[TowerTalk] Pull Rope in Conduits?

[Vincent Weal]

Thanks for the info, Dorn. Guess it shows I'm still learning!

73, Vince K4JC

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Dorn Hetzel <kb4eq at hetzel.org> wrote:

> I have found that unglued PVC will be infiltrated, first by water, and then
> by roots, at least with respect to sewage lines I have had to repair, so I
> expect it could happen eventually with any buried PVC that wasn't glued...
>
>   On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Vincent Weal <k4jc at arrl.net> wrote:
>
>>  Do the sections have to be glued? There's no pressure on them and they
>> usually have a pretty tight friction fit.
>>
>> 73, Vince K4JC
>>
>>
>> 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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