[TowerTalk] Motorized Crank Up for US Tower

[FireBrick]

http://www.thern.com/product/worm/4wm2prime.htm#

Sorry, I meant to show this page with a drill attached similar to my home
made adaptation.
(I thought of it first, and they didn't give me credit). :-)))


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Hatzakis, Jr" <mike at hatzakis.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 3:49 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Motorized Crank Up for US Tower


>
> I had a thread on here a while ago about motorizing a US Tower MA-550
crank
> up tubular tower.  I am about to buy from Grainger a Dayton model 4Z327B
> (115vac 6amp) electric winch to replace the hand crank.  Before I do, I
want
> to be sure the thing can sustain the cable in a static position and am
> reviewing the specs.  It has about 4000lb pulling capacity dynamically.
>
> Does someone happen to know what the pull down force is on the MA-550 or
> even the MA-770, statically and dynamically?
>
> Michael K3MH
>
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