All that you say is true if the operator doesn't have a clue as to what he
is working with. The item on eBay can sleep in my garage anytime the
current owner wants to give it to me at a price I can afford. I would just
have to tell my wife not to use it. The kids next door couldn't use it
either.
Bob W6TR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Gerdes" <terry@ab5k.net>
To: "TowerTalk List" <towertalk@contesting.com>; "Antenna List"
<Antennas@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] GOOD DEAL ON A MY-TE WINCH IN ILLINOIS
> It might be tough to use that as a capstan wench. A capstan wench uses 2
> to
> 4 turns of rope. The capstan has a machined in a surface that allows the
> rope to constantly slip so its in the center of the capstan. So the rope
> self-centers on the small part of the capstan. Using the eBay drum
> winch,
> the rope will most likely roll over to one edge and then it will wrap up
> on
> top of itself and be very hard to deal with.
>
> Terry - AB5K
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Maser" <bmaser@tampabay.rr.com>
> To: "Terry Gerdes" <terry@ab5k.net>; "FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com>;
> "TowerTalk List" <towertalk@contesting.com>; "Antenna List"
> <Antennas@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 12:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] GOOD DEAL ON A MY-TE WINCH IN ILLINOIS
>
>
>> The winch that is being sold on eBay would work beautifully on raising
>> tower sections and antennas. It allows multiturns of rope and the
>> operator can let it slip to control the rate of "raise". It is really a
>> capstan winch with the winding barrel in the horizontal orientation. I
>> wish I could afford it.
>>
>> Bob W6TR
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Terry Gerdes" <terry@ab5k.net>
>> To: "FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com>; "TowerTalk List"
>> <towertalk@contesting.com>; "Antenna List" <Antennas@mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 12:46 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] GOOD DEAL ON A MY-TE WINCH IN ILLINOIS
>>
>>
>>> That's a pure winch. For tower work, a better solution is a capstan
>>> winch.
>>> Using a capstan winch, you wrap three or four turns of rope around the
>>> capstan. The operator applies 5 pounds force and can lift 200 pounds.
>>> There is a chart for this somewhere that gives the ratios of turns to
>>> weight. The rope can also slip on the capstan if the forces do not
>>> balance.
>>> Since the ground operator has to apply a small force, he can quickly
>>> tell
>>> is
>>> something binds and correct the issue.
>>>
>>> Take a look at the My-Te site and look at a Model 300A.
>>> http://www.myte.com/products.html
>>>
>>> Here is the site for the AB-Chance version.
>>> http://www.hubbellpowersystems.com/powertest/chance/power_load.html
>>>
>>>
>>> 73 Terry - AB5K
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com>
>>> To: "TowerTalk List" <towertalk@contesting.com>; "Antenna List"
>>> <Antennas@mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 11:16 AM
>>> Subject: [TowerTalk] GOOD DEAL ON A MY-TE WINCH IN ILLINOIS
>>>
>>>
>>>> EBAY NUMBER 290063447726
>>>>
>>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/MY-TE-WINCH-MODEL-AC36B-NEVER-USED-brand-new_W0QQitemZ290063447726QQihZ019QQcategoryZ66937QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>>>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>>> The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get
>>>> married.
>>>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Bill H. in Chicagoland
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