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Rant: I think fishing rods are overhyped for pulling cable through conduit
I keep hearing guys on here swear by fiberglass rods for everything. Three years ago I was working a job in Phoenix, had to pull 200 feet of Cat6 through some old 2-inch conduit that was full of rocks and dirt. The rods kept binding up. Switched to a basic steel tape, took me 2 tries to get it through. Last month saw a new guy spend 45 minutes struggling with a rod set on a simple 50 foot run. Am I missing something or do people just like the fancy tools?
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finley_walker572d ago
Man I feel your pain. I've seen so many guys treat those rods like magic wands and then just fight them for way too long. Sometimes the old school stuff just works better and that's okay.
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morgan_jenkins902d ago
Why do people have to learn that lesson the hard way so often?
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