[TowerTalk] HDX555 Raising Fixture

[Al Williams]

See Nov 12, not nov 13.

k7puc


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Chiles" <chilesp at adelphia.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 7:28 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] HDX555 Raising Fixture


> Tony,
>
> I posed this question on Towertalk last fall when installing my HDX555. 
> If
> you look in the archives you will find responses dated 9/30/2004 and
> 11/13/2004.  There are 8-10 responses.
>
> That being said, I use the same fixture you mentioned to raise from near
> horizontal my HDX555, a chromoly mast that weighs 140lbs and sticks out 20
> feet, a TH7 at 23 feet when retracted, a XM240 at the end of the mast (42 
> ft), and a
> rotator plus all the cables.  All of this weighs about 350lbs.
>
> I replaced my stock winch with a Fulton 2500LB that has a 15:1 ratio.  I
> believe the stock winch that comes with the fixture is a Fulton 1500LB 5:1
> ratio.  The difference is like night and day.
>
> Pat, K8PC
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