Any clever ideas for a make shift cabel holder/spooler?

[HappyHippyDad]

Morning all..

Heading off to work very shortly so any ideas over the next hour greatly appreciated

I have a 60m drum of swa that wont fit on my normal spooler. Any clever ideas for a make shift one for the day? Something involving a broom handle I expect

 

[Jay Sparks]

Depending on the weight, you could make one out of 20/30mm metal conduit and angle box's? Or for a temporary solution, use a piece of scaff bar across two sets of step ladders?

Jay

 

[Andy78]

Scaff bar sat on pallets/fork lift forks ?
Make something out of conduit ?
Hire a set of jacks/roller ?
Run it out and struggle with it ?

 

[Richard Burns]

A couple of appliance roller skates (not the full width top ones) upsidedown on bricks.
Conduit bar through an A frame ladder if you don't have two ladders.

 

[happysteve]

The pipe vice on a conduit bender is often more useful than the bender itself...

 

[Jay Sparks]

That looks like quite a small drum......I am surprised it wouldn't fit on a conventional horse! Good idea though.

Jay

 

[Rpa07]

Was that a stock photo you had or did you rush out to set it up to show HHD - either way Good Job.

The pipe vice on a conduit bender is often more useful than the bender itself...
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[Jay Sparks]

The pipe vice on a conduit bender is often more useful than the bender itself...
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Ha ha, I just realised this was happysteve!!lol I thought it was HHD posting his solution, hence my post above about the small SWA drum.lol

Note to self, I must read more carefully!!

Jay

 

[Octopus]

1 x 6 step ladder and 1 x broom

Works for me!

 

[Rosco]

Like jay said I also use metal conduit with angles, I have also got 4 longer legs for the bigger drums. Can be funny watching the apprentice trying to stand the legs straight and wondering why it falls over

 

[happysteve]

Was that a stock photo you had or did you rush out to set it up to show HHD - either way Good Job.

Stock photo I had. And cheers You need to put a saddle or summat on the conduit to stop the drum fouling on the legs of the conduit bender because of the angle of the vice, so it spins freely. But it works really well, and can cope with pretty big/heavy drums.

Ha ha, I just realised this was happysteve!!lol I thought it was HHD posting his solution, hence my post above about the small SWA drum.lol

Note to self, I must read more carefully!!

Jay

lol It's a 50m drum, but only 4mm 2 core.

 

[Idpost]

Here’s one I made earlier. Scaffold bar was hung from a large tree and then wedged into the wall. Supprising it worked well. Cable was about 60m of 16mm 3core swa

 

[Electrical2go]

Have you seen the rack-a-tier....

Rack-A-Tier Cable Dispenser (SRRT) - https://www.electrical2go.co.uk/rack-a-tier-cable-dispenser-srrt.html

Good for a lot of scenarios. Check out the brochure.

 

[telectrix]

2 apprentices and a scaffold pole works well. ghas the added advantage of stopping then texting in working hours.

 

[7029 dave]

The pipe vice on a conduit bender is often more useful than the bender itself...
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Yep done this loads of time, had 3 rolls on.