> Looking for a manual on recabling this tower that has a motor drive .
>getting ready to re-cable 14 year old tower . This summer
Howdy --
There ain't one. Tower manufacturers are insurance driven enterprises and
are loath to pass along any information that will expose them to liability in
case something goes wrong, let alone a manual.
My question is what are the compelling reasons for replacing the cables? In
my experience of 35 years of working on towers including dozens of crank-ups,
I've only seen one or 2 instances where the cables actually had to be replaced.
The reasons for replacement are: 1) damage to the cable (kinks, flat spots,
etc.), 2) excessive broken strands (for your standard 7x19 wire rope you're
allowed to have 6 broken strands) and 3) excessive rust (the cancerous kind -
not surface rust). So unless you have at least one of those conditions, you're
wasting your time and money. I'm just saying.
Cheers,Steve K7LXCTOWER TECH -Professional tower services for amateur and
commercialCell: 206-890-4188
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