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1. [TowerTalk] Motorized Crank Up Towers (score: 1): Author: "Don Tucker" <w7wll@arrl.net>; Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 09:51:46 -0700; A little late comment Steve, but you make a very good point. My HG-70HD came with the motor control option but I never bothered to install it. And, glad I did not. Last spring, after all the winter w; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-05/msg00424.html (8,904 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Motorized Crank Up Towers (score: 1): Author: "Jim McDonald" <jim@n7us.net>; Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 13:44:24 -0500; Though my tower has remote control (or did until my lightning strike), I would only lower it from inside, and I did that when I knew no cables could get caught in the tower. It's especially prudent t; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-05/msg00425.html (9,938 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Motorized Crank Up Towers (score: 1): Author: "knormoyle@surfnetusa.com" <knormoyle@surfnetusa.com>; Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 12:33:49 -0700; maybe someone can answer this for me. I've been thinking, that based on everything said, that cable corrosion is the main issue to worry about. Steve's example of motor-driven failures got me wonderi; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-05/msg00428.html (8,068 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Motorized Crank Up Towers (score: 1): Author: "Dick Green WC1M" <wc1m73@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 18:15:55 -0400; I have a somewhat different take on this issue. Though my own experience with remote control lends a lot of credence to Steve's position, sometimes the circumstances dictate a compromise. If you're i; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-05/msg00444.html (19,214 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Motorized Crank Up Towers (score: 1): Author: "Bill Aycock" <billaycock@centurytel.net>; Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 18:15:35 -0500; Kevin-- I think you have it backwards. The cable should be sized to do its job, with appropriate safety factors, and the motor limited to less than the danger level. Bigger is NOT better, if it can d; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-05/msg00448.html (9,296 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Motorized Crank Up Towers (score: 1): Author: "knormoyle@surfnetusa.com" <knormoyle@surfnetusa.com>; Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 16:31:19 -0700; I agree. I don't have any motors. 3 towers all with hand winches. (3 different hand winches by the way. Hey I also have a side mounted lj-155 on one HG-70HD above the 2nd section, but I'll not take t; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-05/msg00449.html (11,392 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Motorized Crank Up Towers (score: 1): Author: Jim Rhodes <k0xu@longlines.com>; Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 17:18:42 -0500; I guess I am never afraid to differ. I prefer to raise and lower my tower safely from a small distance so that I CAN see what is going on. When you are standing at the base of the tower you not only; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-05/msg00485.html (12,012 bytes)

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