Wire pull
- Thread starter mannyb
- Start date
- Location
- New Jersey
- Occupation
- Journeyman Electrician
Are you feeding or pulling at the pole end? We've set a wheel up high on the pole and used that to feed the conductors down into the conduit with a puller on the other end. It also kind of depends on what equipment you have access to. No puller, then maybe a wheel on the pole above the raceway with the rope tied to the van or truck and feed at the other end.
- Location
- Illinois
- Occupation
- retired electrician
Remember that OSHA does not permit work within 10' of energized overhead lines.
Eddie702
Licensed Electrician
- Location
- Western Massachusetts
- Occupation
- Electrician
I have pulled the underground to the pole with a 90 at the base of the pole and enough wire to get where you need to go. Then slide the riser down over the wires assuming it is pVC
But dealing with 750s and if a metal raceway that is another story
But dealing with 750s and if a metal raceway that is another story
- Location
- Illinois
- Occupation
- retired electrician
That is what our utility requires. You supply the schedule 80 PVC riser and the utility installs it and the wire up the pole.
Eddie702
Licensed Electrician
- Location
- Western Massachusetts
- Occupation
- Electrician
around here the utility makes us put the top of the riser 10' above the grade with the wire pulled out the top and seal it with duct seal
Fulthrotl
~Autocorrect is My Worst Enema.~
- Occupation
- E
timber hitch choking the pole 5' above the top of the riser, with a clevice holding a large greenlee pulling wheel.
keep it out of the CPA for the volatage on the pole.
put the tugger on a 2" extension out a trailer hitch at a convenient place. lash the tugger to it.
pull enough to reach the clips or whatever you need to hit.
brantmacga
Señor Member
- Location
- Georgia
- Occupation
- Former Child
I've used the tugger at ground level and then when it gets to the pole, tie the rope around tele-handler forks and boom up to get that last 20' or whatever you need, and I've also done it exactly as infinity describes if you're pulling from the opposite end. You can also use the tele handler to pull it the whole way, it just gets aggravating resetting the rope if you've got far to pull.