[TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 102, Issue 27

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In a message dated 6/19/2011 9:48:22 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:

terry at oltraining.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Care of Crank-up Tower  Cable (Wire Rope)
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Cc:  w6lmj at arrl.net
Message-ID:  <CA226F64.3E315%terry at oltraining.com>
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Greetings from West Palm  Beach, Florida

I am getting ready to re-cable my 54 foot tower and  wanted some advice.
The tower has been up for 16 years.  I have  replaced one broken cable and
the main wrench in the past.  The cable  that broke was the one that
supports the tilt-over.  I have noticed  that the tilt-over cable has
significantly more rust on it than the  original cables that came with the
tower.  This leads me to suspect  that the quality of the cable from a
local wire rope and rigging company is  not as good as the cable that came
with the original Tri-Ex tower.  Or  possibly the original cable had been
treated with some form of  preservative.

Now that I am getting ready to redo all the cables I  wonder if there is
some treatment that I should be applying?  I have  the replacement cable
set from Tri-Ex and hope that the quality has not  suffered there over the
years.