There's still another side to the power winch and safety. A neighbor has a
crank up tower that got away from him,
using the factory crank, and a broken hand was the result. A power winch
would have eliminated this safety issue.
Murphy's law also comes into play with the hand crank...
There've been others in the group that have advocated using the power winch.
It depends on the design of the tower and
the winch, whether it will handle the torque and how you design the
installation for safety.
Mike
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] power winch
> In a message dated 3/1/01 9:50:48 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> wa4bpj@nina.pagesz.net writes:
>
> > I would not personally use a power winch for any kind of tower work or
for
> > raising a crank up tower. The reason is safety. If something binds
while
> the
> > winch is in use, the operator may not become aware of it until after
the
> > damage
> > has been done. With a hand winch you have constant feedback about the
> > state of the load and can easily stop and fix a bind or other problem
> before
> > causing harm.
>
> Better take note - this is from MURPHY!
>
> Cheers, Steve K7LXC
> Tower Tech
>
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