[TowerTalk] How to apply lube to HDX589

[Alan NV8A]

On 06/14/13 02:56 pm, Andre VanWyk wrote:
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jun 14, 2013, at 9:56 AM, K7LXC at aol.com wrote:
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>>>   I had many crank up towers over  a span of 25 years and never lubed a single cable, nor had a cable snap or fail.
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>>      Well, you don't get a ticket everytime you  speed either.
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> True but you should not be speeding in the first place ...
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>>>   Having said this, I regularly inspect cables on my  towers  and replace them if required.
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>>      By neglecting periodic lubrication, you're probably replacing cables that really wouldn't have needed replacement if they'd been lubed. I'm just saying.
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> Valid argument Steve, but in my world the cost if replacing the cables every 3 years is much cheaper than me spending time lubricating cables on 4 crank up towers.

And how easy were the recabling instructions you got from UST to follow?

73

Alan NV8A