[TowerTalk] Stuck tower is unstuck!

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/7/2004 11:02:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, david jordan <wa3gin at erols.com> writes:

>The Triex tower line has an electric safety switch that prevents 
>extending the tower past the recommended height.  It also has a postivie 
>pull-down cable which can be configured to act as a back-up fail safe to 
>the switch but this would be a last resort that could lead to component 
>failure of the pull-down system. The electric winch power cut-off 
>feature goes a long way to help prevent operator errors.  Perhaps folks 
>should let US TOWERS in on the secret!

Uh, US Tower is in on the secret. Considering that the same guy - Lou Tristao - designed the towers for both of his companies, their designs are pretty similar. The Tri-Ex towers were designed before positive pull-down was a standard feature (as UST's are now). 

Cheers,
Steve    K7LXC
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The tower in question was manually cranked - not electrically.