Cable pulling assembly

A cable pulling assembly comprising:

• a cable having an outer jacket and a connectorized end;
• a base assembly including a set of external threads and a first base member in selective engagement with a second base member, the first and second base members of the base assembly defining a cable channel having a cable portion and a connector portion, a portion of the outer jacket of the cable being disposed in the cable portion and a portion of the connectorized end being disposed in the connector portion, wherein the cable portion is in friction fit engagement with the portion of the outer jacket of the cable;
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• a pulling sleeve defining a bore that is adapted to receive the connectorized end, wherein the pulling sleeve is selectively threadedly engaged with the set of external threads of the base assembly.

A method of assembling a cable pulling assembly, the method comprising:

• inserting a portion of an outer jacket of a cable having a connectorized end into a first channel of a first base member of a base assembly,
• wherein the first channel includes a first cable portion and a first connector portion, and wherein the portion of the outer jacket of the cable disposed in the first channel is in a friction fit engagement with the first cable portion of the first channel;
• inserting a portion of the connectorized end into the first connector portion of the first channel;
• engaging a second base member of the base assembly to the first base member, wherein the second base member defines a second channel;
• inserting the connectorized end of the cable into a bore of a pulling sleeve;
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• threadedly engaging external threads of the base assembly to internal threads of the pulling sleeve.

A cable pulling assembly comprising:

• a cable having an outer jacket and a connectorized end;
• a base assembly having a first end portion and an oppositely disposed second end portion and being disposed about a portion of the outer jacket and the connectorized end of the cable so that a remaining portion of the connectorized end extends outwardly from the first end portion and a remaining portion of the outer jacket extends outwardly from the second end portion, the first end portion having a plurality of external threads, the base assembly including:
• a first base member defining a first channel, the first channel including a plurality of gripping protrusions that extend into the first channel, the plurality of gripping protrusions being in friction fit engagement with the portion of the outer jacket;
• a second base member in selective engagement with the first base member, the second base member defining a second channel, the first and second channels cooperatively forming a cable channel that extends through the first and second end portions of the base assembly and that receives the portion of the outer jacket and the connectorized end of the cable;
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• a pulling sleeve defining a bore in which the connectorized end is disposed, the bore having a plurality of internal threads being in threaded engagement with the first end portion of the base assembly, the pulling sleeve defining a passageway that is adapted to receive a pulling member;
• wherein a pulling force exerted on the pulling sleeve is transferred to the outer jacket of the cable through the friction fit engagement of the base assembly and the outer jacket.