I haven't seen a lineman in years that can put up pipe like they did in the old days, must be that cheap ass imported coax the mso's are using these days.
and some of it has to do with the integrity of the new era lineman, running 60 mph down the road to the next set up with the coax tail dragging the hi-way
slacking up the reel, no set-up chutes, lack of rollers, hand drag 1000ft across easement fences and suck it up with the lasher, the guy that invented the Magic Box became rich, because of lack of integrity.