Patent ID: 9077163
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: F16L,H02G

Abstract:
1. A cable trailer to support a cable drum weighing up to 10 ton and for laying cable in or along a trench, including a trailer chassis having an internal aperture enclosed by a tail gate, said tail gate can open or be removed to provide access to the space of the internal aperture; two mounting arms to mount the cable drum, said mounting arms are spaced apart by the internal aperture and are substantially equidistant from the tailgate; a bridge having a cable director to facilitate removing cable from the cable drum; at least one cable support arm extendable from a side of the chassis; a plurality of cable guides positioned on the at least one cable support arm to facilitate directing cable; and hydraulic ram system for positioning of the at least one cable support arm and mounting the cable drum on the mounting arms; wherein in use the cable drum is mounted on the mounting arms within the space of the internal aperture and the cable is passaged via the cable director and cable guides to the trench.