> I am also looking for someone who can change the cables on my US Tower
TX-472 MDPL in Charlottesville, VA sometime in the next few weeks. Will pay
a reasonable fee and tvl costs.
I guess the obvious question is why do you think the cables need
changing? In the crank-up chapter in my UP THE TOWER book, I list 3 reasons
why
you would need to have them changed.
1. Excessive broken strands. With 7x19 cables such as the ones
typically used in crank-ups, that would be 6 broken strands.
2. Serious rust. Cancerous rust - not surface rust.
3. Damage. That would be a kink or flattened part of a cable.
In my over 25 years of tower work, I've only seen one crank-up tower
that I would have recommended on having a cable change.
Tower manufacturers are insurance driven enterprises. US Tower says
you need to change the cables and pulleys every 2 years. This is a 'weasel
clause' - that is, if you don't do that and something happens to your
crank-up, UST can weasel out of any responsibility. They are very risk averse.
This is NOT an exception to the LXC Prime Directive to "DO what the
manufacturer says." That's because UST is NOT the manufacturer of the wire
rope cables.
I doubt that your cables are in such serious shape that they need
replacing and I just wince at things people do or money they spend that they
don't have to.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH -
Professional tower services for amateurs
US Tower factory authorized installer
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