[TowerTalk] Chainsaw Winch and Tower Pics

[Dave Fuller]

Yes it worked very well.  We used some velcro straps to hold the 
throttle to a bit over 1/2 on the saw.   It took some fiddling to get it 
so we will experiment with some other ways to do it.  We are also going 
to turn down the bar oiler level cause it made a mess of the 
truck....but for portable pulling power I don't see a better option.  
This is the first time we used this winch so we will come up with better 
ways to deal with the small details.   The RH55 sections were very easy 
to control and set on the previous section with this device.   The whole 
thing worked even better than expected

WD7Z

AA6DX - Mark wrote:

> Neat pix!  That chainsaw apparatus was totally different than the one 
> I had used back in 1985 --  much easier to control the happenings!   
> Query .. how did you control the chain saw throttle?
> Thanks for sharing .. Mark, AA6DX
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Fuller" <rfcdma at spinn.net>
> To: "Blake M." <n4gi at tampabay.rr.com>; "tower >> TTalk" 
> <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 3:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Chainsaw Winch and Tower Pics
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>> The winch plate is attached to the stake bed pockets via motercycle
>> strap.....this would not be safe to winch 1000 lbs but it was fine for
>> 100 lb sections of tower.   Also the big rope is attached to the pull
>> line with a prussik knot as a safety.   This knot slips on take up and
>> if something were to fail it would grab and stop the pull line from
>> going out.  This works similar to a ascender device.   The prussik will
>> allow you to pay the rope out by simply pulling on the know with your 
>> hand.
>>
>> Blake M. wrote:
>>
>>> I still can't make out what the chainsaw is attached to.  That piece
>>> of wood on the tailgate?  The rope attached looped around the hitch?
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Blake N4GI
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