[TowerTalk] Fulton winches

[Tom Anderson]

Fellow DXers:

I didn't have a seizure problem with my Fulton 1550, but several months 
ago in a high wind I decided to lower my TriEX WT51.  As I started 
lowering it, I noticed the cable was going slack, but the tower wasn't 
lowering so I quickly took up the slack before the tower had a chance to
starting coming down without any supporting cable holding it. 
Apparently the wind had caused a bind in two of the sections that caused 
it to hang and not lower.  I don't know how much cable I might have 
cranked off had I not noticed the slack and the winch suddenly crank 
down without tension.  With the slakc I wasn't going to take any changes 
on two of the sections coming straight down.

Tom, WW5L



Al Williams wrote:
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "David Greer" <davidgreer73 at yahoo.com>
>>73, N4KZ
> 
> 
> 
>>After having my brother-in-law, the mechanical genius,
>>over for a July 4th cook-out, he determined the
>>winch's clutch had malfunctioned causing the winch
>>brake pads to seize. > 
> 
> 
> I have long wondered how the brake clutch works.  perhaps
> you could get Mike to explain its operation.  Also what
> exactly malfunctioned?  I have two Fulton winches, a k1550
> which was supplied along with the "Triex" tower tilting
> fixture from Paragon Mfg.  That winch complained so loudly
> that I replaced it with their k2550 which is quiet and much
> easier to crank.
> 
> 
>>BTW, Mike says he's not too impressed with the Fulton
>>boat winch on the tower and recommends we consider
>>installing a more heavy duty winch in the future.
> 
>  
> Fulton's website does not classify any product as a
> boat winch.  They classify poultry winches, 1 & 2 speed
> winches, worm gear, and automatic brake winches.  
> The smallest listed is the k550 with only a 600 lb rating
> vs the k1550 with its 1500 lb rating (which complained).
> I  have been concerned not with the brake seizing but 
> instead suddenly losing its grip.  Perhaps you can get
> Mike to detail why he is not impressed with Fulton "boat" winch?
> 
> 73 k7puc
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