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Re: [TowerTalk] Tower winch failure

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower winch failure
From: Joe - WDØM <WD0M@centurytel.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:52:26 -0600
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Yup - mine sounds like KT2Q's - screeches, whump, thump, swish......

73,
Joe
WDØM

At 01:18 PM 3/17/2007, Alan NV8A wrote:
>Raising as well as lowering? Mine screeches only when I am letting the
>cable out: when I am tilting the tower up (winding the cable in), I just
>get the clicking sound of the pawl and ratchet mechanism.
>
>Alan NV8A
>
>
>On 03/17/07 03:06 pm Joe - WDØM wrote:
>
> > When I raise/lower my UST TX-455 with the Fulton
> > K1550, all the dogs in the neighborhood come
> > running....and the horses head the other
> > way.  Not sure about the neighbors, since we're out in the country.  ;-)
>
> >> Does anyone have one of these towers with a winch that does not screech
> >> when the cable is being let out? Or what about winches of this type that
> >> are being used for other purposes?
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