Greetings from West Palm Beach, Florida
I am getting ready to re-cable my 54 foot tower and wanted some advice.
The tower has been up for 16 years. I have replaced one broken cable and
the main wrench in the past. The cable that broke was the one that
supports the tilt-over. I have noticed that the tilt-over cable has
significantly more rust on it than the original cables that came with the
tower. This leads me to suspect that the quality of the cable from a
local wire rope and rigging company is not as good as the cable that came
with the original Tri-Ex tower. Or possibly the original cable had been
treated with some form of preservative.
Now that I am getting ready to redo all the cables I wonder if there is
some treatment that I should be applying? I have the replacement cable
set from Tri-Ex and hope that the quality has not suffered there over the
years.
All comments welcome.
Terry - W6LMJ
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