[TowerTalk] Crank-up won't crank

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/14/03 9:50:28 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
davidgreer73 at yahoo.com writes:

> 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.

    Does the motor turn? Can you turn the big belt-driven pulley by hand? 
Will it turn by hand if you take the the belt off? 

Cheers,
Steve    K7LXC
TOWER TECH -
Authorized US Tower installer