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Re: [TowerTalk] rope strength

To: K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us>, "towertalk@contesting.com" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] rope strength
From: Wayne Kline <w3ea@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2019 17:52:52 +0000
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Can’t speak for every gin pole pully  the Rohn 25/45/55 pully  is a 2” aluminum 
rolling on a through rod in it’s aluminum cast housing.
I also use a  IIX gin pole.  I use it for 55/65(10 ft sections) and AB105  and 
chrommolly  mast inseartions
IMO it still has a 2” ¾ inch MAX  pully wheel  it pulls  smoother then the Rohn 
one !!  nothing scientific  just my .02

Wayne ,W3EA
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From: K9MA<mailto:k9ma@sdellington.us>
Sent: Monday, December 2, 2019 11:54 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com<mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] rope strength

> On 12/1/2019 11:40 PM, Grant Saviers wrote:
>>
>>
>> The second problem is there is a lot of friction in the pulleys. I've
>> seen tests for hardware store ones where the output tension is only
>> half of the input tension.

I can confirm that. When I put up my Rohn 25 last summer, I pulled the
rope to lift the sections. I can tell you it took a whole lot more than
40 pounds of tension to lift them. Obviously, the pulley on the Rohn gin
pole was not one of the good ones.

73,

Scott K9MA

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Scott  K9MA

k9ma@sdellington.us

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