yeah thats the stuff, firearms lubricant, its what we use, the main thing
you want to protect your cables is from rust, dirt doesnt really
substantially hurt the cables, silicone grease works but its viscosity is
too thin, you need somthin thatl stick and stay there, , rope core cables
are good too, but not for what we use them for, we lift over 1 ton on the
regular basis, so we use steel wire rope with steel core,
thats what we use anyways
Zac
----- Original Message -----
From: "FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com>
To: "TowerTalk List" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 8:29 AM
Subject: [Towertalk] CABLE LUBRICANT SUBSTITUTES
> My occupation was to work on those electric operated, cable supported
> scaffolds on high buildings.
> I was VERY anal about my cables. We ONLY used approved cable lubricant
> obtained from the cable suppliers.
> Our cables had a fiber wick running down the core which was designed to
> absorb the cable lube and provide protection.
>
> The cable suppliers ABSOLUTELY FORBADE GREASE.
> Anybody who entrusts his tower (read: lives and property) to homemade
> decision substitutes is making a serious mistake.
>
> I may have Cosmoline confused with something else. But the Cosmoline I'm
> familiar with was a gooey brownish greaselike substance which covered our
> military surplus weapons.
> Not only do I think it would trap dirt, grit and whatever. But what a
> miserable stuff to have on a tower you work on.
>
>
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> You May be a CheeseHead if: Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue
of
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>
> Bill H. in Chicagoland
> w9ol@billnjudy.com
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