I'm in the process of installing guy wires on Rohn 25. This is my first experience using Big Grips. Best thing since sliced bread! My first question is whether it's really necessary to install some s
that using off. The little cone-shaped devices are used to keep the ends from unraveling in cases where you would have ice coming down the guys. In your part of the country you'll never have that pro
< My first question is whether it's really necessary to install some < sort of holding device over the ends of the big grip, and if so, < what? <snip> Rumor has it that the grips can open up if a big
Hmmm.... I'm not sure if I would trust USED grips on a new installation where they had been unwound and then rewound... I buy my grips NEW by the box, directly from Preformed Line Products in Ohio. R
I seem to remember from the instructions that came with the ones I used, that you aren't supposed to undo and redo them unless they've been on for a relatively short time, like a couple of weeks. In
Okay, I skipped over this part. Are you saying you took the Preforms off and reused them or you reused the little ice caps? You can't reuse a Preform after it's been installed for awhile (I don't hav
Thanks for the advice, Tom. I didn't re-use the big grips, I installed new ones. I read on N1LO's site that (according to the manufacturer) you can only unwind and re-use a big grip one time, and onl
I find it incredible that you could actually get the grips to wrap if you used the wrong mark when wrapping an insulator - would have taken quite an effort! What size insulator did you have...were th
I have dozens of 3/16 inch grips attached to the smaller (1+ X 2+) insulators, ALL wrapped from the first marker. NO problem. Tom N4KG On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 08:32:34 -0400 "Mike Gilmer, N2MG" <n2mg@eha