Thanks Les. Probably headed that way.
Mike NF4L
On Feb 3, 2014, at 12:57 PM, Les Listwa <llistwa@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just want to share my experience with a " cheap" 2500lb Electric Winch.
> Tried to use one ( actually even tried a second one) to lift a Hazer type
> device up 40 feet of 45G. My load was about 300 lbs total. What I found,
> is that before I had a chance to even try to lock the Hazer device in
> place, the winch would begin to creep down, once I took my finger off the
> up button. A winch is not designed to lift.
>
> Also, 2500lb of torque is a powerful beast and I learned that if
> something goes wrong, in a split second that 2500lbs of torque can rip
> apart cables and aluminum, before you even realize there is a problem,
> because there is no feedback. I learned that the hard way.
>
> Based on the advice of John, W2GD, Antenna and Tower Installer
> extraordinaire, I switched to a Fulton K1550 manual winch and had a local
> welder make a custom mount for the tower. I have complete control and can
> stop it on a dime. My recommend is to go with a Fulton Manual Winch.
>
> By the way, to power my electric winch, I used a Sear car 12V battery
> boosters (500 peak amps/400 cranking amp) , just left it trickle charging
> until I wanted to raise or lower the antenna.
>
> 73
> Les
> W2LPL
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