Small wire tugger for residential use

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Besoeker3 said:
Thank you sir!
We rarely use conduit these days especially for residential. We had some white PVC for light fixtures in our factory.
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I noticed when I was in London that everything I could see was cabled. All of the exposed surface mount wiring was cabled, and even outdoor surface wiring was cable, not conduit.

I was in the notre dame the before it caught fire in 2019, and remember commenting to my wife I was amazed it hadn’t burned down yet when I saw the old cabling running around the ceilings.


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JoeNorm said:
Does anyone own one of these small drill operated tuggers and can speak to the original question?
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We have one at work, they’re ok if you’re doing something small. Feeding the wire can’t be overestimated. It will smoke your drill if you go too heavy
 
Also this type works on a capstan action that requires some pull by the operator on the pulling line for it to work. If you don't pull, it won't pull, kind of limits damage on drill, but definitely helps on more difficult pulls.
But still advantageous to have a second person to help feed the cable. Been there when I didn't have a feed person and a 3 story pull, 3 flights of stairs gets kind of tireing trying to remove tangles on feed side as a pull progresses.
 
Fred B said:
But these kids think they should be getting journeyman wages and have no experience or knowledge.
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It’s negotiation. We start everyone at this rate until they demonstrate skills and experience at a higher level. I heard the fast food joints are paying at the top of their ranges for low/no skills. We have a much higher potential.
 
JoeNorm said:
Does anyone own one of these small drill operated tuggers and can speak to the original question?
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Yes. For lack of a better word you get what you pay for.On any tugger thing about how you are going to anchor it, too.

The “6 foot ladder trick” is similar to the Rack a Tiers Ropematic Pro. The Ropematic is a good idea by the way but doesn’t actually work very well. I have trouble with the rope pinching and jamming it or slipping. But if you just wrap Mule tape or a rope 2-3 wraps around say a pry bar and use it like a lever you get the same thing and it goes pretty quick if you just “roll” the pry bar to advance the rope. Price is good: $0 but it is a little slow. You can easily get enough tension to destroy cable this way.

Stepping up is an outright Come along. Slow but gets the job done.

Two small ones I like. First is the WARN Pullzall. Reasonably priced and gives actual 1,000 pound pulls. There is a battery powered version too but it’s expensive. In fact most tiggers run off drop cords, something to think about.

Second is one I can’t find anymore…ours in ancient…looks a lot like the Greenlee G1 except it has its own motor. Set on the conduit and pull the trigger. It’s light and works almost one handed.

From experience I thought the whole key to cable pulling is a huge expensive puller. It’s not. Three things made a huge difference. First is having a cable reel stand and making sure all reels pull the same direction. Even laying it out can snag. On reels no snags. Second is a roller or glide at the feed end to guide the cable in and prevent snags. These two things alone make it possible to do many one man pulls. Third is there is never too much lube but it’s hard to do one man.
 
electrofelon said:
Even at current PVC prices? We did a 700 foot pull of 250 URD (3 conductor) in 2". It was fine.
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Yup.
I'm a bigger and spare is better while the trench is open kind of guy.
Sometimes the customer doesn't want the spare but I don't skimp on the size.
Most utilities require at least 3" on the secondaries anyway.
I'm glad you're wire pull went well.
 
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