Cut Sheet
Limited geographic availability, consult with your Southwire sales representative. Rope and clevis not included with SIMpull Head™ pulling grip.©2010 Southwire Company All Rights Reserved; June 2010.
SIM Technology, SIM
pull
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service mark of Southwire Company.
Don’t just pull. Pull ahead
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Controlling costs on the job is how you keep your business in business.
It's easy to see how SIMpull Solutions
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greatly reduces the number of steps involved in a traditional installation.
Eliminates making up the head
Eliminates bulky heads getting stuck in conduit
Eliminates re-working head
Traditional Installation
requiring 6 men performing various tasks
Pull rope
and rag
through
conduit
4 x 250 black con-
ductors with ground
arrive at job site,
unload, transport to
pull site, level reels
on jacks
Transport
lube bucket
and rags to
pull site
Phase tape and
check circuits
Make up
conductor
head and
attach to
pull rope
Set up
tugger
Set up to apply
lube to head,
at start of pull,
and at pull
boxes
Start pull, apply
lube at 2 loca-
tion, pulling
speed 6 feet
per minute
Clean lube off
conductors and
enclosure
280
minutes
1680
minutes
70 10 20 10 50 30 30 45 15
SIMpull Solutions
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Installation
requiring 3 men performing various tasks
One reel of SIMpull THHN
®
cable with 5 parallel color
conductors arrive at job site,
unload, transport to pull site,
level reels on jacks
Pull
rope
& rag
through
conduit
Set up
light-
weight
tugger
Start pull,
pulling speed
average 12
feet per minute
20 3010 15
Attach SIMpull Head™
pulling grip to pull rope
76
minutes
228
minutes
Typical overhead 250’ pull,4 conductors 500kcmil
with 4/0 ground and 4 x 90° bends
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• 1452 Total minutes saved
• 24 Man hours
• @ $75 per hour = $1815 savings
• Reduces installation time by 86%
90
30
45
60
3
Per
man
Total
all
men
1
Per
man
Total
all
men
420 60 120 60 300 180 180 270 90
Savings
New
Old
• Safer
• Faster
• Cleaner
• Fewer Steps
• Fewer Mistakes


