Re: [TowerTalk] Wench for a hazer..??

["Bill Winkis" <kc4pe@bellsouth.net>]

Thanks for the reply...well I've been using a "Hazer" on my 68 foot test 
tower for ten years...and it works great...

It's nice to build antenna's at waist height then crank it up for testing 
etc....then run it a month or two  just to be sure, before it goes up on one 
of the big towers...

See: If your interested,
http://www.kc4pe.com/amateurshack.htm

But now approaching age 70 and sporting a new right knee...the hand crank is 
getting a little old..now Glen-Martin offers a winch as an option but I 
thought I would get some real good-positive feedback from this group...oh I 
hear of the steel plate-box that holds the winch in place outside the 
tower--with a series of pulleys to guide the SS cable, and the Amp meter 
monitors with safety kickouts, in case of a jam, etc....but that was years 
ago..and certainly today there must be a "Better Mouse Trap"

Oh I've seen in my travels some pretty neat trollies on 45-55G towers that 
were quite stout.... but not the 360 hazer type....(see the enclosed file)

OK...any constructive idea's...??

-Bill
KC4PE





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Gordon Beattie, Jr., W2TTT" <w2ttt@att.net>
To: "'Don Havlicek'" <n8de@thepoint.net>; "'Bill Winkis'" 
<kc4pe@bellsouth.net>
Cc: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 9:46 AM
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Wench for a hazer..??


> Dave,
> I've made some comments on this issue, but missed one...
> Why would anyone want a 2000# or 6000# wench or a hazer?
> Just seems like one is trading one set of problems for another!
> :-)
>
> Vy 73,
> Gordon Beattie, W2TTT
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Don Havlicek
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 9:26 AM
> To: Bill Winkis
> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Wench for a hazer..??
>
> I start laughing when I anticipate the comments on this one.
> Let me see ... how to mount the wench ... on the legs? ... Can't keep
> from laughing.
> Don
> N8DE
>
> Bill Winkis wrote:
>
> > I'm tired of crankng the hazer up the 25G tower.....I'm ready for a 12 
> > volt
> wench...somebody posted a 2000 pound unit here the other day..but the same
> company offers a 6K unit also..but where and how would you mount it, on 
> the
> legs..or build a plate for it to sit on....
> > The other day also a post was made regarding a trolley for a 45G but did
> not see any follow up.....
> > -Bill
> > KC4PE
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