[TowerTalk] Cheap Winch

[Tom Anderson]

Andy:

I've got a Fulton 1550 on a TriEx WT 51 50 ft. crakup, it doesn't have 
the rachet, but has a disc pad brake system.  Its fairly quiet when you 
raise the tower, but lowering it is something else.  That thing squeals 
like a banshee after the first couple of turns.  Neighbors are used to 
it and don't get excited about it.  Every so often when I'm lowering it 
before a storm, etc. my next door neighbor will tell us later he heard 
me lowering it before the storm and thought our 3 dogs were howling at 
something.

Tom, WW5L

va3pl at cuic.ca wrote:

>One more think against Fulton winch.
>Try to raise crank up tower at night in the quiet neighborhood. That
>ratcheting click resonate through the tower like machine gun and you can
>hear it for a mile and you have more complaints then from TVI. Same goes
>with my HAM IV rotor. I just hate that kerchung with a passion.
>Cheers
>Andy - VA3PL
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>From: <va3pl at cuic.ca>
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>Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 9:40 AM
>Subject: [TowerTalk] Cheap Winch
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>>>With the type of winches that use a ratchet lock (pawl) I have seen
>>>things get out of hand (literally) and whack the operator hard enough to
>>>break bones.  Not to mention the sudden acceleration of the tower
>>>and then the even more sudden deceleration.
>>>
>>>--John
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>>Thats the reason I sayed that Fulton winch is not the best choice for
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>crank
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>>up towers.
>>Rachet on mine broke for the very same reason as John mentioned above.
>>Cheers
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>>Andy - VA3PL
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