Here are some pics from a job we went out to do on Saturday, 2/6/10. It's in an industrial area in Melrose Park - this particular run was about 1300', had everything done in around 3.5 hours...we took our time due to the cold and the wind. It was about 12* (F) out with the wind chill it was around -2* (F). Anyways, hope you enjoy!

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Hanging the strand. It was nice to be able to just lay it all out since there were no trucks going anywhere on Saturday!

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Framing the pole, his ugly mug wanted to pose for the camera.

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The strand is getting up there!

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Another one of framing a different pole.

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Gettin' the cable all jigged out in rollers.

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A look down half of the run.

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The jig with the cable in it.

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GO LASHER!



I wanted to post these so some of those of us not in the construction industry can see how it's done, well, a small job anyways.

Where's them cones LD?

Don't really use them on a road on a Saturday that gets all of 5 cars down it an hour.

GRAVY!!!!!!!!!
WP

I was beginning to wonder what kind of contractor you all was, then I finally noticed the mule tape between your jig and your finger, and on the drill too. I then knew that you were a true blue contractor brother. Mighty surprised to see you followed neutral and didn't just drive it off! LOL

Hey, are those tie wraps you are hanging on your rollers? I use rubber bands, when I'm flying the bucket, but tie wraps are a good ideal that would save time. That would work better when you have to pull out the rollers with a stick too.

Only thing I can't see is some kind of hook or jig made of # 6 copper! Post us a pic of your favorite # 6 tool!

Nice, you can't beat a no traffic day!

Dak

Some of the best gravy gets grabbed on the weekends!

Dak

The PM wanted it done Friday, but I told him it'd get done Saturday when I don't have to fight all the trucks around there for space on the street, let alone in front of some of them driveways!

Gotta love gravy like that though!

There's a few things a true construction guy can use to do anything. Duct tape, mule tape, lashing wire and strand! I was waiting for someone to bring up the neutral aspect, unlike phone who just drove all theirs off. Of course, I was waiting for the proverbial, "Hey, why didn't you follow phone? You just boxed the pole in!"

Yeah, I use tie wraps on my rollers, some guys around here use electrical tape, but this is cleaner because I don't have to go back and pull the electrical tape off when I get done lashing. Since it was just the two of us, we generally will put all our rollers on, the guy comes down (or out of the bucket), one guy pulls the jig while the other moves the rollers with the sticks. Been doing that for a while now, I hate it when I get one roller that would start creeping on it's own when we're pulling out - so this is what I came up with to stop that.

I got lots of stuff made out of #6...mostly they're on my belt when I'm on hooks, and I use them as hooks. On my drill, torch, and my meter I've got some D-rings that come right on and off, instead of copper. A couple months ago we started wrecking out the old cables from this force relocate we were doing, and we made some #6 hooks that we just attached to our belts (not climbing - the belts to our pants), that was big enough to hold a roll of duct tape, so as we're rolling the wreckout up we can just reach back and there it is. No having to set it down or go through pockets!

This post has been edited by lashdawg: Feb 8 2010, 05:04 PM

Ever use berber/carpet

Old school tricks
Gotta love that GRAVY

WP

I bet you had to bring a extra biscuit for that run

Berber as a set up chute? Yep.

Luckily enough I'm high enough on the contractor side of who I did the work for for them to give me a lot of those gravy jobs. But I also don't bitch too loud like some of the other guys when that nasty rear easement stuff comes along!

Since it's Saturday ,do you not a use safety harness, along with no cones?????Just wondering....

OR a Backside 90

maybe he was wearing a belt with a 15" Lanyard. You don't have to wear fall protection if you wear fall prevention.

We don't put cones out when we are placing strand or cable. We are in a work zone and are usually moving the entire time except maybe a quick stop at the pole to set up a block or frame a pole. If traffic is heavy we have flaggers to control our work zones other wise drivers are on their own. We have flag pockets on all four corners of the truck that we use fofr extra attention getters.

Sure...that's what was going on here.

And exactly like LAMF said, we are constantly moving, so there's not a lot of point of setting up cones and what-not in a case like this, what with the minimal traffic and all. Still had strobes and flashers going though! And again, like LAMF stated, if there's a lot of traffic or on a busy road we'll get flaggers out there for safety.

Can't get any easier then that job.

hey what happen to your cones

you should get a t 40 "truck" and just jig that with the truck,would have been done even quicker

Nice first post.

I fail to see how jigging it out with the truck would've made it faster, as I can and have jigged out with that truck before, used it to pull the cable...I get it's faster that you're not going up and down all the time, but cmon dude, it was a gravy run on a SATURDAY. Worked just fine that way, cable looks good, got it all done!

Hey Bake, welcome aboard!! Let me get you a round!

Don't mind the Dawg, he's a little touchy about his work. He does a good job, but not everyone has a T 40 rig.

I notice that you signed on in fiber optics. Want to give this topic a try?

Whad He Say?

Maybe you can make some sense of it.

Dak

This post has been edited by Dak: Mar 6 2010, 03:48 PM