[TowerTalk] Tower winch failure

[Alan NV8A]

Raising as well as lowering? Mine screeches only when I am letting the 
cable out: when I am tilting the tower up (winding the cable in), I just 
get the clicking sound of the pawl and ratchet mechanism.

Alan NV8A


On 03/17/07 03:06 pm Joe - WDØM wrote:

> When I raise/lower my UST TX-455 with the Fulton 
> K1550, all the dogs in the neighborhood come 
> running....and the horses head the other 
> way.  Not sure about the neighbors, since we're out in the country.  ;-)

>> Does anyone have one of these towers with a winch that does not screech
>> when the cable is being let out? Or what about winches of this type that
>> are being used for other purposes?