1. Don't push wire, suck a string through with a ball of tape (or the ubiquitous Walmart plastic bag) on the end using a shop vac, pull a heavier line through with the string, and PULL the wire. You're not creating 1000's of kinks that add friction.

2. CABLE LUBE!

"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever."
-S. M. Stirling
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