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1. [TowerTalk] Tower winch failure (score: 1)
Author: KT2Q <dxdx@optonline.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:02:44 -0400
All: Was cranking my US Tower HDX555 up after last nights ice storm when puff, the Fullton 1550 winch broke. I thought there would have been damage to the tower and antennas, but it came down much sl
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00285.html (7,010 bytes)

2. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower winch failure (score: 1)
Author: "Al Williams" <alwilliams@olywa.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 08:58:44 -0700
The holes in the k2550 mounting plate do not match the holes in the K1550 mounting plate. When I replaced a k1550 with a k2550 I had to ream out some (I forget how many) of the holes by up to about 3
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00286.html (10,201 bytes)

3. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower winch failure (score: 1)
Author: KT2Q <dxdx@optonline.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:26:39 -0400
Al: Thanks for the reply. I took the liberty of attaching a short video of the winch after it failed; I sent it to your home address. It looks like the spring loaded latch (pawl) broke off completly.
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00287.html (7,699 bytes)

4. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower winch failure (score: 1)
Author: Joe Giacobello <k2xx@swva.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:23:28 -0400
I'm using 2550s on LM-470s here too and wasn't aware of the free-wheeling mode. I'd appreciate hearing the details too. 73, Joe _______________________________________________ _______________________
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00290.html (11,671 bytes)

5. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower winch failure (score: 1)
Author: Dino Darling <dino@k6rix.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:31:38 -0700
You'll be looking long and hard to find a better winch. I have used these winches on towers and in the traffic control industry (by the thousands) for over 20 years. A winch failure is not impossible
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00293.html (9,506 bytes)

6. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower winch failure (score: 1)
Author: Dino Darling <dino@k6rix.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:42:50 -0700
The K series winches are not designed or intended to freewheel. This is not a feature, but an anomaly. Dino - K6RIX dino@k6rix.com _______________________________________________ ____________________
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00295.html (8,328 bytes)

7. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower winch failure (score: 1)
Author: "Greg" <ab7r@cablespeed.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:48:51 -0700
Also keep in mind MOST other winches are designed/rated for pulling, not lifting. Please don't think because a winch is rated for 1500 lbs pulling it will lift that weight safely, it will not. The Fu
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00296.html (10,608 bytes)

8. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower winch failure (score: 1)
Author: Joe Giacobello <k2xx@swva.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:55:08 -0400
That's good to know. I have never seen the free wheeling problem here. 73, Joe _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list T
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00297.html (8,536 bytes)

9. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower winch failure (score: 1)
Author: Alan NV8A <nv8a@att.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:55:46 -0400
The winch on my HDX-555 is the only one of which I have experience, so I too was surprised at the screeching noise when lowering (i.e., tilting down) the tower. But closer examination showed that the
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00298.html (8,850 bytes)

10. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower winch failure (score: 1)
Author: Joe Giacobello <k2xx@swva.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:02:12 -0400
If you have even a moderate size antenna on the LM-470, bringing it back to vertical with the 1550 comes close to an isometric exercise. I would always alert the rescue squad whenever I was planning
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00299.html (10,782 bytes)

11. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower winch failure (score: 1)
Author: Joe - WD&Oslash;M <WD0M@centurytel.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:06:16 -0600
When I raise/lower my UST TX-455 with the Fulton K1550, all the dogs in the neighborhood come running....and the horses head the other way. Not sure about the neighbors, since we're out in the countr
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00300.html (9,094 bytes)

12. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower winch failure (score: 1)
Author: Alan NV8A <nv8a@att.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:18:57 -0400
Raising as well as lowering? Mine screeches only when I am letting the cable out: when I am tilting the tower up (winding the cable in), I just get the clicking sound of the pawl and ratchet mechanis
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00301.html (9,113 bytes)

13. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower winch failure (score: 1)
Author: KT2Q <dxdx@optonline.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:38:30 -0400
Alan: Same here; the clutches come into play when the cable is letting out and they do make noise. There was a totally different noise when the winch failed. It was more like SNAP, SWISH, THUMP ; ).
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00302.html (8,660 bytes)

14. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower winch failure (score: 1)
Author: Joe - WD&Oslash;M <WD0M@centurytel.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:52:26 -0600
Yup - mine sounds like KT2Q's - screeches, whump, thump, swish...... 73, Joe WD&Oslash;M _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mail
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00303.html (9,152 bytes)

15. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower winch failure (score: 1)
Author: "Rick Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:27:48 -0700 (PDT)
Two questions: 1. I have an HDX5106 with a 2550. I feel that this winch is overloaded, in the same way that the guys with the "little" towers feel their 1550s are overloaded. Is there something even
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00312.html (12,643 bytes)

16. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower winch failure (score: 1)
Author: "Al Williams" <alwilliams@olywa.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:48:45 -0700
When I first got the k1550 and it squealed so loudly I called Fulton winch to enquire about using a worm drive winch. I had experience with a worm drive mechanical winch on my Jeep pickup. However th
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00315.html (14,440 bytes)

17. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower winch failure (score: 1)
Author: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:09:39 -0700
Money?? BTW, while for most worm drives you can't "back drive" them, for some you can. It depends on the worm gear pitch and tooth shapes. I would imagine that you can get such a thing from a place t
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00316.html (12,057 bytes)

18. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower winch failure (score: 1)
Author: K7LXC@aol.com
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 09:38:00 EDT
lifting. Please don't think because a winch is rated for 1500 lbs pulling it will lift that weight safely, it will not. The Fulton/Bulldog winches are rated for pulling and lifting, that's why tower
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00333.html (8,022 bytes)

19. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower winch failure (score: 1)
Author: "Al Williams" <alwilliams@olywa.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:57:54 -0700
I have been hoping that a knowledgeable towertalkian would offer a posting on how brake winches work but again nobody has. I am not a mechanical or civil engineer and know little about winches, howev
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00353.html (13,460 bytes)

20. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower winch failure (score: 1)
Author: Alan NV8A <nv8a@att.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:49:00 -0400
When I examined the winch on my HDX-555, it seemed that the brake mechanism applied permanent friction between the shaft and the toothed wheel, but when the cable was being wound in the pawl allowed
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00357.html (14,089 bytes)


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