Well this type situation came up recently, and the best conclusion was
put the tower in a rest position, one by one or only as you want,
release the desired cable, do nothing else till you tie on a small sized
tag rope, then weave out the effected cable and tie off the tag rope
each end.
Find a wire rope vendor, you have one near you, just might not know it,
but you'll find them. take the cable in and ask for a new one to be
made. they will be very capable of this effort and along the way as the
near final step will "proof" test the new cable to a safety factor of
several times the stated working strength. They will also affix a small
tag stating the test and proof capacity to one eye/loop.
Pay your money and get on home and feed it back thru the maze and bolt
it up and you're good to go.
UST has no magic or special ability in this effort, they are a
capitalistic based corp. But you will have just accomplished getting
the best value for your money.
good luck: mac/mc w5mc
On 6/28/2019 11:19 AM, Lou Laderman wrote:
I need to replace the wire rope/cable on my UST TRX-80HD, which I use with
an HDX-555. The cable got bent (long story) and I’m concerned that it’s
structural integrity has been compromised. Better safe than sorry.
Does anyone know the specs for the rope? It’s ¼” and believe it’s galvanized
(vs stainless), but I don’t know the length (absent pulling and measuring
it), strength to look for (if there is such a spec) or anything else to look
for in a replacement. I called UST but they won’t release any information
about it. I can order a replacement kit but aside from the expense, there’s
at least an 8 week lead time. Any guidance would be appreciated.
73, Lou, W0FK
Lou Laderman, W0FK
St. Louis, MO
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