[TowerTalk] Texas Towers Guy Grips

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 06/08/2000 1:22:24 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
n4zr@contesting.com writes:

> >    Well, you'd better buy a whole bunch then. Preformed Line Products 
(PLP) 
>  >is the only manufacturer of these grips so they're the same-same. The
>  website 
>  >and magazine ads all say Preformed grips so I don't know what the 
confusion 
>  >might be. 
>  
>  Sorry, I had just visited the website and did not find any reference to
>  their being PLP grips.
>  
     They're not easy to find but they're on the Miscellaneous Tower Hardware 
page (Hey, Gerald - how about a listing for this somewhere that's easier to 
find?). The url is http://www.texastowers.com/mischard.htm.

>  I thought I recalled a discussion on Towertalk a few years ago (couldn't
>  find it in the archive) where some folks were selling shorter grips that
>  were designed for utility pole use as guy grips ...   

      Correct. PLP makes MANY different grips for MANY different wire rope 
cables and applications. Preformed Grips are precision devices and are 
designed for very specific parameters; i.e. number of strands, right- or 
left-hand lay, cable OD, breaking strength, etc. You CANNOT intermix them 
without getting into trouble. They even have separate catalogs for tower and 
utility-type applications. 

Cheers,    Steve    K7LXC
Tower Tech 

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