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Old 05-17-2019, 10:20 AM   #3
rhagfo
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Originally Posted by travelin texans View Post
If your cord has the plastic type sheathing on it when it's cold & stiff the power reel really struggles to roll it up. If your cord is the rubber type sheathing it will work much better. The reel also works better if you can fabricate some kind of enclosure to keep as much road grime out off it as possible.
If you get SOOW cable power cord reel becomes unnecessary. I have 40’ of 6/4 SOOW cable and it all fits in a 3 gallon bucket.
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