[TowerTalk] How to apply lube to HDX589

[Andre VanWyk]

Alan,

I am not home but I should have the info on file and will get with you off list next week.

73
NJ0F

Sent from my iPhone

On Jun 15, 2013, at 9:14 AM, Alan NV8A <nv8a at charter.net> wrote:

> 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:
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>>>> 
>>>> 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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