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[@keithburch5506]

I can't speak for all the other followers, but I never doubted for one second that you didn't know and didn't have a plan. I've just been following you long enough to know your stuff. Remember not long ago, you called Nathan, OTW, to ask a question. Obviously, if you are in motion on something, any doubt arises, you will clear that up. Whether you let us see that or not, as I've told my brother and 2 boys and friends, before you begin your project, check out Mike on Outdoors With the Morgans, because he knows what he's doing! Again, Mike, thanks for all the time and effort you put into your videos so you can share your life with all of us. I really enjoy you, and wish you'd post twice a day! You always leave me wanting more. ❤

[@thebradleysoncatbirdhill6849]

I'm still wearing a huge smile after watching your trick to get the line through the conduit! Well done! 👍👍👍

[@billmiller789]

Old retired telephone engineer here. Wish I had a dollar for every time I blew a string into a conduit. Here's a trailer that I built for pulling the cable. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4ecanh9nZ1lq6s

[@williamlively6385]

46 plus years as a construction electrician we almost always used an industrial vacuum cleaner to blow or suck In a string using a rag or plastic bag. You can do that in very long runs of conduit. Great job. 👍

[@rd3tv]

Nice trick with the blower! I used to live in an area where the inspector needed to 'sign off' on the trench while it was open. I started to wire my detached garage from the house, got to know my guy pretty well over the time we built the garage. I had the trench open, conduit run, and an early season Noreaster bearing down on us in the next day. I called him up and he told me "hold your phone close to the trench so I can see you have it deep enough" (pre-smart phone), then he said "your good thanks for calling". Good luck on opening day!

[@stevesimon8838]

Genius, pure genius....don't listen to all the doubters out there...we all know Mike Morgan knows what he is doing! And has a plan!

[@georgesherman5345]

I was an electrician for 10 yrs.. I've put lotsa string in conduit. We always used a vac/blower. Works like a champ. I've put string in as far as 500 feet of pipe, no problem. Always blow/suck all the debris from the pipe, that inevitably gets in there, first. Then do the string.

[@brentnorrod300]

Thanks Guys! IN a couple weeks, I'll be digging a 200' for my electric lateral to my new house. I found your videos because I was concerned about the cycle time on the BX23s backhoe. I've run some excavators in the past, but thought I'd try my orange machine. My machine seems to have a slow swing. I'm up in NW PA and had the same inspection questions. The power company is not answering my queries one this, so I asked the building inspector when he was out inspecting the foundation. He told me I can backfill but leave the 90-sweeps uncovered until he looks at them. He said that tells him all he needs to know.

[@terrymckinch8587]

A vacuum can blow or suck too but this is a great trick too. I had to show the inspector before I could bury my conduit for my new barn. I am a Master Electrician so I did all my own work, with the help of my wife and son, who is an electrician too.

[@billmorris2613]

When I was doing the steering for a horizontal directional drilling company we did it using same principle you did,, just much bigger. We had a tool for each size of conduit we called a “pig.” We blew it through the conduit with a big industrial compressor and it pulled a small rope through the conduit. That small rope pulled a much larger rope in by wrapping it around the track on the excavator. Then the big rope pulled in the product, again using the track on the excavator. The longest bore I can remember doing was a little over 2,000 feet. The “pig” could also be used by its self to blow water out of the conduit if we sealed off the entrance end of the conduit. It made for a cool sight to see when the water came blasting out of the conduit.

[@matthewdoran3561]

You’ve gotta get up pretty early in the morning to pull the wool over Mikes eyes! Nicely done. 😊👍

[@raybaldassarra6298]

Mike You can have what they call a mouse to pull your string through the entire length of pipe You put a vacuum on one end and the mouse on the other end tied to the pull string You can get them at electrical supply house From a retired electrician of 42 years Always worked great

[@joelongrid7625]

Funny story: Back in the 80's Greenlee came out with a vac system for blowing in string. My dad and I were wiring a strip mall and had several 2 1/2" underground conduits running the length of the building for each units' service. We saw this Greenlee tool at the wholesale house and figured it would work great in getting the string in the pipe. We set it up and started blowing the string, it had what we called a mouse tied to the string to provide the resistance needed for blowing. We were about 280' from the service room so we assumed it would take some time for that little mouse to make its way all the way there, so we started blowing the string and a few minutes later the string was still going into the pipe. First time for us so we went to take a look at the service room and the mouse had been blown up into the steel trusses and about a thousand feet of string was hanging all over the room. We have evolved to using a shop vac and plastic bag now.

[@marcuswhite3628]

😂that story gave me a good laugh! Thanks

[@PurpleCollarLife]

I always love your stories, Joel! Thanks for sharing.

[@billb.5887]

For Mike and the rest of the viewers. I have worked as an electrician many years ago (in the 1970's to the 80's) and that is how we get wire pulled wire through conduit with a string or a small rope. Sometimes we use the blower side of a shop-vac to push a string and sometimes we used the shop-vac to pull it through on the suction side. The shop-vac was used for small job and when needed, a trailer mounted air compressor was used for large pipes and long pulls like 5 lines of 500mcm cable with the use of an electric tugger (wench). This is an very old way of getting wire through a length of conduit the easy was and it still works, a no brainer!!! As for the hunting side of this video, I did not watch it as I am not in favor of hunting unless it is for survival only.

[@brians9930]

Mike I am a Master Electrician and the correct way to get the string in the conduit is to wait until you are done installing it then use your light twine or string with the bag tied on down at the pole and a shop vacuum at the building (because you have power closer at the shop). A shop vac sealed tight over the pipe (using tape and some plastic bag if needed) will suck your twine and bag through the conduit in a couple seconds even if it’s hundreds of feet long. Have done it 100’s of times, a sturdier plastic bag is even better if you balloon it up a bit to seal inside the pipe (not too tight) then tie on the string, cut away the rest to save weight. Your electrician may have an actual conduit plug instead of the bag (such as made by GreenLee) but the bag will work for a one time use. The best twine would be light haying twine from a local farmer friend, vacuum will pull it right off the spool so there are no tangles. Good luck.

[@RDW303]

I have never lived in an area that the permit guy or electric company did not want to inspect the run before you cover it. But I do know that every area have different rules. I have used the blower to blow the string down the tubing. Never used the plastic bag, but that is a great idea. Looking good Mike.

[@russellbowman8051]

Coming along nicely Mike Like Always!!👍👊

[@backtobasicstipswithtomrib19]

Over 70 years of age....still learning here with Outdoors with the Morgans . Thanks Mike, Tom

[@jackmccracken9264]

Mike it's Jack. I use to do 14 cameras because my wife loved to ride on the 4wheeler with me to check out the pictures. She had Huntington and that was one thing that she enjoyed very much. By the time hunting season came you would know what was around.

[@brucebello2049]

Legend Mike, if only I knew your trick 52 years ago!

[@timwilcoxsr2712]

Thank goodness you checked, I understand the laws are different in every state and when I posted I made sure I said it is how it is here in NY State. Good luck in the stand, I know that today (11-28)was opening day

[@glennwolfe1663]

Mike hope your opening day was successful👍 Here in WI we're just finishing our 9day season. But last season I hung up the old 308, which dad bought for my 16th bday 56 yrs ago. Oh the memories🤗

[@richardkaufman1643]

Regarding conduit inspection, you have a lot of documented video that any inspector would accept. I retired after 45 years in electrical trade , mostly as a Master in Michigan. We alway kept disposable cameras in our service vans to photo document jobs when inspectors were delayed or unable to be on site as scheduled. We had an old fashioned yard stack we would set into picture for accuracy. Your trench was great,I liked to double over the safety tape and leave some slack so it would pull out on digging and not stay in the trench. Also we would backfill with two feet of sand , it is an early sign of something buried. Enjoy your projects ,wish I could do some myself but health issues have made me a spectator now.

[@waynecoker919]

works great, as a former electrician/forman for over 35yrs we would also suck a bag thru with a vacuum. Good job Mike

[@Joe-kb1sm]

The only trick I saw was a lief blower. Good idea. As a licenced master electrician with 44 years of working experience, I'm comfortable saying that all electricians and plumbers use thier handy dandy wet/dry vac to 'shoot a tug line'. Best of luck getting a deer for the freezer. Love your videos

[@williammatthews2948]

Cool trick sending the pull line through the conduit. Good luck hunting. Have a day:)

[@davidgrider2249]

Mike coolest trick I have seen for getting string through that much pipe, genius!😆

[@kellybell9235]

I have been using that method for over 20 years. I have installed easily 100 miles of pull string/ pull rope this way.

[@thomasdesmond2248]

@@kellybell9235 yeah most electricians use a vacuum. God bless

[@thesmallwoodlot433]

Worked for 15 years as a commercial industrial union electrician, leaf blowers, and shop vac to install a drag line every time, sometimes both, works great for runs up to 300 ft,!

[@garyfaulds2008]

I didn't know how you were going to get the rope in that pipe an it is very nice that you take a minute of time to show me . I will be looking to the video when the pipe gets to the hydro pile if that bag on a string will work that far . I'm sure it will . 👍

[@jackhume4532]

Those pictures from your trail camera are really interesting and I would very much like to see some more please Mike.

[@darylh100]

I did a 200 foot conduit for electric line a couple years ago. My electrician tired a string to a ball slightly smaller than the pipe and used a vacuum to suck the line through. But the leaf blower is a good trick too. Pretty clever!!

[@gregreeser8823]

LOL I knew some people would be wondering that, I can always tell who has not been in the trades...Great job Mr Morgan!

[@MaMa-qh4dy]

I employ my frigg’in ground hog to do the job

[@garybessey2184]

Right...! ! Put those lazy little buggers to work... ! Gary

[@oldmanfred8676]

@@MaMa-qh4dy and Gary, Made me Laugh!

[@Z-Bart]

"You guy's ready? Here it comes"! Classic. 👍

[@coypatton3160]

The reverse process for the string works well also-use a vac and suck it through the pipe. We usually do a pipe lain across a ladder and allow the string to unroll. Tangles in string happen all to often from twigs, bunches of grass, you name it!

[@HallnoutMhall]

Good evening Morgan's. Mike good luck tomorrow morning. Sunday ends our rifle season. I haven't been able to be out much this year. Looking forward to muzzleloader season nxt Saturday. Anyway tell the family hello, good luck, be safe and have a day!

[@Sylvan865]

I've always use a shopvac to suck the string through. It's amazes me every time how quick you can suck the string through. The first time I didn't step off the string to the length that I needed and I ended up with about 100 more feet of string then I needed. Glad there is more than one way to skin cat or hopefully a deer in your case.

[@OrangeismyNewGreen]

Great tip Mike, I’ve seen the vacuum trick but this is a first with a blower 👍🏻

[@InTheDarknessWhereIDwell]

That is how we laid underground power lines in a sub division I helped build, with a vacuum truck. Make a wad of rags and tie the rope to it. The rope was similar to what the electrician left for him to use.

[@gymsreviews8155]

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[@danielmitchell2659]

For the guys who don't have a leaf blower use a shop vac and fyi you should always mark your underground with caution tape and a different kind of fill over pipes water electrical ECT. So down the road when you sell or have passed on to greener pastures who ever is digging sees the different fill then tape and doesn't break what's buried

[@lemuelcasillas7572]

Virtual engineers, they think they have it figured out. There’s no replacement for experience. Love it when you demonstrate that knowledge. BTW nice trick, I learned something.

[@tknoerle1451]

That string & bag trick was great....simple approach got it done! Gotta love it! 😎😀😎

[@er1073]

Mike I had no doubt that you had things under control for fishing to the power pole, I have never heard or seen it done but proof is in the details. That trail camera is busy lots of wildlife going through that spot. Thank you for sharing your video with us good luck on the deer season this year. Hello Hunter. Ed and the rope trick came with special effects, rumbles,sounding air, and a surprise it worked. It doesn't make sense to inspect a trench before being filled in like you said Mike a rain could collapse the trench the inspector wouldn't be able to inspect and you would have to re dig.

[@josephforgione1762]

This is why I continue to watch your channel. Excellent example is Michael using an innovative method of fishing the nylon cord through the conduit pipe. Great idea.

[@ethangarland4006]

I remember plowing the garden for my grandpa with the tractor and before I would get done with it (about 1.5-2 acres) sometimes the deer would come out into it as I was finishing. Idk if it was something about the smell of the dirt or curiosity. He also had an old circular sawmill and he let a guy hunt the property. He was in the woods one day and grandpa wanted to do some sawing so we went down there and fired it up and the guy came out a little later and act like he was mad about it and never came back. We finished sawing that day and we were sitting at the mill talking and looked in the field below that we also farmed and a deer was in it. Lol

[@davidkaufmann4513]

In the off season, you can hang milk jugs (painted or not) in the Mini Cabin windows. The deer get used to the movement and will be less likely to spook when you move around while hunting. It works for sure. We do it in all our stands in the off season with great results.

[@SwimCoach8]

Agree, I'm a shop vac man. Also, ran some conduit in our home, my boys wanted to hard wire the internet. When we upgraded our FiOS service the electrician looked at the conduit and asked where's the string. I was like what? He told me to always pull a string with your wiring. Then it's there in case you need to add in the future. God luck....hope ya clang a big one!

[@maintenancebynathan2150]

LOL! Now YOU have ME second-guessing MYSELF! LOL. Great idea! I will gladly fire up the leaf blower rather than lug around a shop vac and hose and extension cord! Thanks Mike. And threading a rope or the wire through while installing IS A MAJOR PITB!

[@russvtguy]

Always a good day when an old dog learns a new trick.

[@millcrafters]

Leave it to you for coming up with the ultimate solution. I had mentioned it to you, and thought some sort of air pressure would do it, but for the life of me I couldn't figure out what you would do to attach whatever to the end. Little did I realize a simple plastic bag is ideal. Great idea. I would do some preventative measure when running the new line, or even easily feeding through the old one, and that is avoid any rain water build up in the pipe. If by any chance in the new run you get a valley in the run, and water gets in there, the paper bag would no longer work. So if you make a fresh run, and haven't blown the bag through protect it from rainwater. Of course the easiest thing to do is be sure and do the bag run right away when running fresh runs.

[@ryanamendala6524]

Ha! Here in NW Oregon (where it rains a little bit) you absolutely need to get your trenches inspected. We are set up for it....you just call the day before you need inpection and they show up next day. Also max bend radii of 270deg total. This includes the 90s at either end.

[@Newman81964]

I have been seeing deer all over the place around my mobile home, but with deer season opening today, I haven't heard a single gun shot so far. I personally have seen some 6 point, 8 point, and even some 10 point. When I worked as an electrician (commercial / industrial), we used a shop vac to do the same thing with getting the string in the conduit.

[@davidcaughman4044]

Good morning Mike! That trick with the bag was great!

[@tinachambers4887]

Hi Mike thanks for the videos I enjoy watching them have a day love from TEXAS

[@thecomoroskys]

Hello from Idaho Mike, I truly enjoy the Morgan family’s way of life ,work ethic, and values. Keep up the great content. God bless America and your family!

[@davidmorse8432]

That works great for larger diameter conduits but for one inch and down I still think the shop vac is better. Also consider the direction when pulling fishing string or wire. Pull in the bell to spigot direction of the pipe sections because inside of each connection there is a sharp inside diameter edge of the spigot end of the pipe that must be crossed many times. It is better to cross this edge in a direction that is toward the bell because it reduces the scraping effect of this internal sharp edge on what ever you are pulling or in Mike's technique, pushing.

[@117JRA]

G'day from Down Under. I wish I had access to a couple of truck loads of all those wonderful leaves for my compost making! Bit of untreated sawdust, handful of fert and some cow manure and it's hard to beat. Mike, with all those leaves and your ready supply of fresh sawdust all you need is a few cows and there you have another side-line business hi hi. Beaut conduit trick BTW. Keep safe all.

[@mikerobbins5049]

Deer season (Rifle) has been in here for a couple of weeks now. I have seen very few deer this year compared to other years. But I did see an 8 pt this morning that might score 110 -120 B&C. If he survives he’ll be better next year. Your hunting blind has inspired me to build a new one for next year. It wont be as fancy or large as yours. On 4 x 6 skids I think so I can drag it from place to place.

[@tedtriche407]

Any good electrical person will tell you to get a "RAT" of a size appropriate for 2 1/2" conduit (used to blow a very small nylon string) through the conduit with a Co2 cylinder and then all your pulling rope to it and pull it back through the conduit. Your method will work just fine for a shorter conduit run. A conduit run over 200 feet usually takes more pressure with a sudden blast to make it. Your common sense is working for you most of the time so just keep on doing what you are doing. I am an electrician with over 40 years of experience.

[@tomeckermann6343]

I knew you had a plan for the string. I just didn’t know what it was. Great idea. As my dad used to say “That’s slicker’n snot on a brass doorknob!”

[@larrypalmer2415]

you used the ol snot analogy too!! lol

[@barnhooty2956]

The door latch can lock itself as happened to my work shed. The door slammed hard from the wind which bounced the hook up and down into the eye. After repairing the door/frame I reinstalled the eye on the door. We always used compressed air from our mobile compressor on our job sites to blow a small line/rag through the conduit. The cordless blower works great in certain situations. Good electricians are just full of tricks.

[@blade_monstababy9945]

Now that’s a way to solve a problem! Yea to go Mike! You probably made a few of us say....Wished I thought of that! Way to go!

[@nelsongibson5721]

Mike... We like how you do it..and what you do..

[@hobypatrick]

The bag through the pipe was awesome. I would have never thought of that. Ingenious solution.

[@mrmombo]

I’m a city type and I’m always amazed on how you figure out how to do the things you do, it’s magic

[@ericbiue1384]

Very slick with the string Mike

[@stewartmcardle8149]

Ingenious method using the bag and blower.👍

[@rphiliprogers]

Good morning everyone. Hoping to do some leaves this today once it warms up. It is small business Saturday, If you can get out and support your local, family owned small businesses Stay safe, be humble & kind and Have a day.

[@bobjoy7755]

We use a sponge "Rabbit" and blow it through just like you did the plastic bag! Works very well!

[@josephpedone2004]

Good morning Morgan family ☕️ COOL TRICK... I put the bag at the opposite end and use a wet/dry vac, have a blessed day

[@joeynoname7023]

Hi Mike, you are a Genius, that was such a great idea. Great Job and video.

[@bobbyd6499]

Mike, you are a PURE GENIUS with that string thing! Thanks again for the ride along. Living here in the “concrete jungle” (near west suburbs of Chitcago) it gives me the RIGHT perspective on life. For those of us chumps who can’t afford those things, your channel brings me “Peace of Mind”. Hey, wasn’t that a Loggins & Messina song back in the day? Did I ever mention that in 1979 in high school study hall, I used to draw maps of my (potential) property with trails and small cabins, and trail connections to other neighbors and daydream about how I would roam about my property to “survey the land” so to speak? YOU good sir, are LIVING MY DREAM, and NOW, I get to live it vicariously through your own adventures. Once again, I thank you for literally “SAVING MY LIFE.”

[@timtaulu9914]

Good morning With the high volume of air that the leaf blower produces it should work well but generally vaccum works better. If it gets stuck in the tube try a vacuum. A vacuum tends to move product thru tubing. In the plastic industry vacuum is used to convey the plastic resin to the machine. They have plastic spools different sizes to pull the string thru the tubing..

[@007twm]

Cool bag trick. I hope you enjoy deer season and stay safe.

[@donalddodson7365]

Great tip on the pull line into the conduit. I put in 140 feet of 4" about 15 years ago for the power to an electric gate we never installed. I figure the pull cord is long rotted away and was thinking I might have to dig up a couple of access points. You solved the problem! Thank you! Happy December.

[@frankdimarco8931]

What a creative solution to getting the string through the conduit. Never would have thought that would be a solution and, yes, I've been wondering how in the world you were going to do the task. Brilliant. Loved it.

[@kevinsquibbs8415]

Thank u for the great idea for getting the string through the pipe

[@Warren76317]

I actually did this about 12 years ago. Works like a charm. lol

[@mpybals8002]

It’s even more fun if you use the jackhammer compressor. If you lost one end of the pipe and it got buried or you are trying to locate an old pipe the compressor will blow the line through and clear the dirt away at the end plus shoot the string 20 feet into the air.

[@tombo552001]

Hey Mike, we use to use a ballon on a line and blow it through, your way works great.

[@Nileswolctt10]

Great tip with using a leaf blower and string to get your rope through the conduit. I’ve spent a lot of time using a fish tape.

[@plho8443]

Mike, that was a clever trick with the plastic bag and leaf blower! Fantastic! It’s terrific to learn something new, every day!

[@TheChief3102]

Have a day Mike and enjoy your time in the woods!!

[@keithbays2724]

You can also use a smaller piece of plastic bag and use a shopvac to pull it through the pipe with. Same principle, different directional air flow.

[@keithwoznek3429]

Nice game pictures Mike. Have fun with the Huntman.

[@richardgreen5602]

Suggestion....Also run string/line through your smaller conduit for later use.

[@fredhaeger7089]

wow how slick was that. I, like alot of folks wondered how you were going to get a string through the pipe. grocery bag and a leaf Blower, thanks for that lesson!

[@johnlewis777]

Used a small plastic wiffle ball w string tied to it and my air blower. Works everytime

[@williammosher5915]

Always have waited to all conduit was installed and then used shop vac to suck bag anf string through conduit. It also helps to clean debris.

[@rogerbamatutz1927]

I was wondering about running the wire myself. When I was a kid I worked with my Dad on many concrete and digging projects around the house. One time we ran a water line to the lake that was about 2000'. Lots of hand work back then.

[@tomfillmore9710]

that was a great idea with the leaf blower good luck hunting enjoy your days of have fun and be safe

[@PrrrSnickiddy]

Slick trick, Mike getting that string thru the conduit. I would never have thought of it! I was saying to the tv “run a fish tape thru it Mike”. But you had a better idea - much easier!

[@hollandduck79]

hello Mike. which I keep forgetting to explain. The reason that recently I only gave a thumbs up twice as a response (👍👍) is that I have always found out briefly that KZbin already counts this as a response and it saves me a lot of time because I am Dutch and have Dislection , now I have taught myself English through the subtitles for series and movies, now I have to start every reaction in Google translate , and fight with Google translate until I have the sentence correct in my opinion, then copy, and then paste it in KZbin , I've been working on it for 15/20 minutes, THIS reaction has already taken me 30/45 minutes haha, but I wish you could have explained why you keep seeing 👍👍. with kind regards Hollandduck from the Netherlands

[@Morgansunleashed]

oh wow! that is incredible. thank you so kindly for taking the time to enter your comment in google translate and then adding it here. we sure do appreciate it.

[@gbsbill]

Mike: I liked your method, I made a rabbit in the past with styrofoam and used a vacuum. But a plastic bag and a leaf blower is even better. Great Idea thank you!

[@evilbrat5376]

One more way to use a leaf blower & plastic bags, ingenious! Chalk one up again for Mike Morgan.

[@leehobin5132]

Greetings,Wow what a neat way to do the rope.

[@talan841]

Well!...that was one of the slickest things I’ve ever seen!

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Good morning Mike, using a leaf blower to clear the walk-in trail to the single tree blind would help. Good luck and fill your tags. Thanks for sharing with us, Fred.

[@jmfarmstexas9078]

Great Idea using that bag and blower

[@engelmanoutdoors2025]

This is great a mini version of a mandrill in a sewer pipe ! I lay big sewer pipe for a living underneath roads and we use the same concept with a big trash bag a rope and a air compressor with the wand then hook to bigger rope and pull back to connect to the Metal ball to pull back through the line to make sure the sewer isn’t collapsed great video very informational

[@cumminsdieselgt]

Best wishes for Saturday's hunt!

[@mikemcguire8351]

Like the trail pictures. My problem is I like to check them too much, just can't wait to see what I captured. Good luck deer hunting. Thanks for sharing. 🇺🇸

[@marcuswhite3628]

Maybe Santa will bring you one that will send pics to your phone for Christmas!

[@kevinhall2266]

Good luck and enjoy your time in the cabin.

[@gregwagner7125]

Leaf blower Great idea, I wondered how you were going to do that.