How did you go about doubling the number of pulleys?
73
Alan NV8A
Al Williams wrote:
> I have a question on overheating winch brakes.
>
> I replaced the K1550 on my LM470 tiltover fixture with the K2550 and that
> eliminated the very loud squealing when tilting the tower down. I also
> added two more pulleys to the arrangement for a total of four as does the US
> tower HDX572. It takes a lot more cranking with four pulleys but it is also
> much easier. I assume that the load on the winch
> is less--but is it? I use a drill to turn the winch when tilting.
>
> I have been intermittently stopping when lowering the tower to let the brake
> cool off but I wonder if that is necessary. Is the load on the brake winch
> less now that I have four pulleys instead of two in the cabling system so
> that it won't heat up as much?
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