[Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS

[Chuck Mills]

Well...to quantify....maybe.  What needs done and when is a hard thing to put your
finger on.  A heavy salt air environment may require a more aggressive maintenance
schedule than other enviroments.  I do not own a crank up but have seriously
considered a full blown tower.  As such, I tried to evaluate what kind of P.M. I
would need to do in order to keep everything healthy.  On my current meager setup,
I  do a twice yearly check on my rotor wire, all nuts, bolts and such, and
periodically check the hose clamps on the antenna, boom to mast plate, u-bolts,
rotor shelf and mounting bolts,  as well as the "state" of the coax.  I take
remedial action on any part of the system that appears to be in need of any work.
My thoughts on the cable would be the same.  If my own (hopefully sound!)
judgement thinks the cable is suspect, it should be replaced ... no set interval
unless the manufacturer sets one for me.  I cannot, however, see how a
manufacturer can not reccomend some time of inspection/replacement schedule.  Am I
way off base here or that a part that you should expect to eventually wear out????



Chuck / W3YNI

Ed Dial wrote:

> When you say "proper maintenance", are you including replacing the cable at
> scheduled intervals? I'm curious if anyone is doing that.
>
> BTW, I have a US Tower 50' trailor/portable tower that has been in service
> for three years (still new) trouble free so far.
>
> Ed  WA4RYW / VK2IOS
>
> At 08:23 AM 3/14/2002 -0700, mcduffie@actcom.net wrote:
> >On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 09:57:04 -0500, Sherman Leifer wrote:
> >
> > > So, if you have had a crank up tower where the cable has busted and the
> > > tower then came down vertically, please send me an email letting me know
> > > your location by city, the tower Manufacturer and model number, and I will
> > > compile all the statistics and let everyone know the results.
> >
> >Uh....how about also taking info from people who have NOT had a problem,
> >so that viewers of your info can also see that a properly maintained
> >system doesn't normally have that problem?  It's too easy to not do
> >maintenance and blame the equipment for not running forever.
> >
> >gm
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