Probably good for your mountain path. But farmland (at least here in the Midwest) is sometimes so soft that farmers get their tractors stuck in the fields. I’m thinking mules would fare even worse.
Where utility companies have aerial wires through fields, they usually have easements and the ability to cut crops and bring in heavy vehicle mats to drive across the fields. https://www.newsouthmat.com/ Maybe they have mats for mules. From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 9:50 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Splicing on a pole off road Mules are better than burros. They can haul more. From: Adam Moffett Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 8:44 AM To: af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Splicing on a pole off road Mules. I'll have to look into that LOL On 12/4/2018 10:12 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: Ain’t no easy solution to this. I have one fiber line that goes over the mountains between Telluride and Cortez CO. Hump everything in. Splice it on the ground and do show shoes for the slack up on the strand. Hooks, poles, ladders. Mules. From: Adam Moffett Sent: Monday, December 3, 2018 9:00 PM To: af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Splicing on a pole off road You can definitely mount a splice case on the pole. Whether you mount it at the bottom or the top doesn't make much difference. So for new installation and drop termination you could pre-plan and leave slack in all the right places. The issue I see is when there's a break and I have to develop slack from somewhere down the line or work with what's there. There's also the fact that if I'm in the brush or in cornfield there may be no convenient place for a tent on the ground, and I have to be able to splice in the middle of the driving snow storm or else I'm just a pretender and not a real service provider. So we might have to set up a tent and a work table up in the air and spike up the pole, and all of that crap has to be carried on foot. I enjoy backpacking, but it sounds like a lot of shit to carry. #RuralFiber I'm hoping for easy answers because I'm fundamentally lazy, but my devotion to duty means I have to set aside laziness and just grouse and bitch my way through whatever problem I'm facing. So I know that I can walk out into the bush with all of my crap for splicing up on the pole in the wilderness....I just don't want to. Come on AFMUG, give me the easy solution! On 12/3/2018 9:15 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: But they are OK with a pole in the cornfield? Seems like there should be some kind of splice case you could mount on the pole maybe 5 feet off the ground. Unless you worry that the farm equipment will hit it when making turns in the field. Seems like they would have to be turning within inches of a utility pole though. Of course, that’s one of the reasons utility poles get knocked over in our area. Not sure if it’s due to inattentive farmers, or GPS errors and autosteer. From: AF mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Monday, December 3, 2018 8:02 PM To: af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Splicing on a pole off road That would work in some places for sure. I bet they don't want a ped or hand hole in the corn field though. On 12/3/2018 6:35 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: Run it down the pole and splice in a ped or hand hole. From: Jason McKemie Sent: Monday, December 3, 2018 4:22 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Splicing on a pole off road I've been using a Werner work platform. They're actually made to stand on, but provide me with some work space. Various manufacturers make ladder-mount splicing workstations, most are outrageously expensive though. On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 5:09 PM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com <mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com> > wrote: Do you mount a work table on the ladder? On 12/3/2018 5:39 PM, Jason McKemie wrote: I have several locations that I splice from a ladder on a pole. It isn't my favorite way to do things, but it is workable. If you're going to need to do it in inclement weather, I would probably purchase a strand-mountable ladder tent - providing steel strand is present. -Jason On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 3:54 PM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com <mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com> > wrote: I'm looking at some rural places where for some reason the power company chose to run their pole line about 100 yards off the road behind the houses. I cannot drive a bucket truck to some of these places. Sometimes you'd be crushing a corn field to get there or other times it's brushy and untamed and you couldn't drive anything less than a forestry mulcher through it. How do you equip someone for fusion splicing out in the bush like that? If we build on this route, we'll have to be able to splice out there at some point. 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