I'm down at Doncaster cables with Aaron to put the Runpotec x board 3 and 500 through
their paces what does it traditionally replace in the electrical industry you must remember in
your younger days Gary big heavy duty jacks heavy duty bars take them on and off the van and then
carry them around site and we've replaced those with something that you can carry in one hand so
we've got a bit of branding in shot there so we've got three drums of cable in order that we can look
at the X board 300 and put it through its paces which drummer cable we're going to start off with
so we're going to start with the smallest drum so that should be the easiest to position on the
X board 300 and we can just pick that up and put that straight on top okay and once it's on there's
a really smooth action in order that that spins around with that drummer cable on so it's just
a case now of removing the string and one person and one person on their own can obviously unwind
this cable but what's beautiful is obviously is the speed increases and decreases often the
cables jump off the drum rails don't they and then they become entangled aren't they yeah we
can see that there it's just looped underneath but the X board 300 has a chamfered base and the
base actually rotates so it will continue paying off the cable and eventually it will actually pop
it back onto the drum like it just has there okay so we've upped the size now what are we on for now
so we're gonna stay with the X board 300 we'll just have to load that up on top okay and again
nice spinning action so we can see that going around with no effort and this is a good shot of
what happens are the cables dropped off with some distance away pulling it in and then you can see
yeah that rolls straight back onto the drum and becomes the one person job that you want it to be
so the third drum being the biggest of them what we got now so this is three core 16 mil armoured
100 meters and we're now at about 150 kilos okay and you've brought in this rod here where's this
from so this is called the Rumpo stick um you can buy them singly that will attach to the X
board 300 will then be able to poke it through the larger drum okay and this makes it easier to
locate when you're dropping it down is that right yeah so we can poke that straight through the side
we can hold it and give it a little pressure okay and then we can tip the drum straight on to its
side with the X board underneath same as lifting it then doesn't it onto the X board itself so once
that's on again we'll see that's got a lovely smooth motion in order that it whips around
we don't need to uncoil this one but we do need to see what the X board 500 can do so you're in
for the largest drum that we've got in shot and we're going to pop that one onto there see how
much uh that can do that's the wrong one Aaron yeah I don't think we need the X board 500 yet
so we're nowhere near the maximum capacity of the X board 300 so that is 500 Kilograms as a maximum
and that's probably more than we can comfortably lift between us okay so yeah down it goes and
again a nice smooth action that that's incredible isn't it that size of cable drum against the size
of the X board is a massive difference what's this one for this is to test out the X board 500 wow so
what cable is it first before we go for the weight so this is even the ultra 3 core four millimeter
and there's over two thousand meters on this drum which is a 1500 millimeter drum so one and a half
meters high wow that is a big drum now obviously back in the day as we suggested we'd be out with
possibly the forklift that big metal bar that would be concerned about the weight it can carry
a couple of jacks would be concerned that they might tip over but this is still a one-person job
obviously if one person's driving that forklift but once they've located it into position and
dropped it down it can be just that single person winding this drum of cable off yet it looks beyond
the capabilities of one person doesn't it yeah and I think it's really impressive the the weight
that this X board 500 can carry is more than anybody could actually load manually and we're
now having to get to a fork truck to take it up to its maximum capacity which is at 800 kilograms so
once that's dropped on there it's going to have no issues at all it's well within the weight
capabilities it's just it's just mind-blowing isn't it how large that drum is compared to the
X board 500 which is tiny think how much room it's not going to take up on your van in order that you
can use it to unwind cable drums of this size so once the forklift truck's out the way we'll be
able to see how easy this one can rotate around so just pull out that way yeah so there we go so
you want to just give it a little shove around for me and see how easy that one was spins yeah
and you're saying we could add some more weight to it if we had some more ballast we could add some
more ballast at the top of there I'm sure I can find some like a couple of kids in a playground
yeah on the old Merry-Go-Round there they are happy as Larry absolutely unbelievable what the
X board 3 and 500 can do however the X board 500 has got some other top features and you can check
it out in the video just there and if you wonder what these were up to check out the video above it