They work great until someone drops the reel a bit hard and boogers up the
edges of the spool.
From: Adam Moffett
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 9:01 AM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Fiber drop reel sizes
Ever used something like this?
I've got a 12,000 foot reel of drop cable and it weighs a couple hundred pounds
I think. I wonder how well it will actually spin on those rollers.
On 6/10/2019 9:12 PM, Chris Fabien wrote:
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
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