This is one of those inherent dangers in towers with cranks. You are not
the first one nor will you be the last. It just one of many subtle
"gotchas" on crankups and Hazers. I will never own one . . .
Stan
w7ni@easystreet.com
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From: "Greg Gobleman" <k9zm@frontiernet.net>
To: <TowerTalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 3:44 PM
Subject: [Towertalk] How Not to Break a Wrist!
> Some of you folks are aware that I have been doing some tower work lately.
I was cranking down the Hazer or should I say getting it into position to
crank down. There was still some tension in the upper guys and I slacked
them off some more. But I still had just a bit of tension and was able to
get the release free and went to crank it down. Actually, since I have the
standard winch with my Hazer and not the one with a brake, it is more of a
controlled-by-hand let down. The handle got away from me and smacked me a
good one on the top of the wrist. The safety catch caught with almost no
movement of the Hazer. I think it was all still the tension in the kevlar
guys. One broken wrist.
>
> I was in a hurry!
>
> I need a method of controling the descent. A brake winch or a big drill
instead of the handle on that winch.
>
> I need to make sure that kevlar guys are really slacked off.
>
> I always learn things the hard way. Hopefully somebody else can learn
something from me.
>
> 73
> Greg K9ZM
>
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