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Hello all, I've got to pull in a 35mm 3 core swa 150m of it!!! ALONE!
i was wondering if anyone knew of any machinery to hire to help it along (instead of getting 3 labourers!!) I've seen CEF hire a cable puller but it's £150 a day which seems abit steep! But unsure if there any good or not, thanks in advanced
tom
 
You're not going to do it alone,full stop and even with a winch you will still need extra eyes and hands otherwise it's going to end in tears.also if there are a few bends in it they will make it harder too.
 
Need a lot more information than that Tommyboy. What are you pulling this relatively small SWA into, a trench a duct, a duct with inaccessible bends, onto cable tray/basket, fixed direct to wall/ceiling etc?? Hire yourself some cable rollers, and don't try and pull 150m of SWA cable by yourself, apart from straining or otherwise injuring yourself, (3 and 4 core 35mm SWA cable starts to get heavy over those sort of distances) ....you will damage the cable sheathing for sure!!

Oh and if you do decide to use mechanical means to pull this cable, DON'T be tempted to use any form of vehicle, you WILL stretch the cable. Use a made for purpose cable winch o ruse manpower, ....nothing else!!!
 
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Yep, a few extra hands would save you a lot of heartache plus some of these;

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150 mtrs 35mm 3 core on your own, I would say you have two choices slim and none, that's too much for one person Tom cant you get some help for a few hours? I would help if I was near you trouble is I'm a bit past all that huffing and puffin, but good luck too you
 
There is also an ART to cable pulling, that will generally only come with experience. Different methods for different scenarios. A good/experienced cable pulling team, can be worth their weight in gold, in more ways than one!! lol!!
 
Hello all, I've got to pull in a 35mm 3 core swa 150m of it!!! ALONE!

Do you ever think you are biting off more than you can chew, I sense a disaster waiting to happen trying to do this on your own you obviously have little or no experience of installing a cable of this size and length not to mention the fact that it weighs nearly a 1/3 of a tonne on the drum and will feel a lot heavier when you start to pull it in

i was wondering if anyone knew of any machinery to hire to help it along (instead of getting 3 labourers!!) I've seen CEF hire a cable puller but it's £150 a day which seems abit steep! But unsure if there any good or not, thanks in advanced
tom

The best machinery to assist you is good old manpower as it comes with eyes and ears that will greatly reduce the risk of cable damage. Your quest to save money can only mean you grossly under estimated this job due to inexperience as previously mentioned you would be wise to employ someone who has experience of cable pulling and put any losses down to experience

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Do you ever think you are biting off more than you can chew, I sense a disaster waiting to happen trying to do this on your own you obviously have little or no experience of installing a cable of this size and length not to mention the fact that it weighs nearly a 1/3 of a tonne on the drum and will feel a lot heavier when you start to pull it in



The best machinery to assist you is good old manpower as it comes with eyes and ears that will greatly reduce the risk of cable damage. Your quest to save money can only mean you grossly under estimated this job due to inexperience as previously mentioned you would be wise to employ someone who has experience of cable pulling and put any losses down to experience

You don't show your location as there may be someone on here local to you who may be able to help





It is nothing to do with being inexperienced to be honest it's the first time I've used 35mm, I've pulled in 16mm plenty of times alone, all I was wondering is if anybody had used these machines before and if it's worth doing that or getting more people Involed, I'm doing the job for a good friend and am trying to keep costs to a minium, the cable it's self will be run about 60m underground and the rest of the way fixed directly to a wall,
 
ive used some but gave up in the end and used manpower,from one end of container ship to other four blokes two days on top of cable tray thought i was rowing the boat it was that difficult its all about the rythm get it wrong and the swa can wack you in the head as i found out.
 
You’ll never beat having the manpower. I don’t mean a few guys from the bar of the Nags Head either. Damage the cable and it’s going to cost you dearly.

I’ve had mile upon mile of cables pulled, always used the same cable gang. I could just leave it to their ganger.
1KM of 120mm PILCSWA dual circuit weighs in at 20Te+ I just left them to it.
 

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