[TowerTalk] recommended winch

[Blake Bowers]

I was wondering about that myself.  I am not real
comfortable with what I saw.....

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Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] recommended winch


> In a message dated 9/9/2005 7:35:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:
>
>
>>I haven't used it yet but we obtained a capstan winch that attaches to
>> our chainsaws.  We are going to try it Saturday to raise sections of
>> Rohn 55.   I'll let you know how it works after we try it.
>
>    While a capstan winch is incredibly handy for tower work, I'm wondering
> what you're going to attach your aforementioned chainsaw capstan to when 
> using
> it. It needs to be mounted very securely on something and not hand-held.
>
>    How are you going to lift a 100# section when there's going to be 200# 
> of
> tension on your haul line? Hmm?
>