My fk2548 foldover uses a Dutton-Lainson B1200 Brake Winch:
http://www.dutton-lainson.com/mfg/brakewinchspecspage.html
You can use the DL specs to shop for an equivalent winch.
Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "larryjspammenot@teleport.com" <larryj@teleport.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] ROHN 25G Fold-Over Tower
>I went over to look at a Rohn 25 series fold-over tower
>last weekend at an estate sale. The tower is about to be
>removed by a ham who wants the 25G sections, but has
>offered to give me the fold-over assembly pieces, which he
>doesn't plan to use. This particular tower appears to be
>the 48' tall version. Used 25G sections seem to be often
>available for just taking down, so with the hard to find
>fold-over section, I hope to put up a 25G fold-over tower
>later.
>
> This particular tower is missing the winch that lowers the
> fold-over assembly and upper tower sections. Where the
> winch was supposed to be mounted, the fold-over boom
> section appeared to be permanently locked in place.
>
> The Rohn catalog and 25G fold-over drawings show a winch
> that appears to be Rohn part number B2503F0. Does anyone
> have any recommendation for a suitable replacement winch
> that would allow lowering the upper fold-over section? I
> doubt that Rohn has them available anymore, since they no
> longer make fold-over or crankup towers. If available,
> I'll pass along recommendations to the guy removing the
> tower.
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