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Guy, did you happen to tour PFP factory with Stephen Miller? He was on the A300 committee at that time and I think he mentioned touring that facility.

I remember that article. Are you the same person that invented that brace rod jig in TCI Magazine a few years back?

Yep, I've tied the drill off, even used a second climber to help move me around while I drill. I will admit to mis-aligning the drill and drilling offset and having to plug the hole with a stub on occasion. Cabling and bracing is becoming a lost art for sure, not many people left who can hand...

Milwaukee Hole Hawg. Gas drills just don't have the torque. They bog down, and can't get back up to speed. I always used to use progressively larger bits, starting with say, a 2 foot long bit, and I might go through two more larger sizes before getting into an 8 foot. I also lubricated it with...

Hardware is essentially a fixed cost in cabling and bracing job. The real factor is the number of cables needed and distance apart. Two guys in the tree can really help but there are tricks to getting it done with one climber, although time consuming. Brace rods can be a real wild card and I...

True. On the lower end of the spectrum would have been a better way to put it.

Honestly, depending on how long the spans are, $700 is pretty low for 3 cables, too bad they were not installed well the first time. I would expect about $250 per cable, roughly.

From the description it is hard to tell exactly what is going on, but bottom line, not installed correctly.