All, Please.a little help. What size cable is used in the LM354 tower?....and anyone have a source of stainless steel wire rope which could be used as a replacement for the galvanized? Is the stainle
Use 1/4 inch SS cable and you will have no trouble in the future... 73, Ted K2QMF On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:19:02 -0400 "Louis Dietrich" <n2tu@roadrunner.com> writes: ___________________________________
Try Tasjian Towers. You can get a complete cable with the proper fittings. I and the XYL changed out my LM354 in a couple of hours. Carl is a good guy to deal with. 73 Don K5AQ ______________________
Umm, only if the existing cable is 1/4". You can't put bigger cables on a crank-up because the pulleys will only take the original size. I suspect the LM354 uses 3/16" cable. Different cables of the
Hmmm, seems like I said that about a week ago. I also said that SS is not as strong as Galvanized. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Towe
LM-354 uses 1/4 in cable. Stainless is OK. Skip, KJ6Y _Communications Service Co_ (http://members.aol.com/kj6y/skip.html) 818-887-3569 _______________________________________________ ________________
Why does the LM354 use 1/4" when the LM470 use 3/16"? I've recabled 3 of these LM470 towers and the cable replaced was 3/16". SS cable is weaker and costs over 40% more. Bob W6TR -- Original Message
BTW, the specs on the LM 354 Tri-ex tower specifies 3/16" x 7 x 19 aircraft cable NOT 1/4". Look it up in Google under LM 354 Tower Specs. It is the first hit on Google. Bob -- Original Message -- Fr
The LM-470 uses a 4:1 pulley system on the main lifting cable. Has two lifting cables on the next two sections. Stainless is apprximately 10% less in strength but still within the specs. You can actu
First, I presume we are talking about the pull-up/pull-down cables, not the tilt/raising winch cable. I think the confusion comes from the fact that the Tri-Ex LM-354's used to ship with 1/4". My LM-
Well, I just changed out the cable on my 29-year old LM-354 for the first time yesterday. This tower was new in 1977 and made by Tri-Ex at Visalia on the West Coast. The original tower raising cable
1400 lbs is significantly lower than the 3/16' galvanized wire rope sold by McMaster Carr. Their 3/16" is rated at 4200 lb!!! Don't buy that stuff at HD, just go to McMaster-Carr, call them and place
by McMaster Carr. Their 3/16" is rated at 4200 lb!!! He said the safe working load (SWL) was 1400 pounds. Based on ultimate breaking strength (UBS), the SWL is from 20% to 30% but it's not specified.
The LM-470 has 2 cables per section!! You can go to SS cable but they recommend going to 1/4 inch SS. Check out the "Tashjian Tower" web page... 73, Ted K2QMF On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 20:31:46 -0500 "Bob M
If you change to SS cable you should use 1/4 inch instead of 3/16... Ted On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 20:44:29 -0500 "Bob Maser" <bmaser@tampabay.rr.com> writes: _______________________________________________