On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 18:30:59 -0500, Ignoramus22127
wrote:

On 2015-07-19, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 16:01:58 -0500, Ignoramus22127
wrote:

On 2015-07-19, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sat, 18 Jul 2015 23:25:25 -0500, Ignoramus3944
wrote:

On 2015-07-18, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 08:40:29 -0500, Ignoramus23196
wrote:

I just bought this Grove crane:

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Grove-Crane/

It does work, in general.

I am concerned that the wire rope on it is too rusted and may need to
be replaced. I have a couple of pictures on that webpage above and I
wanted to see what you think, whether that wire rope is no longer safe
to use. I have a feeeling that it may be so.

i

NICE crane!!

As for the cable...get yourself 10 gallons of diesel fuel, add about a
gallon of cheap 10-30 weight oil..and a bug sprayer or big floppy
paintbrush and wet down the cable on the drum. Raise the boom as far
as it will go and unspool as much cable as you can and keep "painting"
the cable with the diesel and oil until you cant let anymore out, then
soak whatever is still on the spool ..then roller her back up and you
should be good to go for a while.

I looked at the photos and the cable looks pretty good. That surface
rust isnt much..I was looking for broken strands..looks fine.

After you diesel/oil the cable..it will bleed rust for a time..so dont
park it on concrete, or where you cant get a pressure washer on it.

Gunner

Gunner, thanks in general, but when seen in person, you can see that
the wire rope is rusted bad. I already bought replacement wire rope, I
will oil it generously. I oiled wire rope on the winch of the semi
trailer 6 months ago and it does not rust at all. I am just deciding
between way oil and used hydraulic oil.

http://www.machinerylubrication.com/...pe-lubrication


May we ask what you paid per foot?




$1.67


NICELY done! What kind was it?

Gunner

this is what I bought:

http://www.uscargocontrol.com/Riggin...-2-Lineal-Foot

Short URL:
http://goo.gl/ra3BZ0


Good enough. Dual lays so it wont unwind, decent core and wire. Well
done.

Gunner