Patent ID: 8714526

Claim:
A method for pulling a conductor through a conduit and electrically coupling the conductor to terminating equipment, the method comprising: placing at least a bare metal portion of the conductor into a body portion of a pulling eye; crimping the body portion of the pulling eye onto the conductor, wherein crimping the body portion of the pulling eye onto the conductor comprises applying a plurality of crimps to the body portion of the pulling eye and wherein adjacent crimps of the plurality of crimps have differing rotational alignments relative to one another; attaching a head portion to the body portion of the pulling eye, wherein the head portion is assembled to a pulling rope or cable; pulling the conductor through the conduit by means of the pulling rope or cable; detaching the head portion from the body portion of the pulling eye; and attaching a lug assembly to the body portion of the pulling eye, the lug assembly comprising an attachment portion and a lug; and electrically coupling the lug to the terminating equipment.