Hi, Phillip -- The industry standards are: 1) damage to the cable. This means deformed, kinked or obvious damage. 2) broken strands. You can have up to 6 broken strands and still be in spec. 3) rust
I can send you a picture of one! I've got to replace the pull-down cable on my Tri-Ex LM354HDSP. I bought the tower used; it had been up for around 5 years in South Florida. Interestingly, the pull-u
It has been my understanding that the size of the cable is determined by the size of the pulley?? k7puc _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
What you say makes sense to me. However: I specifically asked UST about lubing (they don't recommend) and "exercising" (they have never heard of "exercising".) OTOH, it can't hurt, and I never belie
That's an interesting question. Somewhere in the archives is a tale from someone who replaced 3/16" wire rope with 1/4" wire rope and had a failure within a couple years. In researching his failure,
"exercising" (they have never heard of "exercising".) OTOH, it can't hurt, and I never believed in the infallibility of tower manufacturers The LXC Prime Directive is to "DO what the manufacturer say