Patent ID: 7431267

Claim:
An apparatus for pulling cable through a conduit that can be readily secured to a construction vehicle, comprising: a frame including a means for attaching the apparatus to the construction vehicle; a drum mounted for rotation with respect to the frame; a hydraulic motor for rotating the drum, said hydraulic motor being supplied with fluid by a hydraulic system of the construction vehicle, wherein rotation of the drum draws a pull line through the conduit and onto the drum, thus causing the cable attached to the pull line to be pulled through the conduit; a roller guide assembly secured to said frame, said pull line passing through and being guided by said roller guide assembly as said pull line is drawn from or coiled back onto said drum; and another pair of roller guides mounted for rotation within a bracket, with the bracket then secured to a housing which is mounted for sliding movement along a track, such that the housing slides back and forth along the track as the pull line is drawn from or coiled back onto the drum, said track being comprised of two parallel rods that extend along said drum and are connected to said frame.