Cable Pulling Tools & Equipment

You don’t get paid to calculate wire pulls. You get paid to complete them. Learn how Southwire’s free wire pull calculating tools help you save time planning projects, so you can get to payday sooner.

Go On the Job with Knobelsdorff Electric to see how they were able to execute a more efficient wire pull by partnering with Van Meter.

Using your own strength for your circuit wire pulls is possible, but how is your body going to feel at the end of a full day? How about the end of the week? It also takes multiple people, so you’re using up hands that could be doing something more productive on your jobsite. To help you save energy and get more done, here’s how to do a one-person circuit wire pull with Southwire’s wire pulling tools.

There are several items that are often overlooked and forgotten when setting up for a wire pull. If one of your workers has to go searching for cardboard and duct tape, a clevis or even the pulling rope itself, you’re losing valuable time. That’s why Van Meter recommends preparing upfront with a wire pulling rope kit. To help you prepare for future wire pulls, here is a checklist with everything you need in your pulling rope kit.

Do you ever wish your job could be a little more tiring? Or that you could get home later? Or that your tools were more complicated? Well, then this is not the conduit bender for you. But if you are interested in a simpler, easier, faster conduit bending experience, watch this video or read below to see why Southwire’s MSB2000 is the most convenient conduit bender to use in the field.

Do you have a wire puller that can keep up with your largest wire pulls? With a 10,000 pound peak pulling force and continuous pulling rating of 7,000 pounds, the Maxis XD10 Extreme Duty Cable Puller is built to handle your most extreme wire pulls without slowing down. Watch Adam Bayliss, contractor services specialist, demonstrate how to set up the XD10 for an overhead wire pull, or follow our step-by-step guide below.

If you are looking for a versatile wire tugger that can handle most of your wire pulls, look no further than the Maxis 6K cable puller. In addition to saving time and effort pulling wire, the 6K can be set up by one person in less than two minutes. Watch Adam Bayliss, contractor services specialist, show you how to set up the Maxis 6K cable puller for an overhead wire pull, or follow our step-by-step guide below.

Need 1100’ of rope but only have two 600’ ropes? Don’t want to stop your wire pull once the clevis gets to the capstan? Southwire’s QWIKrope Links are braided links that can connect two eyed pulling ropes together for more flexibility in the field. Instead of using your metal swivel clevis to connect them, check out the Qwikrope links soft shackles.

Tired of knocking knees and shredding shins? Old “knee-knocker” style jack stands can be difficult (and painful!) to transport across jobsites and require more effort to load wire reels. Want to know how you can more easily and safely set up, transport and pull wire from your reel stand? Here’s how Southwire’s QWIKjax reel stand can improve your next wire pull.