[TowerTalk] Tower maintenance person wanted - MN

[h.duck]

I replaced the pulleys and cables on my non motorized HDX572 myself.  Not 
that hard, took most of an afternoon.

WA9YBW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Swinger" <awswinger at earthlink.net>
To: <K7LXC at aol.com>; <fred.hurd at cox.net>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower maintenance person wanted - MN


> Steve - Response per your two bullets:
> - UST's tech did the cable/pulley replacement in 2010. I have all the 
> replaced pulleys should I need them - they are all good per the tech who 
> did the work. Cost for the job then was ~$2500 since the tech did another 
> 4-5 jobs in the area and I got UST (Gary Smith - and/or bosses) to agree 
> to spread the Tech's tvl costs. Latest est to send a tech here (no other 
> jobs) to re-cable my twr is $7500!! I have the cable kit (($313)
>
> - I am with you on the Psych matter - more of a Driver for me than the 
> physics/mechanics of the cables.
>
> - That said, I and all the rest of us who have US Towers and other 
> crank-up towers need a qualified tech source to change out the Cables if 
> and when they need it!
>
> Surely there is a company and/or group of persons out there that can do 
> this work at a more reasonable cost than what I have been quoted by US 
> Tower!!?
>
> Pls respond and 73,
>
> Alan Swinger K9MBQ
> Charlottesville, VA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: K7LXC--- via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
>>Sent: May 15, 2016 12:46 PM
>>To: awswinger at earthlink.net, fred.hurd at cox.net, towertalk at contesting.com
>>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower maintenance person wanted - MN
>>
>>>  - Cables last changed by a UST tech in 2010
>>
>>    Which begs the question who did it and what  did it cost?
>>
>>>  - during 2014/2015 winter (~Dec 2014) cable at base of  tower jumped 
>>> the
>>pulley (I guess due to ice) when I was lowering the tower. So,  cable was
>>riding on the Pulley axle until I could lower it to get at the 
>>cable/Spring
>>end. Used several cans of pre-lube during this lowering process.  Once 
>>down,
>>I was able to Stop-off the cable and release the spring tension to  get 
>>the
>>cable back onto the pulley. Checked for broken strands, and only found 
>>one
>>surface strand broken in the 8-10 ft of cable that underwent the sharp
>>bend.  Otherwise, cables look good and tower works all OK.
>>. . . thus my  concern, at least about the lower cable.
>>
>>>  Comments?
>>
>>    Industry standards are typically for wire rope in a  working
>>environment where it might go thru dozens or hundreds of cycles a day. 
>>Normal ham use
>>is so intermittent that the cables don't get to work much, thus  my
>>recommendation to exercise a crank-up occasionally so that it actually 
>>does  some
>>work.
>>
>>    Your damaged spot was probably relatively small so  it probably wasn't
>>fatal even in the long term. I'm not going to discourage  doing PM like 
>>this
>>but sometimes it's more psychological help.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Steve    K7LXC
>>TOWER TECH
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