On a similar note, anyone have any suggestions on an appropriate hoist
to use for lifting a Universal 60 ft. tower into place? I'm planning on
putting a "derrick" up made out of a couple of sections of Rohn 25G to
assist in raising and lowering the tower. Universal states the tower
weighs 256 lbs. and one of their engineers suggests attaching to the
tower to be raised at 20 ft. While an electric hoist isn't necessary,
it'd be nice, as long as it isn't too expensive. The derrick will be
approximately 20 ft. away from the tower and the hoist will be mounted
at the base of the derrick, with a pully at the top of the derrick.
General idea is to leave the hoisting cable attached to the tower at all
times, but not holding tension when the tower is fully raised. Other
option is to split the raising cable between the tower and the derrick
with a heavy-duty link and detach when fully raised and let the tower
length hang down out of the way.
--JohnK
73 de W5NNH
10X 75371/M&M 117/SMIRK 6185/Six Club 285/TRA 2499/Norcross 228 F&AM
F.R. Ashley wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Great advice here. A year or so ago I checked into a replacement wince for
> my old Tow-Tec on my Hygain HG55 crank up tower. I quickly found out there
> is a great difference between a WINCH and a HOIST. Most winches are NOT
> designed to hold anything up, at least for long. Winches PULL, hoists
> LIFT (and hold). I would not trust any of the winches designed for
> mounting on the front of a jeep, etc.. they are for PULLING only!
> Also, make dang sure your winch or hoist will not FREE SPOOL! That is a
> disaster in the making. I'd also carefully check its braking capability and
> limits.
> I also checked with US Towers and they say theirs are not winches or hoists,
> but "electric motor drives".
>
>
> 73 Buddy WB4M
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