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Chuck Davis
9/16/2000
I bored through a n
miss marked GTe cable, they were 24 inches off and everybody on site said that they would not charge us , then 2 months later they sent me a bill for $1240. Anybody have any ideas besides hireing a lawyer
Jobsup4Mastec
9/16/2000
chuck, did you happen to take pictures of everything the day it happened..??? if so just send them to your insurance co. along with the bill, they will fight it for you.
matt L
9/16/2000
eric, as to brakes for your trailer.cones do work preatty well..and if you have a second man on the next stick, have him pull the cable as tight as he can and it should lash up tight and sweet...m.m
Doug
9/16/2000
Eric, I'm not a pro at construction but did you try double figure eighting your lasher and sending out a shot gun?, you can make them out of pvc, you can also make a trailer brake with a pin line, tie it up like a short grape vine
rich
9/16/2000
this is rich from a.k. again looking for a few friends that came down to the lower 48 a couple of years back. just wanting to know how you all have been doing. if any of you read this reply.
Eric the Red
9/17/2000
Eric, you are getting some good advice from these fine people, use it.
here is some more,using partials is part of your problem,they've been pulled off
of loaded,reloaded and toted around town on trailers and probably had cable rolled back up onto
them.Hard to make 'em pretty.trick is (especially for short pulls)set up as short as possible
and basically pull off through a 90.that takes out the "memory".Sometimes I will pull off the bottom if the cable is shitty
or I can't get close to the pole,This helps keep it tight too(takes some practice so try it out in the right kind of place).
Next, keep it tight, don't let slack back
and if you cant help it,those double sets of rollers will keep the wee-wahs down(I like 'em about 3 feet apart on
feeder.Remember no one will see or care about your sweat when the job is done.You dont want your lashing wire too
tight especially single lashing, it pulls your cable back and forth.overlash generaly looks like shit anyway.You can always try "raking"
it back over with your sticks(You do have lay up sticks,right?) but that sucks and will usually only take out the worst of it and it is not worth
your time.If the gigs are killing you,tell them to stick the partials up their @$$. This leaves only a few hundred more tricks left to learn so best of luck
I hope this helps you.
SX
9/17/2000
hey cable dawgs!
i can see most of you dawgs are on the construction side of this and i enjoy getting in on the Info passed back and forth ...I on the other hand after spending 20 years in the catv world have spent all my time in house from installer to chief tech and alot of headend tech and everything inbetween BUT the most embarresing thing bout this is #1...i can not get this website to except my password to get to the chat on sundays or any other of the areas that require a log-in password.(ie)my login password never fucking works!..after sending many e-mails to the web site for help ..i get no feedback..oh well!...that is my 2$ worth...any advise call me here in michigan at734-###-####.....
be cool,and have a great a day!...SX
Jobsup4Mastec
9/17/2000
Does anyone know if Paul Fout is still in Jacksonville??
chris
9/17/2000
I can't get through to your cable descrambler schematics. If anyone knows how to(or has the schematics) please e-mail me.
Jobsup4Mastec
9/17/2000
splicerlife------I FINALLY found out how to get in the cable chat... hurray!!!!
