[TowerTalk] recommended winch

[David Robbins]

When kc1xx finished up my rohn 55 180' tower he had a nice electric capstan
that bolted on the bottom of the tower.  Best way to pull up tower sections
I have ever seen, the only thing I didn't care for was that you were right
under the section you were sending up.  It might have been better mounted to
a truck bumper with another pulley at the base of the tower.

David Robbins K1TTT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Blake Bowers
> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 15:15
> To: K7LXC at aol.com; towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] recommended winch
> 
> I was wondering about that myself.  I am not real
> comfortable with what I saw.....
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <K7LXC at aol.com>
> To: <towertalk at contesting.com>; <rfcdma at spinn.net>; <ccrum at dot11net.com>
> 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?
> >
> 
> 
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