Has anyone successfully used a drill to lay over and then raise a HDX589 / 572 Tower? I have a few of these that over the next few weeks im going to be laying down....working on the tower, then raisi
Hi Rich, I have not personally - but I do have a photo of an adapter used by another ham to do that - it's on my we page at: http://www.wd0m.com/ Click on Ham Radio, then Winch Adapter, 1/2 inch dril
Hi Julio, Thanks for the warning - I'll add that to the photo on the web site! 73, Joe WDØM -- Joe Hannigan - WDØM Pagosa Springs, CO http://www.WD0M.com http://www.pagosarocks.com http://www.quiltqu
See these photos on my web site of an adapter to use a drill on my HDX5106: http://www.n6rk.com/drill_adapter_for_winch/drill_adapter_for_winch.html I replaced the K2550 on my TRX-100HD with a W3000.
Inspirational, Rick! I'm off to the hardware store! 73 -- Joe Hannigan - WDØM Pagosa Springs, CO http://www.WD0M.com http://www.pagosarocks.com http://www.quiltqueen.net _____________________________
I used a large drill motor and a Variac to control the speed. I placed the Variac on its back and used my foot to twist the knob for more or less speed. It sounds cumbersome but in practice it really
I replaced the k1550 winch with a k2550 winch but it was still pretty difficult to crank so I modified the raising (layover) pulley arrangement by adding two more pulleys to get the mechanical advant
Al: I originally had a (2 actually)Fulton K-1550 winch on my TriEx W51 crank up tower for raising and lowering the tower's top 2 sections only. I replaced them with a Fulton K-2550, because of the ho
Gents, FWIW, I have a TriEx W-51 (laying in the yard, still) with the factory installed winch still mounted to it. It's a worm gear driven hand winch made by a company called 'Valley.' Google tells m
Brad: If you'll e-mail Bob, WB5IUU, in Magaolia TX, near Houston. He can tell you call about the mechanical winch that used to come with the TriEX W51. bmennell@comcast.net He should respond fairly q
Hi Tom, The squeals caused me to replace the K1550 with the K2550 as well - detailed on my web site. We have a horse stable across the road, and they would all run away when I tried to lower/raise it
Joe: I'll "count" the turns next time I lower/raise mine hi hi. Never bothered to count, although I know the 2550 has an "easier" winch to use rather than the 1550. I just know my arm is/was tired ei
The last time I cranked it, I believe I counted 142 turns with the K1550 to get my TX-455 up. The last 42 were a real struggle. I haven't counted turns on the tilt fixture's winch, which, as you know
The adaptor pictured on your web page is the one my Father-in-law and I developed. It works well for raising the tower but not for lowering it. The drill motor turns too fast and causes the brakes to