[TowerTalk] How to apply lube to HDX589

[Steve Dyer]

Andre,
I'd like to understand the economics of how you get the cables replaced cheaper than a few minutes of time and a couple bucks of lube. I'll come over to your point of view real fast then.

73,
Steve



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 From: Andre VanWyk <kr5dx at yahoo.com>
To: "K7LXC at aol.com" <K7LXC at aol.com> 
Cc: "towertalk at contesting.com" <towertalk at contesting.com> 
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How to apply lube to HDX589
 



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On Jun 14, 2013, at 9:56 AM, K7LXC at aol.com wrote:

> >  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.
>  
>     Well, you don't get a ticket everytime you  speed either.

True but you should not be speeding in the first place ...
>  
> >  Having said this, I regularly inspect cables on my  towers  and replace them if required.
>  
>     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.
>  
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.

73
NJ0F
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