[TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 129, Issue 29
k2cb at comcast.net
k2cb at comcast.net
Thu Sep 12 21:29:34 EDT 2013
Dick - y ou are correct - The first year or so I had my new HDX-589MDPL tower up, I used to find bees buzzing around it all the time. Then about a year and a half later, I tilted it over for the first time, and you wouldn't believe the dead bees I found inside the bottom of one of the legs of the lower most section.
Now that the tower is three years old, I do occassionally get the "rubbing noise " as the tower is raised or lowered and the upper and lower welded-on guides rub against the inside / outside of next inner / outer section . And I no longer have bees swarming around the tower. Any c oincidence?
I have been contemplating the idea of applying beeswax once again, but I think it is a job for the next time I tilt it over. No easy way to do it vertically, even with the tower cranked down.
FWIW, when the tower was delivered, the beeswax was almost all black due to the dust and debris it attraced during its 1000 mile trek from the factory atop the flat bed trailer.
Eric
K2CB
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Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:39:41 -0700
From: Richard Solomon <dickw1ksz at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Crank-up Tower Lube
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I would think BeesWax would attract Bees, or am I nuts ??
73, Dick, W1KSZ
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Roger (K8RI) on TT <
K8RI-on-TowerTalk at tm.net> wrote:
> On 9/12/2013 4:53 PM, K7LXC at aol.com wrote:
>
>> Remigio, the engineer at US Tower, told me to use beeswax.
>>>
>> Guys --
>> The reason he mentions that is because that's what the assemblers
>> use
>> in order to make the sections slide back and forth when they're building
>> the tower. And the tower is HORIZONTAL.
>> As far as putting something on the legs, I don't see as it's
>> necessary
>> and at the worst it's dangerous because the tower needs to be extended in
>> order to apply the beeswax.
>> I don't see any compelling reason to lube the legs. If you do, the
>> lubricant is going to rub off in a couple of up/down cycles anyway. Then
>> what?
>> If your crank-up is making noise when it's moving, it's mostly
>> unlubricated cables rubbing. After an application of cable lube (e.g.
>> PreLube
>> available from championradio.com), the tower will make very little
>> noise - even
>> if nothing is done to the legs.
>> Cheers,
>> Steve K7LXC
>> TOWER TECH -
>> Professional tower services for amateurs
>> and
>> UST factory authorized installer
>>
>>
>>
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