[TowerTalk] 1st call

[dj2001@isd.net]

Dale to Dale

I dont have any knowlege about First Call company as to their size 
but you are correct, size doesnt mean  much when we're talking 
customer service.

I own a Tri-Ex WT51 tower.  Its going on twenty years old now.  The 
reason I called them was to inquire about the crankup cable.  I have 
not decided to purchase a new cable yet because I inspect this one 
regularly and find nothing wrong with it.  In fact I think it's 
stainless steel cable, there is no rust anywhere and no broken 
strands.  I found a web site,

http://www.wirerope.com/insgener.htm

which has some inspection criteria for inspecting wire rope.  You may 
want to visit it if you have a crankup tower.

If anyone has comments regarding the cable for crankups I would like 
to hear them, I've heard some accounts of cable breakage but not too 
many details, (rusty cable ect.).  I dont crank my tower up and down 
too much and usually the highest it goes is about 35 feet in the 
winter.  I keep it down during the summer storm season.

The big question is should it be changed only because its twenty 
years old (time change) or should it be changed only when defects in 
the cable are found??

Tnx

Dale J.


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>Doesn't necessarily have to be a small operation, Dale.
>
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>73,
>dale, kg5u

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