I need to install a heavy ring rotator up at about 60' and the motor weighs
more than I can lift easily with a rope, even with a 2:1 mechanical
advantage. I could go to 4:1 with a lot more rope.
I'm considering an electric winch that I could temporarily attach near the
top of the tower and have it pull heavy stuff up. Maybe up to a couple
hundred pounds. Most of the winches I find don't have much cable or room
for much cable. I think I want about 75'. Do any of my Tower Talk
colleagues have a recommendation for this?
At someone else's station I used a hand crank winch to pull up a heavy piece
of rotator to guys up on the tower. That's a good second choice, a manual
crank attached at the base of the tower. But then I'd need about 150' of
cable and room on the spool for at least half that.
Dick, K6KR
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