[TowerTalk] Tower winch failure

[KT2Q]

All:

Was cranking my US Tower HDX555 up after last 
nights ice storm when puff, the Fullton 1550 winch 
broke.

I thought there would have been damage to the 
tower and antennas, but it came down much slower 
than I thought it would; guess it was probably due 
to the mechanical drag of the unwinding winch and 
caked ice and snow.

The only thing I'm worried about now are those 
parts of the tower that stop the inner sections 
from slamming into the foundation. It landed in 
packed ice and snow at the base when it came down.

Looks like all the bad things are true about the 
Fullton 1550 winch; anyone know if the 2550 is a 
direct bolt-on for the HDX series? Where can I get 
one?

73 Tony KT2Q