Cable puller for a week?

I had a week at home in Ely on this video. I was working for a friend of mine who has his own electrical company. He wanted me to help with some cable pulling. I had a good laugh working with all of the lads, most of whom are Sparks, and we had a bit of cable Olympics to keep ourselves in good spirits.
It was great being home every night and spending time with the wife and kids. Didn't last long though coz I was back on the road again the week after.
#electrical
#cable
#cablejointer
#cabling
#electrician
#industrial
#bigcables
#jointech
#electricalapprentice

[@kevinobrien5964]

Many years ago I acted as supervisor to a cable gang of which I'd never met . Around the corner , in they walked . 1 x ex chef , 1 x ex teacher , 1 kid who was on the plus side of 20 stone and their gaffer who looked north of 60 years old . But my God when they pulled cables it was a thing of beauty , perfectly synchronised , perfectly on the call. It was then I realised truly not to judge a book by its cover .

[@TheZoneTakesYou]

big wisdom the value of coordination

[@BR-ft2xg]

Driving over the cable multiple times……. You sir are FIRED!

[@robavis4906]

its interesting to see how other countries do things and the materials that u guys use. Here in the US we use rigid pvc underground.

[@toolbag8449]

Even here in the states it’s totally different, wether it’s the nickname for hardware or a tool whatever may be. Plus here in Chicago we only use emt and rigid conduit and also rigid pvc. Like you said it is pretty nice to see how other countries do things different

[@liveoak227]

Had to pull 6 feeder cables 3 floors up an old dumbwaiter shaft in a 100 year old building few weeks back. Fine workout for all of us.

[@LGBTQKEKW]

Damn respect

[@nasrabuhudayfah]

Remembers me of when I first began as a freelancer: I started with a company focused on this duty. There we stood, one vice president of a gang motor club, one unbelievable strong and big polish guy and one adventurous guy who just started this work along with our pack leader who was a crazy old man who did this type of work for decades.

[@selske23]

"for the dirty minded", while giggling like a child. Great video man!

[@briwire138]

That's hard graft. Done the occasional job like that and didn't particularly enjoy it, but it makes it easier with the right gear, which we never had. Found the Kevlar gloves invaluable. We used to coil cable up (and uncoil) one loop at a time and walk it along. No need for gym membership with work like that.

[@liveoak227]

I like that flexible duct yall use for underground conduit. Here in the states we have to use rigid pvc.

[@spikester]

Our code is weird same in Canada, calls for rigid PVC with unarmored cores. Why not just use flexible duct with armored cable instead if its cheaper to utilize, maybe it has something to do with cold weather but that wouldn't apply in more southern states either. Otherwise it just seems more expensive for no/little benefit over some good steel armored cable like seen here.

[@peterthomas9440]

‘Bout time! Arms too knackered to upload from all that cable olympics eh?

[@edglue6138]

Bald & Bankrupt is great. Much like yourself sir

[@jamesellis3542]

Both called jack😂comedy gold

[@bethwillshaw5807]

This is just so cool to me haha I’m a first year apprentice currently working in domestic but I’d love to do work like this one day!!

[@pvegod1484]

Same I’ve worked domestic mainly for 4 years. Done bits of commercial and factory work but this is something I’d love to do 😩

[@BTurner.]

Spent eighteen of the happiest years of my life as a cable puller. Now I’ve got knackered knees.

[@blackmist12345678]

Knew pads are a must

[@BTurner.]

@@blackmist12345678 It’s not that, it’s the constant pulling of heavy cables by bracing your knees, a bit like tug of war.

[@hughedwards3826]

I do believe Mr Bundy has a common love for the Spreads 👍🏼😂

[@sergiofernandez3725]

I wonder how much it cost them to downgrade the single 630s to 500s including labour? I bet a robust discussion between them was involved. Keep up the good work YNOT

[@kmcat]

Probably more of an assurance decision to guarantee the cable will last x number of years

[@WilliamPayneNZ]

Some amps going into that place.

[@krich106]

Was like how come you want to bring it all up there. Then I saw the gauge of the wire and length... Holy shit.. -edit I obviously haven't done enough commerical. Highest amp I worked on was 320

[@liamorourke2777]

I do the aslaids for the cables in my area from 25cne etc up to 300triplex or awc al day long different building sites or fields were overheads ars taken down to just a joint hole outside a cabinet ...

[@Johnq440]

Shit they should just hire an Ironworker for this electrical sub that just looks like rebar wrapped in shielding

[@jasonmart1081]

Good video. Takes me back to pulling in cables with a forklift (no winch), or another time it was in a factory and we used the overhead crane 😁 I laid some cables (baby ones) at an office block for an oil refinery, I lifted the floor tiles to look for the tray work and it was just sand. No containment. It was in the desert 😅 You just laid them loose on the sand! Simple job, except for the scorpions! Any reason you didn't reuse the ducts you pulled the original cables from?

[@derrick9635]

2022 and bulshit lifting of things unnecessarily still going on . Top job lads .

[@jamestaylor5814]

Great video, thanks for the insight. What size is that cable and how many cores?

[@FREEDOMLOVER1000]

that stuff is like 40 bucks a foot. neat

[@michaelwilson4316]

Get something on the end of the metal tray coz it will slice ya cable open...."bend set"thts the lingo lift..take some bak.figure 8.coil.twist.

[@HarveyJames]

Right near me this in in chatteris

[@dandickson6507]

how to fuck your back up

[@abdalrahmhamzza7487]

That's awesome...from sudan

[@assassinlexx1993]

Just before I retired. We got girls working on cable pulling. It was a utterly horrible experience. They have no upper strength and weighted a hundred pounds. So instead of 4 guys with a beer belly you got two guys and two girls that needed rocks in their pockets to stop them from being blown away by the wind. They were great at getting coffee not pulling cables / lifting boxes.

[@djturbine7565]

What a surprise. Maybe you could have given them a job more suited to their strengths like some second fixing or containment? Most blokes I know would be useless at pulling cables too, no need for the sexism.

[@assassinlexx1993]

@@djturbine7565 you just proved my point. If you can do the job, you quit and be a waitress. No difference it you are a guy that can't do the job your fired. Whiners need not to apply.

[@djturbine7565]

@@assassinlexx1993 Absolute snowflakes eh. Maybe if they spent less time buying lattes and watching Netflix, and more time in the gym, they would succeed?

[@Frieslick]

We have the same problems with these females being pushed into work they have no business doing. Nobody wants to work with them, because they’re utterly useless. Don’t have the strength or mentality for man’s work. Fish out of water type stuff.

[@assassinlexx1993]

@@Frieslick Plus they wanted the same pay for a quarter of the work.

[@TechOne7671]

Hey Tony, I would have came down and helped you pull out them 630 singles!! Cheers mate.

[@corymac]

Cool vid pal

[@AGRElectrics]

Proper machine you are like!!

[@yaseensheikh9470]

Really hard work

[@dfazen89]

Has anyone ever told you that u could pass as Lil Clive lol

[@jimsvideos7201]

Is there any value left in those pieces you pulled out, or are they for scrap?

[@Jay369]

Big value in scrap 🤑🤑

[@GarryHook]

Wow, very impressive would not like to be in charge of that job

[@michaelwilson4316]

Did pulling for fb taylors for nearly 20yr..l.c.h card

[@StubbyPhillips]

Can you tell us what some of these places you show us are used for?

[@whatevernamegoeshere3644]

What's worse? 4x90 cutoffs or a roll lightning protection strap (2x25 galvanized) that you always need on the rood for some odd reason? :D

[@jackgower3606]

Saw your high vis here - phoenixme. Did you work on the data centre out in Belgium?

[@owenlewis7782]

what rope winch is that?

[@jamieh8667]

Also interested in the winch make/model

[@Nickgowans]

Don't let the pikies see those cables they'll be out in their excavators and digging them up before the end of the job

[@Tmoney064]

mate at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="750">12:30</a> looked a little confused ay

[@michaelwilson4316]

While ya stood doin nowt make some wires up

[@topikbase]

I am a HV/LV cable puller.Please help me to find a job

[@Gr1m420x]

As a 10 stone wet electrician I do not envy you boys lol good job tho 👌

[@danielmihai5]

Cable pulling, or the best way to destroy your own spine. This is one of reasons that i never intend to work in UK. When is about lifting objects, safety looks last there! In rest: good job, guys.

[@timothywalch7102]

Being that you're going through all that trouble to pull that cable from that conduit no I didn't you go ahead and set up your wheel and put it back on the wheel as you pulled it out would have saved you time

[@keleighshepherd345]

I spent 4 years living in this unnatural flat hell scape, I'm a lass from the North West, hills are my home!

[@keleighshepherd345]

I work in a hospital as a linear accelerator electronics engineer, we've recently had a week of a cable gang working *hard* outside the office running cabling for the combined heat and power plant they've installed And when I was in my late teens I spent weeks every summer pulling cabling around festival sites from the genset villages to each stage and backstage, hard but satisfying work. I'm far too broken a human now, but I always enjoying being the strongest there with my 5'10 rugby playing dyke self, showing the lads what strong actually was 😁

[@bigjagjim]

Did 2 years with a gang from Fleetwood must admit you didnt need to go to the gym after being at a few 400 4 cores🤣

[@verum117]

All these comments are weird this type of craft sucks it's to much labor and work. I am currently doing this in a very hot environment on a dam oil rig hate the job I am gonna quit in 2 weeks pays bad too not worth the work for me

[@livanvazquez8909]

You look like mcgregor

[@kc0eks]

I deal with networking cable and despise any pulls this cable you work with is a whole other level of suck

[@TheZoneTakesYou]

you had to REWORK THE WHOLE CABLE LAY? bro i'd be mad as fuck your whole day got wasted because of part incompatibility good workout tho 💪

[@Luzt.]

I do not understand the need to change the size of cables down. There's no rule preventing you from removing some strands on both ends to accomodate smaller lugs. This is pure madness.

[@Walktheline1991]

You can get narrow palm lugs. You're compromising the integrity of the cable removing strands, it's rough as fuck

[@Luzt.]

@@Walktheline1991 What is this "integrity"? Where is it mentioned im regulations?

[@christopherlawledge9093]

££££££ Christmas drinks wiv cut offs ?