Prepping to pull fiber into warehouse (part 1)

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2 ай бұрын

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@oldtimefarmboy617 Ай бұрын

Water in the conduit? Translation: make certain that whatever you run through the conduit is water proof because the people who run the conduit may be too lazy to properly glue the conduit together so that it is water proof and/or bedding it so that ground shifting will not break the conduit.

@jeffjones4006 2 ай бұрын

You guys should consider using gas and O2 detectors, you’d be surprised how many manholes have lower O2, that’s a killer.

@lifeasweknowit5280 2 ай бұрын

I appreciate you, we are looking into getting some! Do you have a suggestion on a good brand?

@mrharleyguy2u 2 ай бұрын

MSA ALTAIR 5X@@lifeasweknowit5280

@mrharleyguy2u 2 ай бұрын

Blower also.

@rgodon7552 2 ай бұрын

And maybe some confined space training

@johnnydollar2253 2 ай бұрын

MSA. They have an all in one confined spaces kit too.

@robertsmith3518 2 ай бұрын

Watched a crew take a chance . You don’t get a second chance .

@TheJchulce 19 күн бұрын

Exactly. Real bad deal with that manhole. No gas test to check that it's safe to enter. No ladder to quickly get people in or out. No rescue system to pull someone out if they get in trouble. No ventilation blower set up to get fresh air if needed. Perfect setup for some totally preventable fatalities. Eventually luck will run out.

@user-vb8lx1jm5j 2 ай бұрын

Love to see how this is done in other parts of the world and learn a new thing or two. I do more or less the same work in Sweden.

@lifeasweknowit5280 2 ай бұрын

You should definitely make some videos and post them. I’d watch them!

@jimsvideos7201 2 ай бұрын

Nice bit of handiwork.

@lifeasweknowit5280 2 ай бұрын

Thanks

@BartlettTFD 2 ай бұрын

Looks like the engineers didn’t have any good maps of exactly where the conduit had been installed.

@phuturephunk 2 ай бұрын

If I had a dollar for every time that's happened....And the older the site the worse the location process is.

@Hakuna_Frittata 2 ай бұрын

We hardly ever do. A lot of it ends up being rough approximation based on what we do know, or can find and make sense of.

@stoveguy2133 2 ай бұрын

I QC lumen fiber jobs. The engineering drawings. Used to be on front end. Now I am at the other end.

@lifeasweknowit5280 2 ай бұрын

That’s awesome! Which end is more fun?

@TheSmokie55 2 ай бұрын

Congratulations and welcome to your new youtube experience. Let the subs begin.

@lifeasweknowit5280 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@merlepatterson 2 ай бұрын

Did a ton of cable pulling in the past, back when we had to pull in Cat-3 25 pair copper to MDF's and IDF's. I've worked through the transition from old X/Y stepper switch telecom systems to multi-mode fiber and VOIP. So I know your dilemma well.

@lifeasweknowit5280 2 ай бұрын

Awesome, I’ve only handled fiber.

@merlepatterson 2 ай бұрын

@@lifeasweknowit5280 I have a feeling that with satellite technology (think Starlink) and wireless advancements, even fiber may become as outdated as copper? I know being an old-school PBX programmer/Copper tech from the past, the data networking teams quickly eliminated my job when everything went over to cloud servers from internal private business exchanges.

@rmhanseniii 2 ай бұрын

That wasn’t in the town telephone buildings was it?

@merlepatterson 2 ай бұрын

@@rmhanseniii If you're talking about AT&T 1A2 switches it was, but I worked mainly business systems.

@rmhanseniii 2 ай бұрын

@@merlepatterson ok…I used to repair light fixtures in the old Bell Atlantic telephone buildings and in the cable vaults where the phone wires come in from the street.

@MotFPS 2 ай бұрын

That jeep didn't care about that stop sign one bit @5:30

@ghhfgbbkufgh 2 ай бұрын

stop signs are merely a suggestion

@fibrebeam 2 ай бұрын

Love the vidz! do you guys provide data services or just build OSP for other providers? I own/operate a telecom business in south texas

@lifeasweknowit5280 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Currently we just build OSP for other providers. I’m part owner in this business. Someday I’d like to provide data services but for now we do OSP. Thanks for the support!

@lifeasweknowit5280 2 ай бұрын

What is your niche in the industry?

@fibrebeam 2 ай бұрын

You guys do great work! You definitely want to transition to becoming the service provider, owning the customer, and earning recurring monthly revenue. Best business model. Apart from operating an ISP, I assist new service providers with getting their network designed, edge routing setup using juniper devices, and making sure they have a solid plan to scale/grow. We should talk sometime. Continue the kick ass work my friend.

@lifeasweknowit5280 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Very cool, it would be cool to talk at some point.

@monadking2761 2 ай бұрын

Was fiber certified years ago. Was that a fox and hound you were using and we never pulled fiber. We would blow it with nitrogen. A bottle will blow about 1000 ft. If you need it longer you still will blow it 1000ft at a time and figure 8 it for the next section. If the fiber is pulled, it will internally break. Are you maybe pulling mult?

@lifeasweknowit5280 2 ай бұрын

To be honest with you I’m not sure what a fox and hound is? Lol. I’ve pulled a lot of fiber and haven’t had it break internally. I think fiber technology has come a long way. We have blown Fiber too, it’s a lot less work if the conduit good.

@monadking2761 2 ай бұрын

@lifeasweknowit5280 The fox and hound is the directional beaper that tracks the signal down a wire.

@lifeasweknowit5280 2 ай бұрын

Oh I see, yeah we call it a Locater. The brand is called pipe horn

@masterape330 Ай бұрын

you definitely can pull fiber. it has incredible tensile strength.

@stevesolt4036 2 ай бұрын

So do you leave a pull rope in the conduit for the next guy?

@lifeasweknowit5280 2 ай бұрын

Usually but I did leave one in the 4”. I should have

@ramiroborges7359 15 күн бұрын

Wow guys what's with wearing harnesses and not clipping in. 37% of fatalities at work are caused by falls - stay safe out there, think before you do

@OriginalJetForMe 2 ай бұрын

Can you say how much this job will cost the end customer?

@lifeasweknowit5280 2 ай бұрын

I can’t

@Look_What_You_Did 2 ай бұрын

Colorado? Where? 480 to the south of you?

@lifeasweknowit5280 2 ай бұрын

Yes we work all over Colorado.

@gradyrm237 15 күн бұрын

Why is the MH buried

@cdoublejj 2 ай бұрын

they burry the man hole covers like that? just skimming through video on silent.

@lifeasweknowit5280 2 ай бұрын

I believe the Man Hole got covered during construction on the road and when the warehouses were being built. They don’t normally cover them

@zekemeek38 2 ай бұрын

whenever u can pls buy a better camera

@lifeasweknowit5280 2 ай бұрын

Do you have any suggestions? I use GoPros at the moment

@coyotecreek318 2 ай бұрын

When did blue collar job became interesting?