Dennis Vernacchia wrote:
> Are these available at Marine Supply stores ?
>
> If not where ?
Rigging suppliers? In the San Fernando Valley, for instance, VER Sales.
>
> I have a LM-470D tower that was restrung with Stainless Steel cable ( 1 size
> larger than what
> the stock galvanized cable was )
Did you also change the sheaves? For wire rope, the sheave is sized to
match the rope.. the groove in the sheave is just the right radius so
that the cable is supported over its entire diameter. The diameter of
the sheave is also usually tailored to the diameter of the cable so that
minimum bending radius requirements are met
but the guy did not replace the thimbles
> and they are
> pretty rusty and am thinking I should replace them before putting tower back
> into
> operation
>
> 73, Dennis N6KI
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