steel cables and supplies - web sites? - Homesteading Today
You are Unregistered, please register to use all of the features of Homesteading Today!    
Homesteading Today

Go Back   Homesteading Today > General Homesteading Forums > Homesteading Questions


Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread
  #1  
Old 05/02/04, 08:58 PM
 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: missoula, montana
Posts: 1,407
steel cables and supplies - web sites?

I seem to be striking out looking for steel cables and supplies. Anybody know of a good source?
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 05/02/04, 09:00 PM
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: South West MI
Posts: 932
www.mcmaster.com


mikell
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 05/02/04, 09:06 PM
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Zone 7
Posts: 10,559
http://www.us-rope-cable.com/

http://www.surpluscenter.com/sort.as...s&keyword=IAC1

Last edited by agmantoo; 05/02/04 at 09:12 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 05/02/04, 09:49 PM
Blu3duk's Avatar  
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: central idaho republic
Posts: 1,843
I get the wholesale catalog from Tek Supply www.teksupply.com which has a host of corporate farm supply items that can be useful to the small homesteader a swell, although i have not ordered from them, they look to be a place that even a small retailer could get a good deal from [all you need is a state reseller permission tax number]. If not a reseller then their retail outlet is not to bad in pricing www.farmtek.com

I also get the surpluscenter catalog above out of nebraska, but they wont pay shipping cost and out here in zone 5 or 6 it gets expensive on heavy items like cable.

before going to far from home you might try the case, cat and JD dealerships in Spokane as they carry wire rope for logging equipment and so forth, depending upon the size you need.

www.scroungecentral.com is the outlet for teksupply closeouts, they have a few cables that are short pieces, odd size, for reasonable price you have to d/l the acrobat files [.pdf] to see the current list so you need adobe acrobat reader installed but most floks' computers have some sort of version or another.

I just bought a roll of 3/16 for $57 from the local hardware store, so check around locally before ordering online!!!!
__________________
Upon the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions, who when on the dawn of victory paused to rest, and there resting died.
- John Dretschmer
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 05/03/04, 04:23 AM
bare's Avatar
Head Muderator
 
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 1,857
What size cable and how much do you need Paul?
__________________
Iraq casualties
3,410 American deaths to date in Iraq
25,345 Americans wounded in action to date (your guess how many have died since and been uncounted)
$424,000,000,000 to date
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 05/03/04, 09:45 AM
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Colorado
Posts: 1,274
I buy aircraft cable here in Denver for 10 cents a foot. But then, steel prices have gone up a lot lately, so the 10 cents is history. I like the aircraft cable because the tensile strength is much higher. Its much cheaper than the same strength of other cables. Another plus is the diameter is small so I can use cheaper tools. The cutter and swage tool were only about $15 each. The ferules were also cheap.

Check your local big city yellow pages under "wire rope."
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 05/03/04, 10:33 AM
 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: missoula, montana
Posts: 1,407
I need about a hundred feet of cable to hold a tree fort up in the air.

The sites provided have given me a great deal of education. Such as the word "turnbuckle"!

At this point, I think the stuff I want would be 1/4 inch with a vinyl coating. Any problems with the vinyl coating?
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 05/04/04, 12:11 AM
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Colorado
Posts: 1,274
Holding up a tree fort with your children inside is a pretty important job.

I would estimate the load and check the stats on the cable lable. The 1/4" vinyl is not necessarily stronger. It would be nice around the kids. My biggest worry would be the connections. If you use those little clamp thingys to connect the cable to the turnbuckle, they could work loose. You might take the cable to a shop with the tools to make permanent loops through the ends of the turnbuckle. The wire rope places will have the tool and it'll only cost a few bucks to have them make a safe connection. You will probably beat the home depot price on the cable and save a little towards proper connections.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 05/04/04, 01:49 PM
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: a covered wagon crossing america
Posts: 181
Quote:
Originally Posted by gobug
Holding up a tree fort with your children inside is a pretty important job.

I would estimate the load and check the stats on the cable lable. The 1/4" vinyl is not necessarily stronger. It would be nice around the kids. My biggest worry would be the connections. If you use those little clamp thingys to connect the cable to the turnbuckle, they could work loose. You might take the cable to a shop with the tools to make permanent loops through the ends of the turnbuckle. The wire rope places will have the tool and it'll only cost a few bucks to have them make a safe connection. You will probably beat the home depot price on the cable and save a little towards proper connections.
Look for caterpillar;they probably will know who does cable rigginng in your area.
Reply With Quote
Reply



Thread Tools
Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:38 PM.
Contact Us - Homesteading Today - Archive - Privacy Statement - Top - ©Carbon Media Group Agriculture