Don't know how installs were 20 ago but as a real cable guy it was get it done no excuse why you can't get up a pole climbing through trees to get a lasher through was common and you didn't dare cry cause it was hard. Saw guys pop holes with a brace and bit all day long. Best strand crew I ever witnessed was Joe Moucha. Those guys were the most hard core I ever saw no tonaka's there.
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