I have the TX472 and have been using a Milwaukee Hole Hawg to raise and
lower it for a couple years now. I replaced the winch with a worm gear
style winch to avoid the potential problem of damaging the brake on the
Fulton Winch. I raise the tower on low speed and lower it either on low
or high speed... The drill easily handles the torque. I merely hold
the grip in my right hand and the weight of the drill is almost
sufficient to keep it in that position. If the tower starts to bind I
can easily feel it and let off on the trigger instantly.
John
KE7JA
On 3/12/2012 12:55 PM, Wayne Crawford wrote:
> Greetings John!
>
> I did the same mod. I too got my info from WD0M's site. I have a TX-472 that
> I did the mod for the tower raising fixture and the tower as well. The TX-472
> weighs too much for my DeWalt Spade Handle DW 130V I have to try and extend
> the tower up. It works great on the raising fixture both raising and laying
> the tower over because it is a variable speed drill and you can control the
> rate at which you raise or lower. Lowering is important because you don't
> want to burnish the brakes on the winch by going too fast for too long when
> laying the tower over. My DeWalt however would not budge the TX-472 tower to
> extend it up. If you have a lighter tower you should be OK. I just invested
> in a Milwawkee "Hole Hog" heavy duty drill to see if it will work. The one
> draw back on this drill is that it is only two speeds. Low speed is 300 rpm
> and I will have to take precaution to brace the brace handle in such a manner
> to keep it manageable to see if it will extend the tower up when I need
to
> . This drill has been known to break a wrist or arm if not used properly or
> when it binds up on the user. Of course this was from drilling holes in studs
> and concrete. I just received the drill today and need to study how I intend
> to do this bracing to see if it is up to the task on intermittent low speed
> to extend my tower back up after having been lowered. I sure hope this drill
> works. Not that I don't need a work out every now and then. It really is a
> work out lowering and extending this tower when I need to.
>
> 73
>
> Wayne C.
> WV4L
>
>
>
>
> Hi John go to Joe WD0M's web site http://www.wd0m.com/winchadapter.html and
> here's what you need.. I've done it myself and works great..just make sure
> you have a stout drill.
>
> John
> KO4XJ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of John Thompson
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 12:41 PM
> To: TowerTalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Winch Adapter
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I have a US Tower with the Fulton winches. Some time ago I saw a posting or
> article describing how to make an adapter to use a large electric drill to
> drive the winch. I could have sworn that I saved it but I sure can't find
> it...can anyone help?
>
>
>
> Thanks...John kb9tpg
>
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