Conduits?

[Stan Stockton]

Steve,

You can suck it through with a shop vac and a lightweight object like  
a cork or piece of styrofoam on the end of the twine.

Stan, K5GO

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On Oct 24, 2011, at 10:51 AM, "Steve Jones" <n6sj at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I'm about to place a number of 150' Sched 40 PVC conduits between my  
> shack
> and new tower.   I want to end up with small 200 lb. stength nylon  
> twine in
> each conduit, then use that small twine to pull through a larger  
> 1/4" nylon
> rope for the actual cable pulls.
>
> Should I use a fish tape to pull through the small twine as I glue  
> on each
> additional section of conduit?  I'm concerned about the PVC cement  
> sticking
> to the nylon twine.  Or is there an easy way to install the small  
> twine
> after a whole 150' run of conduit is completely glued together?
>
> 73,
>
> Steve
> N6SJ
>
>
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