We have been getting 2000ft spools mainly for handling weight, it's about the most a single guy can lift and get onto the drop plow. Yea, there is a lot of 100-150ft scraps thrown out. But working from big reels is a royal pain in the reat too.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 5:48 PM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > I can get better pricing on larger drop cable reels, but they get unwieldy. > > If I use short (1000', 2000') reels then I feel like every single one > comes back with 200' left on it and that's too short for almost any > fiber install. Basically 10-20% is just thrown away in that case. > > What size spools are you getting? Do you guys buy a respooler and have > installers crank out what they need onto smaller spools, or do you equip > installers to handle big reels such as with a trailer? Or what? > > I'm unused to the logistical problems of large quantities of cable, so > I'm assuming I'm doing it all wrong. > > -Adam > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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