[TowerTalk] Another conduit question

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

These are referred to as messenger cables.  I use just over double the 
length of the coax so I can pull new cable in from either end.  It's the 
same for removing existing cables.  This is where you learn the folly of 
taping those cables into a bundle <:-)
http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/cablebox.htm 4th picture from the 
top shows the excess coiled in the box at the house entrance.  This is 
an earlier box at the entrance.

73, Roger (K8RI)


On 8/28/2017 Monday 2:45 PM, Steve K7AWB wrote:
> I recently asked about Pull ropes in buried conduit. Now I wonder about:
>
> I can lay the abs conduit empty and either bury it early or keep uncovered in the trenches. Either way I would install Pull ropes and pull the cables through.  But wait.
>
> How about laying out the cables in a bundle and then slipping each ten foot abs piece over the end  of the cables and slide it up to the previous  abs piece and glue them together one at a time.  In that manner I would not have to Pull heavy  cable.   I would have to watch the abs glue as it may melt the cable coverings.
>
> Anyone done it these different ways and which  method is not good to use?
>
>   Since the trench was made of fractured sharp basalt rocks, I had the rocks removed to a different area on the property.  I will make a sand layer in the trench for the abs conduit to rest on and also cover them with sand and then complete the trench with Rock-less dirt.
>
>
> Steve k7awb
> _______________________________________________
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> TowerTalk mailing list
> TowerTalk at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk


-- 

73

Roger (K8RI)


---
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus