I've seen trees held up by ADSS. Regards, Chuck
On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > And another thing: without a steel messenger, is it more vulnerable to > being broken? I'm thinking of falling tree limbs, etc. > > > On 9/10/2015 9:15 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: > > Ok, so ADSS is in between on price. Much cheaper than figure-8, but > similar labor savings. > > I was wondering about drop cables though. If I have to cross a couple of > poles to get from a closure to the customer premises, I would have no > problem lashing the drop cable to a figure-8, but could I lash a few drop > cables onto an ADSS without an issue? > > > On 9/9/2015 3:36 PM, Jason McKemie wrote: > > Might want to compare figure 8 costs to ADSS as well, the share some of > the same strengths and weaknesses. Lashed has the advantage of being able > to overlash and do mid-span aerial drops. > > On Wednesday, September 9, 2015, Adam Moffett < <[email protected]> > [email protected]> wrote: > >> So It seems like figure-8 is almost 3 times the cost of a separate fiber >> and messenger strand.....but the generally accepted wisdom has always been >> that figure-8 is cheaper. >> >> Seems like you have at least twice the labor in lashed because you pull >> the whole length twice. I don't really have a basis for comparison >> though. Does anybody have reasonable guesses about labor hours spent for >> aerial installation on the two different methods? >> >> >> > >
