[TowerTalk] U-Bolt Sources

[Steve Bookout]

What is the obsession with stainless steel?   Use it once and it galls. 
Even with anti seize compound.

I have used hot dipped galvanized for 20 years with NO issues.  I think 
the A36 grade of steel (assumption) is a bit stronger than many of the 
SS u-bolts I've found.  At least, they remove as easily as they went 
on.  I the idea behind stainless steel is great, but I think it's been 
over sold.

Just my opinion.

73 de Steve, NR4M

On 6/2/2023 11:34 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote
> What item on Amazon did you buy that is imilar to DX Engineering's 2"
> saddle clamp with stainless steel u-bol?
> If the DXE clamp pricing and shipping charge is an issue, you could purchase
> a 2" muffler clamp in stainless steel. They are slightly larger than 2" ID
> but readily available on Amazon Prime and many auto stores.
>
> John KK9A
>
>
> Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
>
> Several people have suggested DXE, and not finding what I needed
> elsewhere, I went through DXE's ordering process.  Shipping and handling
> would have been more than the price of the single u-bolt clamp I really
> needed, so I went on Amazon and bought a galvanized version, which will
> be here tomorrow with free shipping  (yes, Prime is worth it for me).
> It seems to me, in general, that DXE's pricing for smaller items is way
> out of line.  For example, their baluns are double the price of the
> identical units offered by Balun Designs - I braced one of their sales
> people about this specific case at Dayton, and (imagine this!) I got no
> explanation worthy of the name (he said "they must not be making any
> money on them"!).
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
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