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Subject: [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS
From: n3rr@erols.com (Bill Hider (N3RR))
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 13:35:29 -0500
YES, WE ARE!

I am replacing my cables at 12 year intervals, just as the rust begins to
show.
Tower now is 17 years old.  HG-52SS. On its 2nd set of cables.

Bill, N3RR
www.erols.com/n3rr


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Dial" <diale@mindspring.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS


> When you say "proper maintenance", are you including replacing the cable
at
> scheduled intervals? I'm curious if anyone is doing that.
>
> BTW, I have a US Tower 50' trailor/portable tower that has been in service
> for three years (still new) trouble free so far.
>
> Ed  WA4RYW / VK2IOS
>
>
>
>
> At 08:23 AM 3/14/2002 -0700, mcduffie@actcom.net wrote:
> >On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 09:57:04 -0500, Sherman Leifer wrote:
> >
> > > So, if you have had a crank up tower where the cable has busted and
the
> > > tower then came down vertically, please send me an email letting me
know
> > > your location by city, the tower Manufacturer and model number, and I
will
> > > compile all the statistics and let everyone know the results.
> >
> >Uh....how about also taking info from people who have NOT had a problem,
> >so that viewers of your info can also see that a properly maintained
> >system doesn't normally have that problem?  It's too easy to not do
> >maintenance and blame the equipment for not running forever.
> >
> >gm
> >--
> >There is no x in my ISPs domain name.
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