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#60360 12/31/05 08:09 PM
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90 ft. of 3" PVC with 1 90 deg. sweep at the meter socket and 1 at the other end stubbed up about 3 ft.
How hard would it be to pull (2) 350s and (1) 300 kcmil by hand?

#60361 12/31/05 10:39 PM
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My "Pulll-o-meter" calculator comes up with 0.75 Gazillion degrees of "hard."

#60362 12/31/05 11:10 PM
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Pipe's plenty big but the 90's will kill ya.


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#60363 12/31/05 11:36 PM
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and I thought it was gonna be an X rated post....shame on me

#60364 01/01/06 03:40 AM
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Better soap 'er up good! If your 90's are pvc and not galv. rigid, you'll get some drag on the wire.

#60365 01/01/06 08:27 AM
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shouldn't be too hard. I've pulled 4-500s longer by hand. (there were four of us) key is to swab the conduit prior to the pull. dirt in the pipe really slows you down.


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#60366 01/01/06 10:57 AM
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Agreed....we've pulled longer runs. Just use lots of soap. Make sure you had your wheaties that day too.

#60367 01/01/06 03:44 PM
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might want to think about 36" 90's
and why not try a pulley and lift or truck set up some how???? i used my bucket truck to hang a pulley from and worked well

#60368 01/01/06 10:39 PM
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Piece of cake. Seriously.

#60369 01/01/06 10:57 PM
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You shouldn't have a problem but, if you are going to do this sort of thing regularly, I would recommend one of any number of different portable pullers.
We do alot of bigger industrial wiring and even a small greenlee chugger is a valuable item.
Good luck

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