Has any one had any sucess at installing there own electric lift mechanism for the MA550? US Tower wants almost $1000 for their MD75 motor drive, seems a bit heavy and I was looking for a lower cost
If you value your time at zero dollars and are a qualified engineer that can safety merge a motor, drive, drum, etc. for this application - go head on, you might save a couple of bucks. Otherwise, ob
Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 01:32:26 -0500
manufacturer Steve is right. I have an MA-770MDP and feel that while the motor is expensive, it is not overpriced and is not overkill for either my tower or the MA-550. I wouldn't dream of trying to
Hello Thanks everyone for your advise. I am going to take Randys and Tonys recommendation and buy the motor assembly from US Tower. Less trouble than trying to adapt a "maybe" solution that could be
I have heard that people have used a large electric drill to turn the handle shaft on hand winches. Sounds like it would work ok and it would be easily removable by loosening the chuck. 73, Dan, N5AR
Greetings Joe and Fellow TTers: I have laying on-the-ground a pretty elderly Wilson three section tubular monopole crankup. The ID labels have disappeared and I don't know for sure what the model is
Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 15:26:43 -0500
The manual winch on the U.S. Tower tiltover fixture explicitely says, "Crank by hand only". Presumably this means don't use a drill (cf., LXC directive.) I imagine that the same goes for a manual rai
mechanism for the MA550? heavy and I was looking for a lower cost alternative. >> and hand cranking the MA550 is not exactly a chore I look forward to on >> a daily basis. K7LXC then said> If you va