Showerthought: feeder conduit should come pre-lubed from the factory

Last Tuesday I spent three hours trying to pull 4/0 copper through a 60 foot run of 3 inch EMT that had three sweeps in it. We used a tugger and two bottles of lube and it still got stuck halfway. I had to cut the pipe open with a sawzall right in the middle of a finished ceiling. Never again will I trust a long run without a pull box at every second bend. The hardest part was patching the drywall after. Has anyone else had a run go sideways like that and had to bust out the drywall tools?

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kim_johnson512mo ago

What lube did you use? I had good luck with the clear gel stuff.

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dianaanderson2mo ago

Used the cheap stuff and basically turned it into a slip n slide.

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