[TowerTalk] Pull Rope in Conduits?

[Dorn Hetzel]

I try really hard to either pull everything I might need and fill the
conduit to reasonable capacity on the first pull,
or to pull several smaller conduits so I have spare conduits :)

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Adam Shirley WJ4X <wj4x at amsat.org> wrote:

> The problem with that is the pullstring gets tangled in your cabling
> when you pull... It's best to blow in a new line for each new pull.
>
> 73!
>  -Adam
>   WJ4X
>
> On 10/24/2011 5:58 PM, Pete Raymond wrote:
> > Think about pulling another pull rope in with the wires.  Then if you
> should
> > ever need to add a wire there will be a pull rope available to pull the
> new
> > wire through.  Do that every time you pull a new cable through.  Good
> luck.
> > 73 Pete N4KW
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "john at kk9a.com" <kk9a at bellsouth.net>
> > To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
> > Cc: <n6sj at earthlink.net>
> > Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 1:16 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Pull Rope in Conduits?
> >
> >
> >> I push #14 electrical wire though while I'm gluing the sections together
> >> and use that to pull the permanent wires once it's buried.  The glue on
> the
> >> end of the wire has not been an issue.
> >>
> >> John KK9A
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> To:  <towertalk at contesting.com>
> >> Subject:  [TowerTalk] Pull Rope in Conduits?
> >> From:  "Steve Jones" <n6sj at earthlink.net>
> >> Date:  Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:51:04 -0700
> >>
> >>
> >> 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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