IDEAL Industries 31-856 Pro-Pull Rope

Pro-Pull rope is rated at 7,650 lbs tensile strength, so it covers heavy multi-conductor feeder pulls as well as everyday branch circuit work. Rig your pulling grip and swivel to match, and remember the rating is the rope's breaking strength, not a working load you should plan to hit.

For short runs or a couple of small conductors, a fish tape or steel fish line is the faster tool. Rope this size is for the other job: once a line is already in the conduit, you attach the 5/8 inch Pro-Pull rope as the pulling line for heavy cable, and its low-friction polypropylene surface lets it slide through the raceway and around bends without binding. It is a pulling line, not a way to get the first line through an empty conduit.

It is 5/8 inch diameter rope on a 600 foot reel. The 5/8 inch diameter gives you something you can actually grip and put a winch on for long conduit runs, and 600 feet covers most single runs without splicing.

No. The polypropylene construction will not stretch, rot or mildew, so a wet duct bank, a flooded underground run, or a reel stored in a damp gang box won't degrade it. That is the main reason crews run poly instead of natural fiber rope on outdoor and underground work.

Order IDEAL Industries 31-856. That is the manufacturer part number for the 5/8 inch by 600 foot Pro-Pull polypropylene rope reel.

The Pro-Pull rope has a non-sliver surface and can be handled bare-handed, unlike a stiff twisted poly rope that shreds and splinters. Gloves are still a good idea on a hard mechanical pull for grip and rope burn, but the rope itself isn't the reason you'd wear them.

The construction is rugged but lightweight, which matters when you are carrying a reel up a riser or feeding from a lift. It is supplied on a reel so you can pay it out and rewind without birdnesting it in a bucket.