[TowerTalk] How to apply lube to HDX589

[Alan NV8A]

I asked the question because nobody (AFAIK) has ever managed to get any 
instructions from UST for performing what UST calls an essential 
maintenance task.

73

Alan NV8A


On 06/14/13 04:23 pm, Andre VanWyk wrote:
> After doing this many times before no need for instructions anymore hi hi.
>
> NJ0F
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 14, 2013, at 4:06 PM, Alan NV8A<nv8a at charter.net>  wrote:
>
>> On 06/14/13 02:56 pm, Andre VanWyk wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> And how easy were the recabling instructions you got from UST to follow?
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Alan NV8A
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