At 8:31 AM -0800 on 12/3/99, I wrote:
>This morning for the first time in the almost two years I've had my US
>Tower HDX572-MDPL installed, I was unable to raise the tower up because of
>what appeared to be excessively cold temperatures. When I turned on the
>motorized winch, everything moved VERY slowly for about ten seconds before
>the circuit breaker feeding the motor tripped.
I also sent my query to US Tower and received the following response:
"Our engineering staff recommends a synthetic gear oil. We have a
paper on the gear box with their recommendations, please email your
orig email along with your mailing address and we'll get it sent to
you. Thanks."
Needless to say, I will be responding and will report back here with
what I learn.
Thanks to all who responded. Most acknowledged that I was not alone in
experiencing this behavior.
73, Dick
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