[TowerTalk] Reusing guy lines ...

[StellarCAT]

Hi John,

No plans to use anything other than PLP big grips on the philly. The saddle 
clamps happen to be on the 5/16" guy line that I got in this recent 
purchase... I was just saying to 'mate' the 2 ends I'll remove the 3 clamps 
from one end - cut off ~3' - enough to have fresh/un-crimped cable, use its 
(already there) 1/2" thimble inside the other ends 1/2" th and join the 2 
together.

g.



-----Original Message----- 
From: john at kk9a.com
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2016 7:09 AM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Reusing guy lines ...

Decades ago Phillystran used cable clamps on 6700 and smaller but not
11200.  Early HPTG 11200I that I bought had factory installer spelter
sockets. You can still order it this way or use Big Grips, at least on
newer Phillystran.  I would not use cable clamps with this product.  If I
installed the Big Grip I would not hesitate to reuse it.

John KK9A



To: "tower" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Reusing guy lines ...
From: "StellarCAT" <rxdesign at ssvecnet.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 12:57:05 -0400


I bought 120’ of R55 used ... it came with 2 sets of guys – both 5/16” ...
all
preassembled using 1/2” thimbles and big grips at one end and 1/2”
thimbles and
clamps at the other ... Their individual lengths are too short for my one 
top
guy use (1/2 of the guy is philly 11200#, 1/2 using 5/16” EHS) ... but if I
remove the 3 saddle clamps on one end only I can ‘couple’ the two together
(using thimble to thimble) and then use a new big grip at the
ground/turnbuckle
end...