[TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 48, Issue 98

[K8RI on TowerTalk]

>
> In a message dated 12/19/2006 5:28:16 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:
>
>>   I'd feel comfortable using a guy grip on 7-strand  steel cable tram
> line, since that's what it was designed for.   According to my
> understanding, one can't re-use the same guy grip over and  over... so it
> would have to be tossed at the end of the job (unless you're  saving the
> tram line with the guy grip for reuse at a future date).   I don't know
> how the manufacturer feels about using a guy grip designed  for 7-strand
> cable on wire rope of the same diameter; the manufacturer's  Prime
> Directive applies here.  Maybe there are grips designed  specifically for
> wire rope.
>


Looking at them they appear to use the same grips on EHS as they do 
Phillistran or are looks deceiving?

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com

>
>        You guess'ter, Chester.  Preformed Grips can only be used with the
> wire rope that they're designed for;  eg. EHS for EHS, utility grade for 
> utility
> grade, etc. A Preform is designed for  a specific configuration, lay, 
> number
> of strands, length, etc. and they're  not compatible with other wire ropes 
> of
> the same size.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve    K7LXC
> TOWER TECH
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