He got his finger in between a belt and a pulley and cut his finger off. I did though, see another contractor's employee using a homemade wire pulling contraption with a drill motor hooked up to a pulley system. I think you're going a bit overboard, and I can think of no case exactly like that. You said a "typical large pull" not a typical pull.Īs to liability issue. Liability? Huh? Please elaborate, with complete case citation, where it was successfully argued that someone committed a 'wrong' because they used a $25 Wal-Mart vac and taped a water bottle to the hose as a reducer to the pipe. Milwaukee is crying all the way to the bank over that 'inadequate' product! We can't let "best" become the enemy of "good enough." I still wonder at the critics of my tiny bandsaw, because it can't cut 2" pipe, etc. making me again wonder why I haven't seen such an electrician-focused set-up offered for something like $75. On this current job, we've had some good results with tiny 1-gallon, 1-hp vacs. IMO, the hard part is connecting the vac hose to the conduit, especially when there are access issues. Their accessory for blowing line looks nice, but with a price in the three figures, it's no surprise I've never even seen it at the parts house. Looking to their accessories, I see one they sell for about $30, that I can readily assemble from an $8 set of "car detailing" accessories and a minor amount of tape. I note that Greenlee sells a much smaller vac, for "only" several hundreds of dollars.
I believe this is largely because the impeller on my new vac has not been abraded by dust passing over it- years back I did some propeller testing, and it's amazing how even an invisibly small amount of wear to the blade edge totally killed the performance. In happier news, when I told the boss "we" were ready to pull today, he replied "We? Do you have a mouse in your pocket?" I was able to honestly say "why, yes I do!"Īlso, as of today, my $21 out-performs the company 'big' shop-vac for this task. I sure hope OSHA doesn't come after me for replacing my old bootlaces with bits of paracord.įreon? Now the truth comes out, we know WHO destroyed the ozone layer Especially on underground runs, there can be a real problem with the tape hitting a hard stop at the far-away last 90. long (especially after some years of use). Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't - and most fish tapes are less than 100 ft. Sure you did - and for every such pull, you did hundreds of nice, short runs.įish tape? Yea, right. 3/4? 170-ft? Golly, one time we did something a lot longer and a lot fatter. For all I know, the folks in Amish country use trained ferrets I can only speak to my experience and observations. it's almost like someone is thinking "This Reno guy really hasn't a clue about REAL electrical work." I just have to love some of the skepticism I see expressed. This site has thousands of members and we've done millions of pulls. Joints are broken, kinked, or crushed by the other trades as the concrete is poured. Oddly enough, those seem to have the most trouble. which comes first, the air conditioning or the wires? I'm usually pulling wire well before the site is even closed in, secure, and conditioned. I haven't worked on such a site for ages. Likewise, the plant compressed air solution is nice- IF the place is built and operating. I can't imaging putting out that sort of investment when your typical "big" pull might be 170-ft. I've never seen either in the kit of any contractor, even the Union guys doing only heavy industrial work.
I'm sorry, but $1500 is a heck of a lot for a vacuum that isn't even HEPA certified! Just what can this golden calf do that can't be done with a $21 vacuum cover on an old mud bucket? I really look forward to dragging either through the 100-yards of mud that seems to surround every jobsite. You're not going to carry either up a ladder, or even fit into your JoBox. Another site offers the Greenlee vacuum system for $1435.39.īoth systems seem rather large- one comes on a hand truck, while the other looks to have at least a 12-gallon tank. First site I found offers the CO2 system for $1725.50.
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