[BULK] - [TowerTalk] Crank-up won't crank

[Steve Katz]

David, were you able to crank it down when the wind stopped blowing, or is
it still stuck?  You didn't make that clear.  -WB2WIK/6

"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure with no loss of
enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	David Greer [SMTP:davidgreer73 at yahoo.com]
> Sent:	Friday, November 14, 2003 9:50 AM
> To:	towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject:	[BULK] - [TowerTalk] Crank-up won't crank
> 
> I went outside Wednesday evening to crank down my new
> U.S. Tower 55 ft. tower because of the high winds. It
> wouldn't crank down or up. Not an inch. I had
> previously lowered and raised it on several occasions
> without incident. Phone calls Thursday to U.S. Tower
> and Fulton, the winch manufacturer, yielded pleasant
> tech support people but no real answers. There were
> some suggestions about visually inspecting the winch
> and the tower for any defects. Did the wind bend the
> tower? Is something hanging it up? Anything wrong with
> the winch brake pads? I've visually inspected
> everything but see nothing wrong. U.S. Tower sent me a
> list of professional installers and suggested I
> contact one. I live about 80 miles south of Cincinnati
> in Frankfort, Ky. The closest one on their list is
> near Columbus, Ohio.  Anyone know an "expert" any
> closer than Columbus, Ohio, probably a 4-hour drive
> from here?
> 
> 73, Dave, N4KZ
> 
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